Nuclear war forced humans into the deep sea. When the capital Pheme loses contact with sister-city Mu and mysterious beasts rise from the abyss, illusions of paradise vanish. Role-playing stressed.
Who could turn down a luxurious weekend on a sunny isle? Everything is so beautiful. The servants are so excellent! Who just screamed? Role Playing and Problem Solving stressed.
Nothing is as it seems Whitby Cove. Who is the mysterious Lady who never leaves her Manor? Why does she control everyone in town? Who will disappear next? & what is howling in the woods?
In 1590, Gov White returned to Roanoke from England to find his colony vanished. Play as either a colonist, or one of the mysterious figures outside the colony. Can you discover what really happened?
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1590, the New World. Governor White returns after seeking help from England to find his colony...gone. No trace of 114 colonists remains. The colonists had been instructed to carve a Maltese cross into a tree should they be forced to relocate by threat. No such cross was found. Governor White did find three letters carved into a single tree: C R O. Carved into the wood on a post, he also found the single word CROATOAN. Now wind back the clock several months. Play as either a colonist, or one of several mysterious figures outside the doomed colony. Can you discover what really happened? Can you stop it? Play will take place in two locations, with player actions determining when, if at all, the two groups meet. Costumes encouraged but not required. A BYOV Tragedy.
Dec 15, 1773 Boston - Angry Bostonian's gather to discuss current events including the Tea Act. This is an alternate reality where magic, the supernatural and the Fey live and thrive. A BYOV Mystery.
December 21, 2012 - Chinchen Itza - This is a world where Myth, Magic, the Supernatural and Science collide. The Mayans are coming! Imaginative role playing stressed. A BYOV Tragedy.
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December 21, 2012 - Chinchen Itza - A group of scientists, dignitaries and government types wait for the alignment of the Sun, Moon and the earth and also the possible gravitational release of hidden asteroids which may herald the beginning of the end. Rowdy protestors, celebrants and doomsayers have gathered outside of Chinchen Itza awaiting and celebrating the End of Time.This is a world where Myth, Magic, the Supernatural and Science collide. Anything may and will happen, only believers and those with unlimited imagination need participate. The last LARP BYOV will ever write or present. A BYOV Tragedy using The Courting Murder Rules.
The trip was to take weeks...then the FTL failed. Those who couldn't be put into cold sleep faced 40 years of travel across empty space. And now the murders. Can you stop the killings? Do you want to?
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A trip between the stars, a few short weeks to a far-flung outpost of humanity. That was before the FTL failed. Most of the passengers could be put into cold sleep, but hundreds could not. Those unfortunates could look forward to 40 years of travel across dark, empty space. But humans persevere. A city was built within the ship, jobs given out, an economy established, food grown. Life would go on. And then the murders started. And the rumors of alien lifeforms...at your destination, and onboard. Can you keep the ship together? How about just your own sanity? Reserve characters once you have your ticket, costumes encouraged but not required. A portion of the ticket proceeds will benefit Gamers for Humanity. A BYOV Tragedy.
A Holiday At Hogwarts: King’s Cross — Charity LARP!
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BYOV dives back into Hogwarts, 3 years after the Dark Lord disappears attempting to kill the infant Potter. Yes, we have had some issues at Hogwarts since then. But today is the first day of school, the students are boarding the Hogwarts Express. Nothing can go wrong here. A Charity LARP—all proceeds will be donated to Gamers for Humanity, a gamer-run non-profit. Door prizes, food and drink, and an after-party! Check byov.com for a cast list.
As demons prowl, a storm rages around the parapets of the ancestral castle of the Kings of Gwedith. In such tight quarters, tempers will flare, old wounds reopen and someone will die. In fact many someones will probably die. Role Playing and Problem Solving stressed.