Society Game – Underlings
When: Every other Wednesday, 7:30pm – 10:30pm, from July 31st. There is a free character creation session on Wednesday 17th July at the Cowley Retreat.
Where: The Asian Cultural Centre, Manzil Way, Oxford, OX4 1GH
Wear: This is an indoor event, there are no kit requirements – costume is entirely optional!
Current System: Underlings (click for more details)
The Society Game is a multi-session Parlour LARP. Each game will run for a set number of sessions, where you can make an original character to play live each event, in a homebrewed setting and system. You will play the same character throughout the game, following their story as it twists and turns, evolving over the arc of the game. Sessions consist of talking to other players and NPCs to work out what is going on, and plan your next steps. Between sessions you will submit a downtime saying what you want your character to get up to, and receive a personalised writeup about what’s been going on.
The current system is Underlings. You find yourself in the dastardly world of Nequam, playing as an Underling serving one of the many scheming villains found there. You’ll spend your time trying to balance your personal life with following the orders of your master, all while laying the foundation of the new Underlings Union, a chance to work with your peers to have a bit more control over your job. The first session will take place on Wednesday 31st July, and full details about the game can be found on its wiki here: underlings.oxfordlarp.com
(Concluded) Weekly Linear LARP
There is no current weekly linear LARP. Want to run one? Talk to the committee!
Join us in the woods of Shotover Country Park, taking on the role of either a player character or one of their adversaries, in a homebrewed setting and system. Each week features a new, standalone adventure set in the wider setting of the game – by ‘linear’, we mean that each session is an adventure or dungeon crawl with planned encounters, loot, and some sort of end goal for the players. Most encounters will feature combat using LARP-safe foam weapons, based on the rules of the system.
These events run throughout the year on Saturdays. Every week, the GM for the upcoming Saturday will send out an adventure brief on the society mailing list and Discord server. You’ll have the option of playing a character or joining the monster team, who provide all the encounters and NPCs for the player party. Characters gain XP by joining adventures, and can level up and gain new abilities over time.
The previous system was Planetfall, which ran from 8th January 2022 until 8th June 2024. Players played stranded explorers in a borderlands space system cut off from the rest of the galaxy. The game wiki can be found here: planetfall.oxfordlarp.com