"And I know there are some big Larps in California, but those still only have about 100 people at any one time." Well, we've got at least two LARPs in the UK w

"And I know there are some big Larps in California, but those still only have about 100 people at any one time." Well, we've got at least two LARPs in the UK which have been well over the thousand mark for a while now: Lorien Trust (https://www.lorientrust.com/ https://www.lorientrust.com/) and Empire (which is run by Profound Decisions - http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire). [I'm excluding Curious Pasttimes, since I have no data, but suspect it's also 1000+]. Typically Empire (which I play and have a better idea of numbers) has around 1500 people: around 1300 players and 200 crew. Empire is interesting from a Megagame perspective because it places the players as the movers and shakers of the world and then gives them the levers of power -- there are senators dealing with the temporal politics of a ten-nation Empire, the synod wrestling for the protection of man's mortal soul, the mages who bargain for power from the alien beings from outside Creation or for those aliens to not deal with the Empire's enemies. And it's on a timescale of four weekends a year, for years, rather than a one-off game. (This isn't even the only large LARP they run -- I believe their mythological era Odyssey game is several hundreds of players) And as the comments of the article say; Germany has some epic LARPs too -- and pretty sure other places do too. That said, I'd love to play in one of these tightly plotted megagames... [full disclosure: I play Empire, have played Odyssey, and played Lorien Trust a long time ago and wasn't a massive fan. If you book for either of the first two games with 570.2375 we'll both get money off.]