Our approach to safety is that all players are responsible for communicating their own boundaries and needs to co-players – before the larp, during calibration breaks or by using the calibration techniques. In general, we believe that players know how to best take care of themselves and encourage them to rest or take breaks when they need to. It is always perfectly fine to go to your room for some quiet or take a walk outside the grounds to make a phone call or get some space.
All meta techniques will be practised on-site during workshops. Since this is a larp about romance and dramatic scenes, we will have ways of showing that your characters are kissing, having sex, and fighting.
In general, physical contact in public at this larp is limited due to the setting. However, we expect that a baseline of physical touch – holding hands, touching non-sexual zones (the back, the arms), light nudges or light hugs are usually ok without asking for an opt-in from your co-player. Players will always be able to opt out of physical contact or calibrate in specific relationships.
For kissing and sex, we will have simple representative mechanics with medium contact (e.g. cheek on cheek for kissing and light touching and shifting clothes for sex) that all players can use. Real kissing and theatrical sex can be used when calibrated with a specific co-player.
For violence, we will be using safe representative techniques, such as theatrical brawling or theatrical slaps. For gentleman characters, there will be an option of duelling with larp-safe sabres.
The larp will have techniques for de-escalating, leaving a scene unobtrusively, and dealing with off-game issues, which will be workshopped.
At each run, there will be two organisers on duty in NPC roles, who can always be approached with any concerns, safety issues or just for emotional support or help with issues in your game. We will provide their phone numbers, and there will be an off-game organiser bedroom all players can use to access help or decompress off-game.
Off Game Areas
Everything outside of the castle grounds is off game and we will not be larping there. As a rule your bedrooms are in-game, but players should respect other players’ need to rest or to sometimes have a bit of quiet (if that is communicated). The organizer bedroom on the top floor is off game, but there should not be loud conversations in there. In general the bedrooms on the top floor are regular hostel rooms. That will be where the Garner family is staying, and if everyone in a room of 2–3 people wishes they can keep the bedroom off game. However, people will be larping in the corridor outside the rooms, so make sure the noise does not carry into the corridor. The Garners have their reception room down the stairs from their room, on the same floor as everyone else.