Question of the week: Tell me about an easy victory you remember and tell me another story about a hard fought battle (win or loose) you had experienced. Which ones have been more memorable for you?

I remember one easy victory. The reason I remember is that it was a confidence building moment for a kid on his first day. I was 2nd to the left flank on this ditch line. The newbie was to my left looking to avoid direct battle. I leaned over to him just before lay on was called and whispered "I am going to hit that guy's shield three times. On the third time, step to the left and hit him from his blind spot." So...lay on was called, I advanced and started hit the shield, and on the third strike the kid killed my dance partner as I died. The newbie then proceeded to run the flank and killed every single person on the opposing side. I wish I could say that I will never forget the look on his face, but I already have. What I still remember, more than a decade later was how the look on that kid's face made me feel. It was easy insofar as my briefly made plan not only went off without a hitch, but the result exceeded my expectation. It was easy for the kid because it was all backstabs, but it got him used to the idea of hitting people with a boffer. This is the only memory of a specific easy victory I have...and that's only because of the other factors involved.

I remember being tired of playing what were essentially un-loose able quests, quests where the players had unlimited lives and could just keep throwing themselves at the bad guys until they finally died or were bored with the whole thing and would just give up. It was like Dark Souls. So I set out to make a quest where players were actually in danger. It was October so I gave it an undead/gothic theme. I informed the players that they had one life, and depending on how they died, they would become either a zombie, skeleton, Vampire, or werewolf and would now be against the party. It ended up being one of the more memorable quests that people participated in. Players told me they actually feared for their lives and stuck together like glue. They were practically forming circles around their healers because if they lost them then they would be fucked. I think they still lost a little under half of their players, but they pulled through in the end which made their victory so much sweeter. I've seen much improvement in quests since then, not saying its because of me, but I think a lot of people were starting to get bored with the nature of RP encounters in the game.

As a LARP newb that only has one Weekend Warrior Experience to draw from I don’t have a depth of knowledge on this one so take this with a grain of salt. I found the combat at WeWa to be very intense. Every victory was hard fought because everyone is a PC fighting other PCs. Though some argue everyone is an NPC except the faction leaders. Nonetheless victories are hard fought because the four factions are battling each other. I also found since I am part of the smallest faction we were constantly outnumbered. My main complaint wasn’t how hard the fight was, but that victories and loses meant very little in the plot and game.