If you’ve ever played a pencil-and-paper role-playing game (RPG) such as D&D or GURPS; then Live Action Role-Playing, or LARP, is easy to explain. It is, in effect, an RPG played live with special rules to allow interaction between the characters in real time and space.
If you’ve never played a pencil-and-paper RPG, you can think of a LARP as a game of “make believe” with rules. The LARP is played within the boundaries of the entire convention center (within reasonable limits to keep the players from getting in the way of other convention attendees).
We are MOVING! Please note our new location at the bottom of the page!
You could wait till OTAKON 2026 begins to select your character but why wait?
Please read our rules before you fill out the form with your information and 3 character choices: https://www.otalarp.com/
We are taking new character requests up till March 28th. Pre-registration closes on June 27th.
The Otakon LARP has been running since the second Otakon in 1995. In that decade and a half, we’ve grown to host 250 players, the largest anime LARP in the world. The plot of the game has ranged from magic to science fiction to mystery, and everything in between. The game has been set in Baltimore, Neo-Baltimore, Mega-Baltimore…you get the idea.
Criminals and cops, corporate overlords and rabble-rousers; anyone from Monkey D. Luffy to Motoko Kusanagi could be stalking the streets looking for money to make or criminals to catch. In the LARP, you’re invited to become a part of it all: Whether it’s just for a few hours or all weekend long, join hundreds of your fellow otaku and step into the shoes of your favorite anime character in real time.
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Time
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Note
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Friday |
12PM - 2PM |
At-con character selection and Pre-Reg Pickup |
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3PM - 4PM |
Meeting to Review Setting & Rules |
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4PM - Midnight |
Open Play |
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Saturday |
9AM - 5PM |
Open Play |
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5PM - 7PM |
Dinner Break |
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7PM - 12AM |
Open Play |
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Sunday |
9AM - 3PM |
Open Play & End Meeting |
Located in Marriott M3 Shaw
