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I wouldn't say that all the people I met while in the service played DnD, but a whole ton of them did, that is for sure. At every post I was at a significant number of them currently played (other than Basic Training, of course.. ), and most of the others had played in the past.
Also most of them loved to play board games, usually war-based ones like Axis and Allies, or Risk.
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Ahhhh, LARP... it's so fun... I've played Vampire Larps, D&D Larps, 7seas (a Renaissance-based scenario) Larp and a Legend of 5 Rings (an Oriental scenario) Larp. For me it's tons of fun. To tell you the truth, the first time I met my current giflfriend (who's been my friend for many years before we started dating) was LARPing.
How about an Ender Game's LARP? I just think it would be kinda hard to emulate the Battle Room.
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There _are_ military-based RPG's. I wonder how similar they are to the war games the military uses for practice. I had never heard of a LARP before, but it sounds like what I imagine military war games are. Would the Israeli Army downgrade or upgrade folks who play these?
Full disclosure: I play D&D and Star Wars in NJ, though my group has not met for months now. I'm dying for a game.
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Depending on how stringently you apply the definition, there are plenty of people who LARP.
I recall a story about a bunch of geeks who dress up in military gear, right down to authentic gear and play wargames measured down to the last detail - including mission orders, securing (abandoned) buildings and so on.
Instead of paintball guns, they use amazingly realistic replicas that use CO2 cartridges to fire little plastic pellets.
I'm just waiting for one of these idiots to get in a whole mess of trouble because having had the opportunity to examine a similar replica, you can't tell it's a fake weapon from a distance.
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Would Civil War Re-enactors, or Rendevous/MountainMen people count? How about classic car people who dress up to match their cars?
Is there a such a thing as a VARP? (Virtual Active Role Playing)and don't they congregate on another end of this forum.
A friend of mine was in the military about 10 years ago. At that time, in Germany, D&D was very hot. I bought a set of original AD&D manuals at a used book store, because he knew military people who collected them. Unfortunately his term was up before we could close the sale. Now I have a closet full of first addition AD&D. I have to hide it or die of geekiness.
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Sure - the more traditional LARPs are more free-form and the outcome is determined in-game, whereas Civil War re-enactors tend to follow the course of the battle rather than tamper with history, but they still dress up and play make-believe.
As Tom noted much earlier in the thread - I just felt the need to repeat his entirely accurate observations.
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