Acronym for "Live-Action Role-Playing". This label typically includes a wide variety of games -- including "boffer" games which allow contact with padded weapons, as well as verbal LAR Ps? such as Mind's Eye Theater which have no touching but allow players to move about freely. These generally have more players and are spread over a wider area than tabletop games. The action is primarily in real time and the location of the player represents the location of the character. The players are able to interact in real time with each other without having a moderator present (although a moderator may be called in for certain exceptional functions).

References:

• LARPs
• Comedic Narrativism and the Arabian Nights LARP
• Team creation / social contract questions
• LARP and GNS: Narrativist techniques?