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L.A.I.R.E.

History
LAIRE (Live Action Interactive Roleplaying Explorers) began in May 1991 as a divergent derivative of NERO, another medieval fantasy roleplaying game. L.A.I.R.E. was organized as an Explorer Troop of the Boy Scouts of America, and remains so today, adhering to the precepts and fundamental principles of that organization. In November 2008 the 200th event was held at a scout camp in northern New Jersey, a site that has been utilized for over a decade.

Purpose
The principle purpose of LAIRE is to provide a venue in which its members can have fun. This goal is achieved on a monthly basis by creating, over a period of approximately forty hours beginning on a Friday evening and continuing until Sunday afternoon, a medieval fantasy milieu in which participants roleplay characters of their own design or characters developed by event organizers to facilitate a storyline that players interact in. Improvisation on the part of players is the driving force that results in a certain amount of unpredictability in a cohesive yet free-form continuous story that spans months and years in real time.

Gameplay
Working within a extensive framework of character skills and game rules players create characters that may vary according to mythical racial categories, with skills that range from martial to magical to alchemical, from the mundane to the supernatural, and advance and develop over time through experience and training. Within the framework there is virtually no limit to what a character may aspire to and accomplish, if they can survive. Foam padded boffer weapons and seed filled packets are employed in simulated combat and spell casting. Players are encouraged to costume themselves as elaborately as they wish while adhering to mythical racial guidelines. Players must be 15 years old to participate fully, though younger children may participate with parental supervision.