Ten comparisons between UK LRP and French GN

Tadeusz Cantwell

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In this article I will compare British and French live role-play, and ask the question: are they the same? In the U.K the abbreviation LRP or (live role-play) is used instead of LARP, (live action role-play) which is used in the U.S. In France GN (Jeu De Role Grandeur Nature, roughly ‘Actual size role-play’) is the equivalent term, but it only refers to events longer than twelve hours. Smaller events are called ‘Soirée Enquête’, roughly translated as ‘murder party’.