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I would make trails all through the property and throw trinkets, jewelry, and coins here and there over the trail. Every walk would allow one to find something neat and magical.
The trails would have bright aquarium rocks here and there marking the trail. There would be small rest shrines that would be widely decorated all throughout the trails.
Once I got one village established I would try and start at least 2 other villages separated by a very long walk.
I would make the site seem bigger by making sure that there was never a way to go from point A to B.
The entire property would be surrounded by a barrier road that would surround the entire property so none could get lost.
I would allow a section of the site to be used as a brick, cement, and rock dump so that I could eventually build a castles and other stone structures.
That is just some of my dreams IF I ever get a LARP Park. _________________ I know the pieces fit! I watched them fall away!
I would have old buildings brought on the site and revamped into medieval buildings.
I would allow portions of the site to be a cement and lumber dump in order to get free cement blocks and wood. This would of course involve getting forklifts to lift the large pieces of cement.
A castle just might get built!
Got the job that may last over 2 years.
Just got to get all debt paid off and then start saving the money for the land.
This was all supposed to be running by the age of 35 but in August I will be hitting 41 but alas I shall always dream. _________________ I know the pieces fit! I watched them fall away!
Joined: Aug 09, 2004 Posts: 153 Location: Kiel, Germany
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:10 am Post subject:
There has been a 'themepark LARP' called 'Weltentor' over here - which regrettably folded before even formally opening. Why exactly I do not know but rumour has it that one of their sponsors could not or would not continue financing something that had a doubtful future at best. Part of the business idea was that You had paying customers (LARPers) using the area and town for their events - and paying customers (guests, non-LARPers) watching them for entertainment. Which - in short - apalled the LARPers mostly. Also, renaissance faires were planned. As the area is some distance away from other (quite real) alternatives, the question was raised why not simply use one of the medieval castles who offer accomodation anyways and who are used to have both tourists - and LARP event weekends.
The future of the Weltentor-town and the area is still unsure - a voluntary association of former employees now runs the themepark and they try to offer the service on a smaller scale. Best of wishes to them but I personally think that without a large organization behind the project (like f. e. Bicolline with thousands of members who want to modify and use the area and town themselves) it will be difficult to run something like that.
You can see a bit of the town in this trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1PGMoK_aU8
(The Talsker Wölfe are a group of LARPers who did stage that trailer. LARP combat over here and the actions seen in the trailer do not portray German LARP. Infighting (close combat) only happens per mutual agreement beforehand, f. e. and You can only use weapons to thrust under special conditions. The Talsker Wölfe made that trailer - because they can and they have fun doing such.) _________________ "Like the moon goddess on her path eternal..."
All I would do is desperately try to get SOME sort of indoors- be it a tent or a shed, anything. Everything else I can love just for being available to play on, but when the rain starts falling, I need somewhere to turn.
Joined: Aug 09, 2004 Posts: 153 Location: Kiel, Germany
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:22 am Post subject:
Usually we try to get boyscout camps (when not in use, of course) for mid-size events (weekend from Friday to Sunday noon-ish) with up to 250 participants, around 100 being the normal event size. These camps usually have a good combination of what organizers are looking for: affordeable but suiteable accomodations with basic bathrooms, large areas around them which are usually undisturbed by 'normal' folk (not participating) and the kitchen is large enough to be used for that number of persons - if one has a cook or two (with additional helpers) who know what they are doing and how to cook for more than a few. I could easily imagine those summer camps I heard of in the States might be useful as well for larger weekend events.
Of course, LARPing at a castle (there are several ones used as youth hostel or which offer accomodations for larger groups) is also possible - though usually more expensive.
Projects like the aforementioned "Weltentor" themepark are rather singular. _________________ "Like the moon goddess on her path eternal..."
We just got ours. The trails are mostly in. We got the villgae gate house framed and some of the wall is framed as well. Our site doubles as a working cattle ranch with a 450 acre wood lot. The second day of construction we had a cow and three calves inside of the 4' by 8' gate house frame. We don't call it cow shit, we call it ambience. "old plot"
That is awesome! I hope to see your site progress. See some of my past post for good ideas on many LARP subjects. _________________ I know the pieces fit! I watched them fall away!
In Sparta, NJ a group took over a Scout camp called Camp Sacajawea.
They've been rebuilding it bit by bit over the past year or so, and they have a LARP group renting the place every weekend of the month at this point- actually, four different ones.
