Suspense, secrets, and surprises are essential elements in The West. All characters have different starting agendas, points of view, morals, and secrets. All secrets will be revealed in due time. We believe that you will be able to get the most out of the game if you allow yourself to uncover secrets and be surprised both as a character and as a player at the same time.

All information provided on this website is truthful and tries to present as best as possible the kind of experience and themes the authors want to convey, but they intentionally lack details.

We suggest you refrain from discussing game secrets with other players before the event and keep the full description of your character and the group you are part of, for your eyes only. In a nutshell, avoid any "spoilers".

While some players are more accustomed to larps based on full disclosure and transparency, keep in mind other players are not. Moreover, The West is based on the assumption that in a thriller with spy story elements, secrets are a fundamental driving force.

The key guideline will be "What You See Is What You Get": the event aims towards being as immersive as possible and whatever “exists” in the game will have a physical representation. We believe the contemporary setting provides a unique opportunity for immersion. As the famous Italian dramatist Pirandello wrote: "unlike fiction, reality has no need to worry about being plausible since it is real". We will be playing on the blurred and intriguing boundary between fiction and the real world.

Naturally, we are referring to these stereotypes only as a starting point, a way to quickly recall that “movie feeling”. They should just be a base on which you can build a credible and fun character and any cliché should be played out with a critical and creative attitude.

Try calling to mind what you have seen on movie screens when choosing the way your character acts and speaks: striking punchlines and dramatic actions will add a lot of flavor to scenes and relationships.

Each character must imagine him/herself as the protagonist of a story that has no co-stars, and to which everyone contributes with their own performance, which should be as active and at the service of the other players as possible, in terms of cues and interrelationships.

This is a dramatic larp, the approach is not naturalistic; although the characters are humanly understandable, realistic, and multifaceted, they are more like those from a film or TV series than real people.

The West is a "political" larp, focused on contemporary and important issues. However, our goal is not to create a manifesto in which authors tell participants what to think. The focus is not on whether capitalism should be considered bad or good, but on exploring how much playing by or against the rules of a complex society like ours can help or hinder change.

This larp doesn't provide a message, it asks a question, or rather a series of questions. The characters will be called to answer them, most likely in ways that differ from the sensibilities of the players. Our goal is to inform and to spark reflection, to highlight contrasts, doubts, and controversies. In the end, the only message is: get emotionally invested, be bold in fiction, but think about the reality we are representing.