a larp by any other name would smell just as sweet

[larp_musing]

Lately there been another discussion on whether high profile larps should be called larps (promoting and adding value to that term) or another term, perhaps situated it as a type of theatre. Some people prefer to apply to the term 'larp' broadly to rasie it's value, but that is also eroding it's meaning (if they succeed, it will become a largely

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Causality and Consistency

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I haven't actually played CoW, but I have played New World Magischola, and if I understand it correctly, I believe they have very similar premises, mechanics, style of RP, etc. and I can't recall either CoW or NWM explicitly advertising themselves as lacking coherence or causality, nor did I feel like either was violated during play. Can you explain a bit more about what you mean by this? I also cosplay a little bit, and I felt like NWM was very much LARP and not at all like cosplay.

Re: Causality and Consistency

[larp_musing]

I'm using this review as a source