Deep South by Daylight is a Live Action Role Playing (LARP) game. Each
player in the game is given a character to portray. Each character has its
own goals and personality. In this game there are no winners or losers.
Though some characters may have "goals", actual success at
attaining the goals is no reflection on the player's
ability. (For example, an actor is playing Shakespeare's Hamlet rather
poorly if by the end of his performance the tragic prince were still
alive...)
The game is set in a world of dark conspiracies, based loosely on The X Files and the World of
Darkness Hunters Hunted (Mortals in the World of
Darkness).
Pelham, South Carolina, in the 1990s. A quiet little town, east of Greenville. A small
Christian cult, The Church of the Eucharist is set up on
an old tobacco farm, where they practice Communion with real blood --
claiming that the story of the last supper was not meant to be
metaphorical.
Deep South by Daylight is running on Saturday, November 14th, 2009, from 1:00
to 5:00 PM at WPI's SFS Live Action Weekend" Convention
If you have already signed up for WPI's
SFS Live Action Weekend" Convention,
and have signed up to play in Deep South by Daylight:
- Fill out a casting questionnaire so we know
what role to give you. You will then receive a copy of your character via
email, which you will read over many times, until you feel comfortable with
the role.
- Find some costuming appropriate to your character. (As a modern day
game, this shouldn't be too hard.)
- Then you will want to review the following files, and print them out to
take with you to the game:
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The GMs insist that you come to the game on time with your
costuming. If you learn that you are not be able to attend after all, you
are asked to inform the GMs as soon
as possible.
Inspiration
The experts say:
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for
the remission of sins.
-- Matthew 26:28 (King James I
translation)
I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be
mistaken.
-- Oliver Cromwell
There they go again!
-- Ronald Wilson Reagan
Other links that you may wish to review
- See pages about Mont Saint Michel, a 17th century
LARP by the same authors.
- See pages about Guy Fawkes Day, a 17th century
LARP by the same authors.
- See pages about GRAPE; a pen and paper
roleplaying game by Scott David Gray.
For more information, please email sgray@unseelie.org.
This game is a Subterranean Homesick Games production.
