Drama and Dancing

“Fine dancing, I believe, like virtue, must be its own reward.” 

Jane Austen

This 5 hour LARP recreates a Jane Austen ball full of dancing, romance, rivalry, and familial drama. It's suitable for play at home or at a convention, and contains everything you need to run, including detailed instructions, rules, dances, plots, and characters.

The system is freeform, with a focus on collaboratively structured character work-shopping, and on learning to dance period set-dances together. This .pdf is designed to be easy for those new to larping to both play and run.

In the middle of the Napoleonic Wars, eligible ladies and gentleman gather in the small country town of Candleford Green. They look forward to a night of convivial dancing and gossip at the local assembly hall, but beneath the frivolities these heroes and heroines are all searching for something deeper; love, adventure, status, security, or maybe simply self-discovery. Some of their stories are just beginning, while others are nearing their climactic conclusions.

This larp is for 12 players, 1-2 facilitators, and has optional rules for NPCs.