Fantasy Warplay is a form of Live Action Role Playing developed over many years of playing and testing out safe and effective ways to simulate sword play. It grew out of playing in the woods of Mendocino County, CA in association with the Melville Montessori School and was influenced largely by Arduin, Magic the Gathering and dramatic play.

While Fantasy Warplay developed completely on it's own it owes much in it's most recent developmets to NERO (New England Roleplaying Organization) who inspired us to take the game to a level we had formerly only dreamed of. You will see many rules and procedures that have been adopted straight from NERO, as NERO is one of the best Live Action Role Playing groups around and there methods are tried and true. To NERO, and especially NERO-West, we want to thank you, and to all of you who are new to the game, please come in, have a seat by the fire and discover our world.

To learn about the game and how it is played, start with the New Players Page and then check out the Online Rulebook.. If you have high speed internet and can view flash format movies you can watch the FanWar documentary Demo and check it out in action. If you are interested in the philosophy and rationale behind FanWar and LARP you can go the the Rationale Page here.

If you are interested in NERO you can check them out at these sites.
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