A larp about vampire larping 

It is Saturday evening in the distant year of 1999. The world was still peaceful, the goth scene was blooming and the writers of this larp were just about to enter elementary school. 

For a select group of young and not-so-young adults that means it’s time to encounter the darkness: the dark underbelly of Woensel’s Vampire larp. You’ll take on the role of a larper playing out several crucial sessions which are sure to determine the future of Woensel’s longest running larp. However, not all drama is happening in the game of Vampire. Social struggles, rivalries, and personal issues will all find their way into the game in varying ways. Will you become the most powerful vampire? Will your friendships survive? Will you still know the difference between gameplay and reality by the end of it?

Goals

This larp seeks to achieve the following goals:

• Recreate the feeling of the early low-quality Vampire larping from internet horror stories
• Explore and take a critical look at issues that exist within the larp scene even today
• Create a situation where in-game and out-of-game mix in all the wrong ways, which players can experience without actual hurt feelings
• Create copious amounts of drama on multiple levels

However, note that it is not:

• An accurate reproduction of Vampire larping or the 1990’s in general
• A meme or comedy larp

Expected gameplay

In Dumpster Pyre: the Masquerade, we aspire to create two interacting gameplay loops. You’ll find yourself playing a toxic person in the 1999 Vampire scene, having petty squabbles and resolving them in socially unhealthy ways. Simultaneously, you’ll be playing out the social and political power struggles of a very bad Vampire larp. These two domains will of course intermingle at will, and there will be plenty of opportunities to take out your frustrations with another character on their vampire – or vice versa. Dumpster Pyre: the Masquerade lets you live through the in-game and out-of-game experience of a larp straight out of internet horror stories.

Grab your blackest costumes, put on the edgiest guyliner, and get ready to have the catharsis of finally being the escalating player in larp destroying drama.

Joining the larp

Once ticket sales open you can find the registration link on the Tickets page. This larp uses a set of pre-written archetypes you can find on the Characters page. For more details feel free to look at the practical information page.

Disclaimers

This larp is not intended as criticism towards any specific larp or person. It is merely intended as a game about poor larping practices in the context of an exaggerated representation of early Vampire larping.

Dumpster Pyre: the Masquerade is a larp about larping. This means that there are a lot of different “layers” to the game that all have their own conventions. Consequently we need participants to be able and willing to read a relatively large amount of documents. We do our best to keep the information as concise as possible, but be prepared to read a lot nonetheless.

The larp will contain several issues that might hit close to home for people within the larp scene. A lot of attention is given to social safety, and the ST’s try to accommodate any personal request to avoid specific themes to the best of their abilities. Nonetheless, be warned you might still encounter others playing with the following themes: drama, bullying and bigotry, sexual themes, mental disorders, violation of free will, exclusion, edgy teenagers, and both physical and sexual violence. Understand that we are doing our best to provide a safe but thrilling experience, but please use your discretion before deciding to join nonetheless. Safe play starts with you.