Heroes arrive to save a village from dangerous monsters. Who will solve the problem first and reap the reward. Can you trust the other 'heros'? Can you trust your friends when there is blood and gold on the line?

Visit the world of Tyrra, and see how the modern New England NERO chapters roll -- High Fantasy Medieval flavor, moderate costuming, and roleplaying plots melded with Real time, real space, live boffer combat. We are presenting a set of interlocking modules. Puzzle solving, live combat, role playing and negotiations will be all aspects of the game. The GMs and players of this LARP request all players make some attempt at "fantasy garb" or basic blacks at minimum, staff can provide some loaner garb for a few players upon request. Casting questionnaire will ask about makeup and costuming choices, as it may influence some aspects of how a given role is written. Our casting questionnaire will be online later this year.

NERO tries to create an immersive experience as a character in classic fantasy literature with strong agency within the context and tropes of the world. The game world includes elements of the Middle Ages, such as class hierarchies, and prejudices, including a cultural group which claims racial superiority and values purity, two cultural groups which assign females a higher social status purely based on gender, and villains who believe in slavery. NERO depicts magic and spells as well as creatures from other planes of existence and has its own mythology for the afterlife (there is intentionally no religion depicted in the game world.) Prewritten characters may be inspired by such elements and any character, player written or staff written, must be make sense within such an environment.

Game Notes

This game involves simulated combat. NERO Rules require parental consent from Minors and signed safety waivers from all participants.

While strong efforts are made to provide options for those with medical, mobility, and sensory challenges, not all aspects of the NERO play experience is available or suitable for everyone. For example you must be able to hear combat calls from behind. Please contact the GMs if you wish to explore which play options are suitable.

No Previous Boffer LARP combat experience is required. Part of our goal is to introduce people to this style of gaming who have not experienced it.

Based on your casting questionnaire below we will prepare a suitable NERO Legal character for you to play if you do not have one.

Those with Existing NERO International characters will be given options to play which should preserve play balance.

Weapons

If you already have a suitable weapon we will ask about it to reduce the chances of something not meeting the NERO or Convention rules. In any case we plan to bring enough weapons to cover those needed and contingencies.

Player Communications

Email, Website, specialized character creation tools including pre-built character options for new players who want a Grab n Go option.

Registration

To register go to the Intercon R page (and while you are there check out some of the other fun LARPs running.)

Casting

Once you signed up click here to tell us what sort of character you want to play.

Current NERO Players

Current players should finish their registration through NERO International to ensure they get full experience points.

Mailings to Date

And here are our messages to the players to date:
  1. We will be mailing out tightly focused, "What you need to know" document. But for those who want to dig around with the broader and deeper context of the world you can visit:

    https://www.kaurath.com/new/AboutKaurath-Home.shtml

    Similarly we will be sending you some focused information on what you need to play and conducting training at the start of the time slot but there is also information to be found under:

    https://www.kaurath.com/new/NewPlayer-Home.shtml

  2. Costuming Hint will depend on what you are playing but in general any simple outfit that you can move in, which lacks logos and which looks suitable for the middle ages or the Lord of the Rings movies is a good place to go.

    As we finalize things we wanted to see what sort of you will be playing.

    While some key elements of character creation are taking place during the start of the game on Friday at 8pm we want to preload as much as we can.

    Since we have a mix of players new and old we are taking steps to keep everything balanced. We have a short survey that will let us track who will be playing what.

    To make it easier for those who have never encountered fantasy boffer games one of wonderful folks has prepared a little online quiz to get a feeling for the class of character you think of when you think of fantasy gaming. You can find it at http://www.playbuzz.com/annaga11/which-nero-class-should-you-be .

    If you have an existing character follow the instructions above and we will have things set up. Note that you are welcome to play a different character from your main if you choose.

    If you are so enthused you want to create a standard NERO LARP character to play we are glad to help with that. Go to https://goo.gl/forms/KsPFnWOmgb0ZJw2G2 to fill out the survey and then chat with us about building the character.

    If you just want us to do most everything go to https://goo.gl/forms/KsPFnWOmgb0ZJw2G2 and fill out the survey.

      ( There are others that are easy:
    • Barbarian has only a costuming requirement — furs.
    • Vaelta (gadabari) have colorful clothes and astrong accent of any sort.
    Beyond that things work their way up. )

    Any questions or concerns drop us a line. More information is coming weekly until the game.

  3. The set up for the adventure in the form of two in game letters and a few background documents, all in game knowledge.

    In Game Letters that Set the Scene

    The two letters

    Background Material on on the world

    Welcome to Brewford - a brief pamphlet on the town you start in which we hope will be useful.

    A brief summary of key elements of law to help you understand law and the principles behind law in Kaurath.

    The social and political structure of Kaurath is a much longer summary of the structure of the Kingdom, probably not that relevant to the adventure at hand but background for the world.

    Who's Who? -- Some of the names of the High and the Mighty and their roles, although you are unlikely to meet most of them on this adventure.

    Atlas of Kaurath with detailed maps of the various royal provinces and the map of the continent of Avalon. You will not be visiting most of this but it is out there if you want to know more.