Awakening LARP

Building stories together

Welcome

Live the Story

Welcome to Awakening! We are a fantasy boffer LARP based in Atlanta, Georgia. Our setting, the realm of Tyvan, features fantasy elements such as magic and alchemy, and kin such as dwarves, elves, goblins, and fae. We invite you to learn more about our world, and to come experience it for yourself!

Players in Awakening take on the roles of various characters in the setting. Much like a participant in a theatrical production or a protagonist in a novel, each character is a distinct fictional entity built out by the player from our core rulebook. The player then decides what motivates his character, and how that character reacts to the world around him. The Plot team and other members of game Staff, conversely, provide the backdrop, the setting, and the monsters and people that populate the world for the character to interact with. At its core, Awakening is a weekend-long collaborative storytelling experience. It's a game about characters who have potential to be heroes or villains, and the players who work together to make an inclusive story for everyone to enjoy.

It's your story, so come tell it!

Building Community

Awakening is meant to be an inclusive, intersectional, financially transparent, player driven LARP with a setting reflecting various cultures during a period of time from roughly the Middle Ages to Renaissance period. Think swords and sorcery from around the world, from any culture you can imagine; and add in the fantasy, folklore, and fiction tropes that surround that period of history. It is important to note that while this game is aesthetically based on a fairly broad span history, any societal inequalities explored in the game would be based on whether you are a Hero or not, or from a certain region or House, or politically powerful, or wealthy; discrimination should never be based on sex, skin color, gender, sexuality, or religious views. The game has various cults, but no gods or religion to speak of and the history and timeline of our setting is not meant to be a true reflection of Actual, Real Life History™. For more info, please visit our rulebook section.

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An image of mystical woods at night

Playing the Game

Awakening is an independent light-touch boffer LARP with an ongoing plotline. Characters have a number of skills that represent the various ways the character can interact with the setting (such as the ability to cast spells). Characters progress by earning Skill Points which they can use to learn additional skills. Combat between PCs ("PvP") is allowed but not a focus of the game. Characters' ability to learn combat-related skills is capped at a certain point to prevent "power creep" and ensure that new PCs aren't completely overshadowed by more experienced PCs in combat — and have a chance at victory should PC vs PC combat occur.


An adventurer in a strange cavern

Join Us!

If you're looking for more details about our game system, please take a look through our rulebook.

Awakening Rulebook

Once you decide to come to one of our events, you can create a character and register for the event using our online logistics system.

Online Logistics System

Upcoming Events

Start End Name Type Location
Jan 03, 2025 10:00pm Jan 05, 2025 12:00pm Awakening Event ("Frostwatch") Event Camp McIntosh, Indian Springs State Park
Jan 15, 2025 08:00pm Jan 15, 2025 09:00pm Community Forum Social Discord
Feb 14, 2025 10:00pm Feb 16, 2025 12:00pm Awakening Event Event Camp McIntosh, Indian Springs State Park
Feb 26, 2025 08:00pm Feb 26, 2025 09:00pm Community Forum Social Discord
Mar 28, 2025 10:00pm Mar 30, 2025 12:00pm Awakening Event ("Dawnsoul") Event Camp McIntosh, Indian Springs State Park
Apr 09, 2025 08:00pm Apr 09, 2025 09:00pm Community Forum Social Discord
Apr 25, 2025 10:00pm Apr 27, 2025 12:00pm Awakening Event Event Camp McIntosh, Indian Springs State Park
May 07, 2025 08:00pm May 07, 2025 09:00pm Community Forum Social Discord
May 23, 2025 10:00pm May 26, 2025 12:00pm Awakening 4-Day Event ("Fireheart") Event Camp McIntosh, Indian Springs State Park
Jun 04, 2025 08:00pm Jun 04, 2025 09:00pm Community Forum Social Discord
Jul 25, 2025 10:00pm Jul 27, 2025 12:00pm Awakening Event Event Camp McIntosh, Indian Springs State Park
Aug 06, 2025 08:00pm Aug 06, 2025 09:00pm Community Forum Social Discord
Sep 19, 2025 10:00pm Sep 21, 2025 12:00pm Awakening Event Event Camp McIntosh, Indian Springs State Park
Oct 01, 2025 09:00pm Oct 01, 2025 10:00pm Community Forum Social Discord
Oct 24, 2025 10:00pm Oct 26, 2025 12:00pm Awakening Event Event Camp McIntosh, Indian Springs State Park
Nov 05, 2025 09:00pm Nov 05, 2025 10:00pm Awakening Event Social Discord