Southern Organization for Live Action Reenactments

Southern Organization for Live Action Reenactments
Genre Fantasy
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Area served
 Southeastern United States
Website solarinc.org


SOLAR (an acronym for Southern Organization for Live Action Reenactments) is a boffer-style fantasy live action role playing game located in the Southeastern United States.[1]

Campaigns

SOLAR's rules and setting are used by separate and distinct games, or "campaigns", all of which Player Characters may visit. Clanthia, SOLAR's primary campaign, takes place in the capital city of Clanthia in the fictional nation off The Sutherlands.[2] Other games that are set in SOLAR's Universe are Cerroneth and Shadowmoor, named after the in-game lands in which they take place. An additional campaign, Everhate, ran from 2000 to 2004.

Location

Events of SOLAR's primary campaign, Clanthia, take place in Georgia at Hard Labor Creek State Park[3] for most of the year, and use Indian Springs State Park in the Winter.[4]

History

SOLAR was originally a chapter of NERO. SOLAR began in 1991, and became an independent LARP a few years later.[5]

System

SOLAR is a boffer-style LARP that uses hit points to keep track of an individual's health.[2]:p.32-33 Players can be a variety of races such as humans, elves,[6] and other fantasy races. There are four general classes: fighters, rogues, scholars (analogous to wizards), and templars (a mix of fighter and scholar).

MEAD, a LARP located in South Africa, was created using the SOLAR rule system[7][8] before later switching to the NERO ruleset.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The LARPers are coming, the LARPers are coming". The Sun Herald. 25 March 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 "SOLAR Player's Handbook" (PDF). SOLAR Inc. January 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Wasserman, Sue (June 1999). "Days and Knights: There's plenty of medieval fantasy on tap during SOLAR's monthly outings". Southern Living: 54–57.
  4. ↑ Eason, Brian K. "Clanthia Schedule". SOLAR Inc. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "LARP and Spell Packet Related Links". Bradley Packets. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Tracy V. "How LARP Works". HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Medieval Adventures". MeAd. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012. The rules used in MEAD are based on the rules published by SOLAR, Inc.
  8. ↑ Bertram, Gustav (8 August 2009). "On being a cat person". Mail & Guardian Online. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
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