In the popular imagination, live action role play looks like a bunch of under- and over-weight men hacking sloppily at each other with foam swords while sporting Middle Age streetwear. On occasion, ...

Ever wonder what it was it like to engage in medieval combat? How about throwing some wizards and witchcraft and fantasy into the mix? Put it all together and you’re a LARPer. That stands for “live ...

The best part of going to an SF con is running around, getting little glimpses of a million subcultures I never knew existed -- but which I'm always relieved to discover are not only real, but ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Tales of Aloria is a live-action roleplay (LARP) project which combines roleplaying, character creation, cosplaying, and martial arts into a fun and engaging way to let your inner ...

Since the dawn of modern propaganda during the First World War marketing executives have perfected the use of archetypes and association to harness subconscious reactions on behalf of “engineering ...

As white nationalists attacked towns across the US, many of the critiques of black bloc and antifa tactics were cheap shots. Over the last year white nationalists have descended on towns unleashing ...

Once upon a time, everyone fit into conveniently defined stereotypes — the jocks played football, the drama queens acted in plays and the geeks holed up in their basements to drool over World of ...

Canadian director Alexandre Franchi's debut film, The Wild Hunt (here's our review), opens this weekend in Toronto and Montreal. He'll be blogging here on The Ampersand through the weekend to provide ...

In the empty meadows hours east of Montreal, thousands of knights, warriors and magical beings gather every summer for Duché de Bicolline, the largest battle in North America. For seven days and seven ...

Role Models doesn’t set a particularly good example for comedy flicks. Sometimes it’s legitimately funny, though: Bobb’e works the angle hard in his manic role as a foul-mouthed little guy who’s ...

High school bullies got this one right: "Dungeons & Dragons" isn't cool. Neither is "Magic: The Gathering," Civil War re-enactment or any other live-action, role-playing game (aka "larp") that ...