LARPing is both a male and female activity and yet… there always seems to be one girl LARPer for every 10 to 15 guy LARPers. These numbers will change as the game grows larger or smaller and while some games do have a stronger presence of girl LARPers the situation is still pretty dire for the guy (and 6 others) trying to get the attention of the cute fairy. Chick LARPers are a hot commodity in the LARPing World and we’re all not what we seem to be.

Girl LARPers come with all sorts of interesting stories, skills and features. One has skills with those swords that you would never realize just looking at her while her best friend can heal you before you even realize you need it. The other girl across the camp makes amazing food treats over the camp fire at the same time other girl in the kitchen is burning water but remembers every single rule mentioned in game. Some wear a corset like no other and some wear leather and chain mail like it is going out of style. Can’t forget the girl with the dramatic story of how her parents are the King and Queen, and that girl glaring at her? Well, she’s possessed by a demon.

No matter our skills, features or storylines we all play two games when we come LARPing whether we wish to partake or not. It cannot be detected by the untrained eye while guys are usually completely oblivious even when we do explain it to them… I expect it is how she is wearing her corset that has their attention elsewhere.

When the ‘other game’ is explained to you it usually takes a moment to fully understand the complexity of it. Many other girls when I have asked their opinion full heartedly agree with me that this goes on at any LARP they have ever participated in. While when I bring it up to guys they usually laugh it off until they see it in action. And when that happens, well, let’s just say you should see their jaw hit the ground. What is this ‘other game’ I’m referring too?

Welcome to an inside look on the female LARPer’s Power Struggle. The Cat Fight. The Hierarchy Scuffle.