“Explorer Unit Delta: dropship entering atmosphere now. Be advised that local flora and fauna are undocumented and may prove hostile. Mission parameters are to make contact with Survivors and establish communication with the Orbital Station. Decay readings are high: be prepared for significant technological malfunction. Landing site approach commencing: Planetfall in 3… 2… 1.”
- Transmission from the Drop Pod “No Time Like The Present”
In a galaxy united by communication and powered by the work of the Galactic Cooperation, a civilisation driven by the need to expand and connect people across the stars, the idea of a Star System being cut off and isolated is unimaginable. For a borderland system reliant on imports and communications from the Central Systems it's unthinkable. And should the unimaginable or unthinkable happen? Well, to take advantage of that for political or material gain? That would be unconscionable…“
- Private log of X. Grace, Mystic Divine, Chaplain of Orion Station, Keter System
SYSTEM ERROR - Interstellar Gate offline. Cause of error: Unknown. Divining cause of error... ERROR UNDIVINED. SEEK MYSTICAL INTERVENTION. ERROR CODE 8A8E9C2451FFA2445544.
- Repeating message from the “Orion Station” Gate Heart aboard the sole Interstellar Gate into Keter system
Introduction
Welcome to Planetfall, the Oxford LARP Society weekly linear LARP which began in 2022, in which Players play stranded explorers in a borderlands space system cut off from the rest of their galaxy. Alone, they must stay alive until rescue can be achieved, and combat the threats - both from their environment and from themselves - on vastly unmapped and inhospitable planets. Planetfall is now entering its final stretch of adventures, aiming to wrap up in June 2024, but our weekend linears are still open to anyone!
Linears take place every Saturday at 11am in Shotover Country Park (with people arriving from about 10.30am, What3Words location 'venue.begin.change') and will continue into the afternoon ending around 4-5pm at the latest. No kit, equipment, or costume is required - just bring yourself along (and something to eat, while we don't do communal food during the pandemic)! The first three events are free, after which Oxford LARP Society Membership is required.
Join the OLS Discord to find out more and get in touch, or email planetfall.larp@gmail.com!
Linears take the form of missions foraying from the safety of the orbiting fleet of ships into the depths of the worlds, or on the ships themselves, and Players actively influence the rules and structure of their community of Survivors while seeking rescue and survival.
To get a feel for what the game is about, we recommend looking at the following pages:
- Introduction Pages - What is Planetfall? for our vision statement and style, Themes and Accessibility for our accessibility policy, and What is LARP?, Social Contract and LARP Safety rules to bring you up to the basics of LARP.
- System Pages - The Combat Rules and Character Creation are all you need to understand how to play the game and create a character - take a look at Classes and Species to get inspired.
- Setting Pages - To learn about the current situation, have a look at the Keter Borderlands, The Stranded Fleet, the Latest Situation and The Incident which saw you stuck here. To learn about the world at large, its planets and peoples take a look at The Galactic Cooperation, the Core Worlds, and the Species and the Factions within.
The schedule below shows the adventures currently planned from January to June 2024, as the system and its open plots are gradually wrapped up. The Ref-run adventures during this time will have their subject matter advertised well in advance, and player availability will be checked via Discord closer to the time to attempt to make sure that characters with interest in a particular piece of plot are able to be played. However, the Saturday slots between these missions can be filled by others who want to explore other parts of the setting or wrap up non-ref plot they care about. (Note: open plot threads which have already been requested to be closed out can be found on the Endgame Plot Threads page.)
If you would like to run a mission, please do get in touch with the Refs by contacting planetfall.larp@gmail.com or tagging them in the Planetfall channel on Discord to claim a date. Once you have a date you can edit the details here.
If you would like a user account, please again contact planetfall.larp@gmail.com.
Feedback
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