There's also a farmsite west of there near Montrose, PA that Alliance LARP and a few other games use, also being put together for gaming use.
Joined: Aug 24, 2002 Posts: 746 Location: New England
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:05 am Post subject:
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In Sparta, NJ a group took over a Scout camp called Camp Sacajawea.
They've been rebuilding it bit by bit over the past year or so, and they have a LARP group renting the place every weekend of the month at this point- actually, four different ones.
There's also a farmsite west of there near Montrose, PA that Alliance LARP and a few other games use, also being put together for gaming use.
Everytime I see the name of that town.. I keep imagining one of those jersey shore rejects doing a 300 scene. *shrug* _________________ Just when you thought the worse was over. Here I am. :0)
If I had my own larp park, I'd start by taking a quarter(drawing horizontal lines across the property) of it and turning it into an array of solar pannels (with some barrier making them not be visible on foot) and sell energy to the energy companies to make money off of it, whilest still powering the park's needs.
After the solar panel array was producing power. I'd begin construction on the main towns:
The main towns would consist of four way intersections with cobble-stone or gravel roads. And upon entering these towns the road immediately left of where you'd come in would have Tudor style buildings. Which would be Inns and houses and the like. (places to sleep so you wouldn't have to rough it every night during a long event.)
The road straight from the one you come in on would lead to a bazaar style plaza in which there would be a bunch of booths and store-fronts and things of that sort for use in game.
The road to the right would lead to either a wooden-walled fort, or an all-out castle. Depending upon whether or not using the land as a rubbish-dump for non-toxic construction left-overs sounded like a good idea at the time.
After this, assuming the parcel of land I had for this was already dense with forest, I'd continue these paths, but, after about 30 meters/yards past the first town's limits it would transition to dirt paths. After continuing a nice little network of paths, I'd build ruins scattered across the forest with open space so that one could set up camp in a ruin for some protection from the elements/line-of-sight breakers from the paths. Any flowing water would have bridges (assuming there's more than two stream/river/flowing water-thing. Then 1 of the bridges would be covered, usually the largest, which would also be used to divide the property for the sake of town construction.)
After building the two towns, (One in the northerly section of the property, one in the southerly portion) then going east and west from the center of the property, I'd make large clearings with either crude(as can be while still up to local building codes) huts, or just leaving space for whatever structures the people renting the property feel like bringing. Surrounding these would be wooden, four foot tall barricades(supported with beams going into the ground at a 45 degree angle from the barricade itself.)
Final note: I'm not thinking about buying a whole state here. But, hopefully
the walk between cities would be at LEAST 1 mile. (1.6 kilometers) so that the cities feel like seperate cities, while still being within walking distance. (Obviously, for the sake of less-than-able larpers, travel would either take longer, or, be facilitated with golf-carts/whatever means people feel fit to bring. Golf carts would be available for rental. (I'd say horses, but, they need much more maintenance than golf carts. And from doing some research, are MUCH more expensive to maintain than golf-carts. So, for the sake of striving to make this not be a 100k-a-day rental which no LARP group could afford unless it was the most lucrative LARP group EVER realism must be sacrificed.)
Finally. After building all of this. I'd want to set up a PA system, so that music/sound-effects/what-have-you could be played from a GM's building set near the solar panel array. After all of this was built, I'd like to hope that all electricity needs could be provided by the solar panels.
[Freakin' hell. Long post, reckon it'll be worth it.]
Idealy, this would all come out so that the solar panels producing the electricity would make it so no power bill would need paid, nor a mortgage for the property (keep in mind this is a helluva lottery dream at best) because it would be owned outright. So, with no figures what-so-ever to confirm this, I'd guess 10k for a month of use. Which, if LARP groups got together and pooled funds would make one hell of a boss month of Live action role playing in an awesome environment.
Joined: Aug 24, 2002 Posts: 746 Location: New England
Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 1:56 am Post subject:
[quote="jieran"]First of all a barrier road all the way around the property. SO if someone get's lost they will always be able to find the barrier road and get back to a gate safely.
Fence the entirety of the property off. No mundanes or hunters coming onto the property.
Sounds good. And by the way mundanes are hunters. so saying mundanes and hunters is bit meh. Or if they get lost the zombies will eat them.. Om nom nommmmm. Oh and could you please drop the links from your sig please. Thank you. _________________ Just when you thought the worse was over. Here I am. :0)
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