An in person larp about finding your Forever Match, inspired by Black Mirror and The Lobster.
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Run 5: 15-18 February 2025
Run 6: 20-23 February 2025 Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Cost: 375 EUR |
SettingTogether At Last is set in a near-future world where extreme social distancing has been the norm for more than four decades. However, a major research breakthrough has recently occured: a once-per-lifetime jab allowing you to safely meet other people in person for a limited period of time. The Department of Marriage has decided to use this technology to enhance the government-run romantic matching programme, for the first time enabling its participants to actually meet in the flesh their computer-assigned romantic partners.
During this programme you will receive this jab and enter a sterilised, domed facility together with a cohort of other bachelors and bachelorettes. There, a machine learning algorithm will set up a sequence of romantic relationships for you, of various durations and with a diverse selection of partners. This will give your cortical implant enough data about your personality and preferences -- sometimes things that even you don't know about yourself -- to enable the system to find your Forever Match, who will then become your permanent life companion. With a 99.5% success rate, the Together At Last programme is your best and only chance at true marital bliss. Ever so slightly awkward romance with a dash of black comedy. We took inspiration from real life and made Hang the DJ even more dystopian by setting it against a backdrop of social isolation! Together At Last is the in-person version of the online larp Together Forever and shares its setting, but you don't need to have played Together Forever to fully enjoy Together At Last. Read more about the setting. |
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PlaystyleThe intended tone of the game is mildly absurdist relationship drama. It is a story about attempting to have romantic relationships with a variety of people, some better suited to you than others, about growing as a person and looking for true love, whatever that means. It is not intended to be “misery porn”, though there may be some difficult themes in the character backstories.
Playing on romance is the main theme of the larp, with personal growth and self-discovery being a secondary theme. Don't worry if you have the common concern "what if no-one will want to play romance with me?" : the larp design ensures everyone will get the experience they want. Both the setting and the design of the larp are queer-friendly -- while enforced monogamy is a theme of the larp, heteronormativity definitely isn't! Read more about the playstyle and safety |
Practicalities & sign-upYou can learn more about the schedule, location, sign-up process and other practicalities on the Practicalities page.
The sign-up is currently open and will close at 23:59 GMT on 29 February 2024. It is not first-come-first-serve, and you don't need to submit a character idea at this stage. To sign up, fill out this form. |
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