The Legend of Helike
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Join us for an immersive role playing experience! Alpha testing beginning soon.
What’s fun in Southwest MO? We are! Are you tired of the bar scene? Do you want a memorable date night? Do you want an “educational” experience for your family- but you don’t want it to feel that way?
Put on a costume and get away from yourself for a few hours.
Beta Testing and Events-TBA
Helike and surrounding region.
We are joining forces with some Larpy friends in Nevada MO to build up a site for events. We are hoping to schedule our official chapter opener event for Spring 2023. That means a winter full of crafting, costuming, writing and PACKET PARTIES! We will probably have at least 1 beta test (one day event/packet party) where you can try out your character and even earn a little XP to start the full game with. After the beta testing is finished and we’ve done any last minute tweaks to the system it will be time for a full, Friday night through Sunday morning Event. These will count as 3 logistic days of XP.
If you have never been to a full weekend LARP before you are in for a treat! Basically, you arrive in character- or get into character on site- and the game will start sometime on Friday night. You will play until you drop, sometime around blue thirty in the morning. You may sleep on site or, since we are so close to Nevada and Joplin, go home for some rest. The game will continue even after you go to bed, so you sleep in character (highly recommended, but not mandatory) and you may even get raided. Remember to die loudly and keep a weapon or spell at hand. We will have meals at the Dancing Muse Tavern as part of the food package that can be purchased when you pay for your event. You are, of course, welcome to bring your own food- however space and time in the kitchen may be limited so we encourage you to bring snacks rather than full meals to cook. We will strive to have vegetarian options and gluten free options- but if you have severe allergies or dietary restrictions let us know so we can work together to come up with good solutions. The game will continue through Saturday and into Sunday. Check out will be noon on Sunday. Most players drop around 3 AM Sunday morning. For those players who get up early enough, we may have some role play available Sunday morning. Just a word of warning- there is something called a LARP hangover. Take care of yourself on Sunday afternoon so you can recover enough to go back to work on Monday.
Located in Southwest MO
All events will be held in Southwest MO area. Our system is built to expand and your characters can travel to other chapters as they open. If you think you might be interested in running your own Lost Cities chapter let us know. We are developing a quick start package that can help you get your game off the ground.
Ready to join us? Check out the Heritages, the Library public section, and the character build sheet. We’ll walk you through the process of creating characters and prepping for the events. Don’t feel overwhelmed, LARPing is definitely an activity that you learn best by just jumping in. This will be a learning experience for all of us.
Want to know more about Helike?
For our purposes Helike is a Greek city in the winter of the year 373 BC. It is progressive among the Achaean (Greek) cities of the time. Sparta is in its long decline. Athens is just a wannabe backwater. If you want high art, master craftsmanship, newfangled Logic and Philosophy, equality among the genders, scholarly endeavors, trade with merchants from all over the world, prosperity… Helike is the jewel of Achaea. Something not mentioned in the histories is that Helike has become a destination for people who can trace their heritage back to various Gods and their creations and offspring. Only in Helike can you see such a concentration of beings like Satyrs, Gorgons, Oceanids and Minotaurs freely intermingling with human society. Now would be a great time check out the Heritage page and find out what is available to you to play. Some heritages will be available at a later date- as the game progresses and new player heritages are discovered.
Want to know more about the game mechanics?
Legend of Helike has a boffer style combat system. It is not full contact, all out combat. Instead we have opted for something more like a tag system. This allows people of varying physicality to join in combat and keeps our costs low due to insurance. In essence, you are simply tapping someone with your weapon and calling out damage if you connect. We are not doing called shots, so damage is subtracted from the whole rather than making a leg inoperable, for example. Head and groin shots are not counted for damage, and if it becomes a problem we may ask you to change your character to something less combat oriented. We also have a magic system. We will be using birdseed packets as spells. These can be thrown with an incant, letting the recipient know if it is healing, damage or some other effect such as sleep. More details are available on the class skills pages. Our over riding goal is for people to be able to play whatever kind of character they want. We want you to have fun, not get beat down. For those players who prefer a more physical challenge, we will have Arena events and competitions that are specifically geared towards more rigorous combat.
Want to be a vendor?
Players and outside vendors are welcome to sell at our events. You can set up a booth in the Tavern or reserve a Villa in game to run a shop out of. Contact us to find out the best plan for you.
Short on cash? NPC for us
Non player characters make the game go! We are always looking for plot team members, monster camp characters and ambience for places like the Tavern. You can earn XP for your Player Characters while you NPC!
