De la Bête Rolling o.s.

Organiser / Campaign

Rolling o.s.

Genre

Historical

Description

De la Bête will take place in September 2015 in the area of the Valec castle. It's a high-production game inspired by French novels, legends and great themes of the late Ancien Régime period. Although it is largely based on the stories of the Beast of Gévaudan, it is not set in a specific years and it draws only loose inspiration from historical events, rather than describing them accurately. It can be said that it takes place in an unspecified part of the second half of the eighteenth century. De la Bête deals with transformation of mind, dramatic conflict and emotions. The game itself takes 48 hours and it will be preceded by intensive workshops in which we will try to get all the players on the same wave.

Style of the game

De la Bête is a high-production dramatic larp for 97 players set in 18th century France. It is a serious, atmospheric game with prepared game content for every character. The characters' personal views are key: each character has its own strong theme which unifies its story. Although a number of story twists is pre-designed, the player still has quite a high level of freedom and responsibility to play out the offered story and relationship lines and to move the game forward through that.

De la Bête is a vast historical fresco which offers its characters diverse game content. Some characters are based more on relationship lines, some on intrigue or a significant element of action. Some story lines contain strong traces of horror, some resemble a spy thriller.