Danae really loves doing one-shot LARPs. I'd like to do them with her; it's something important to her and I'd like to at least try sharing it with her. But it's a combination of things that make it terrifying. Mostly, it centers on being faceblind.
I like acting and improv, though it's been a long time since I did that, and improv was only in classes. But the fact that I just can't tell who anyone is is so scary. I've looked at event descriptions and character sheets and they sound like so much fun! I'd love to be a character I find interesting and explore that headspace. Interaction with other participants, though, frightens me. I need to react to other people based on what I know of their goals and motives and my interactions with them, but because I can't remember people by face, and there are too many of them for me to reliably do it by clothing or distinguishing features, I'm terrified of feeling the whole time like I'm stuck with a bunch of people who expect me to know them and I don't. That is, like every other social event I go to with more than a handful of people who I don't already know well.
This is why I love Coup, but hate Werewolf and similar parlor games. Coup is a bluffing card game that involves picking roles and calling out people bluffing to be a role they aren't. Lots of people say it's very much like Werewolf. I've never played Werewolf and don't want to because the idea of trying to remember what people said to each other and how they behave to figure out who the wolves are feels like an insurmountable obstacle. Coup is easy; I just have to know what cards are showing and think about what the odds are that someone is lying. They stay in the same place the whole time and there aren't many of them either; usually three or four others at most. (Interestingly, Danae loves LARPs and hates Coup, so maybe they're not as alike as a lot of folks think?)
I know a number of folks who LARP. I'm curious on their thoughts about this.
Another thought; how do people who are blind or otherwise highly visually impaired LARP? Maybe using similar approaches could help.
One relevant thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LARP/comments/9zsral/larping_with_visual_impairment/Unfortunately, the most helpful comment seems to be "play a blind character", which isn't exactly applicable to my issues.
