THE DARKEST HOUR
A step into the abyss, a journey among the secrets of ancient rites and new sciences.
You will enter a bleak manor, where your action will put at risk not only your mortal body but your very soul.
As the Darkest Hour draws near, you will explore the feeble bond between life and death while delving into the dark streets of victorian England, where a dim steampunk light is the only defence against the night.
Launch website, in Italian. March/April 2020, Castello Sannazzaro (Alessandria), about 150€ (90€ if under 25)
PIRATE ACADEMY
4 days of pirate life on a historical vessel.
Learn how to sail and crew a Tall Ship.
Adventure awaits!
From the production team of Raven Crew, winner of the UK Larp Awards at LarpCon UK as "Best International Larp" for 2019!
And part of the Roleplayers short movie, a project documenting International larp.
Pirate Academy is an adventure larp where the participants will be playing aboard the ship La Grace, that will sail the waters off the Tuscan coast and the Elba Island.
The game will take place, for most of its duration, on a vessel sailing at sea.
Four days of sea life and training await you: sleep and eat aboard the tall ship, learn how to sail and fight like a pirate!
Late April/early May 2020, off the coast of Tuscany, about 650€ (350€ for players under 25 years old)
CYBERPUNK
High tech. Low life.
The Sprawl is waiting for you. Psychosis is waiting for you. The rival gang is waiting for you.
Cyberpunk 2020 is a larp packed with action and investigation, set in an alienated and ruthless world where outcasts and scumbags fight over the few scraps of humanity still available.
Blades and guns, money and power, hacking and information: everybody will use all the weapons they can think of to compete for the little freedom that's left. The street finds its own uses for things, and humans. Be careful thought, behind every corner there is something ready to hit you, questions you better not ask yourself.
Because wounds can heal, the conscience of what you've become cannot.
This is a journey leading both forwards and backwards, to taste the flavour of a future seen through the lens of the glorious '80s. Reviving the quintessential mood and themes of timeless masterpieces such as Blade Runner, Akira, Johnny Mnemonic and Ghost in the Shell.
The year is 2020. Are you ready to live for three days under the neon lights of the Sprawl, the smell of junkfood filling the air in the rathole you call home? It could be your lair, or a Cube (a sleeping coffin), either way your life is a constant struggle to stay alive, surrounded by criminal gangs and powerful Corporations, both trying to take over the Sprawl.
There is no proper living here. Just Surviving.
English website. May 2020, Bergamo (less than 1 from Milan). About 160€ (90-100€ if under 25)
SILENTIUM - Anno Domini 1256
A historic medieval larp inspired by “The Name of the Rose” by Umberto Eco.
A monastic thriller set in an ancient XI century Abbey where God and Men and Evil live entwined, in a representation of humanity.
Faith, love, guilt will be portrayed in the daily, simple lives of the Benedictine Monks, through chores and prayers, mysteries and secrets.
“SILENTIUM” is an experimental and experiential larp aimed to represent the existence devoted to God of a monastic order living in a medieval abbey. Torn between prayers, chores, abstinence and secrecy, men with all the mundane passion of their kind will live.
To the purpose of recreate a monastic setting, the available characters will be male, but with no restriction according to the players’ perceived gender.
“SILENTIUM” will offer participants the exclusive and rare opportunity of living like medieval Monks in an authentic Italian Abbey.
Launch website, in Italian. May 2020, about 150€ + costume rental (90€ if under 25).
SOUL MEETING
Summer 1972. The Soul Meeting is announced.
An assembly for free spirits and open-minded people seeking harmony and universal peace.
Soul Meeting is a psychological thriller that will take you into the life of a hippy commune in the Seventies. It's a spiritual journey to find your inner self and the Truth, surrounded by the breath-taking beauty of the Italian Alps. The experience starts with the exploration of new philosophies along with mysterious and exotic disciplines such as Meditation, Channeling, Shamanism, Music therapy, and more; but true the journey starts within and then it takes you in the unfathomable deepness of the conscience.
Soul Meeting will be hosted in a nice Alpine Hostel, surrounded by nature.
Launch website, in Italian. July 2020, Sestriere (Turin), about 180€ (110€ if under 25).
REBELS ON THE MOUNTAIN
I ribelli della montagna (‘Rebels on the mountain’) is a historical fiction larp set during the Second World War and inspired by the Marzabotto massacre of 1944, a grievous episode of retaliation against civilians for the surging guerrilla resistance towards the end of the conflict.
The plot will revolve around life in a fictitious mountain village in central Italy during the last days of Nazi occupation, where the personal stories of freedom fighters, Axis soldiers and common folk entwine towards a dramatic ending.
“Rebels on the mountain” was successfully played twice, in 2015 (see this review by a French larper who attended it; watch the short video or the full-lenght documentary that was based on the larp). It will finally be back in 2020, which marks the 75th anniversary of the Italian Liberation.
Just as in 2015, the larp will involve both Italian players (impersonating... Italian characters and playing in Italian), and International players (impersonating foreign characters such as American soldiers, and playing in English). We will consider doing a fully International run if we get enough signups, even though the language barrier contributes a lot to the mood of the game.
Launch website, in Italian. July 2020, Verbania (north of Milan), about 160€ (100€ if under 25)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
The farcical atmosphere of the comedies by Goldoni and Shakespeare
With a little gothic inspired by Dickens and Tim Burton
Mixed with old and new fairytales by Grimm, Gaiman and Miyazaki
Our next comedy larp it Is So (If You Think So)... and it's Christmas!
A Christmas Carol is a light hearted comedy larp exploring the themes of masks and hypocrisy, the fear of strangers and differences, the conflict between tradition and progress. It is also a larp that reflects on families, human bonds and communication, with a laugh and a wink.
Come and meet the nice people of Witzenburg, a nice village where everyone smiles at each other, and whispers behind their back. A place where harmony is just a pretence and not even Christmas seems to bring real peace, and yet something weird and magical might occur to change everything.
Join this cheerful fairytale in which, as in the Commedia dell'arte, jokingly the truth is said. A story that gently push everyone into finding a happy ending.
Launch website, in Italian. December 2020, Lusernetta (Turin), about 180€ (110€ if under 25)