This game is available for free from the Larp Library.
Written by Stephanie Marx, Drew Novick, Margaret Simkins, and Susan Weiner
a larp for 10 players and 1 or 2 GMs
Why do children have imaginary friends?
Sometimes imaginary friends are there to help kids work through issues they can’t handle alone. Sometimes a lonely child is looking for company. Sometimes it’s because their real friends have imaginary friends. And sometimes, maybe, they’re just for fun.
In Play Date, a group of kids have been left with a teenage babysitter for an afternoon. There will be toys, craft time, pizza, and maybe some existential angst.
Play Date is a game about children dealing with difficult issues. It asks how we know what is real, and whether that even matters.
Content Warnings: Bullying, alcoholism, death or illness of family members, anaphylaxis, temper tantrums, existential angst, uncertainty about what is real, mid-game expectation shifts.
Format Information: Prewritten characters, no combat, low transparency, all mechanics are acted out with no stats or randomization.