<span style="font-size:200%"> A Near Future Sci-Fi LARP</span> https://thezonelarp.co.uk/ 2026-05-01T18:38:46+00:00 https://thezonelarp.co.uk/ https://thezonelarp.co.uk/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2022-12-10T09:27:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:actions&rev=1670664433&do=diff Downtime Actions There are four possible options for actions taken in downtime. Each one takes up a week of time and they can all be chosen multiple times. Bed Rest Wound Cards sometimes require bed rest to fully heal. Each card will have a number of weeks of bed rest required to fully heal the injury. Each downtime point represents a week of bed rest. If you do not take the full amount of required bed rest you will start the next event at -5 health per week of bed rest missed. text/html 2026-03-27T09:57:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:armour&rev=1774605461&do=diff Equipment - Armour The prices given here apply to starting characters. Once you have begun play you will need to speak to the relevant NPC during uptime or a referee during downtime as the prices will fluctuate depending on your reputation. Characters with the armoursmithing skill and a suitable toolkit can upgrade any light armour to its heavy equivalent at a cost of 1.5 times the difference between the two prices in either cash or armour parts. text/html 2024-03-03T18:35:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:basic_gameplay&rev=1709490945&do=diff Basic Game Concepts The sections below layout the basic mechanics of the game and different ways the players may have thier characters interact with the game world. Finding Work || Handling Money || Reputation || Player VS Player Collecting & Sharing Data || Using Skills || Teaming Up || Joining A Faction text/html 2023-06-05T12:37:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:blueprints&rev=1685968634&do=diff Research & Creating Blueprints Research and creating new blueprints follow broadly the same rules but with slightly different goals in mind. Research is a purely theoretical endeavour that will not result in an item that can be crafted. Instead, it expands the knowledge players have available to them and creates new options for developing item blueprints. text/html 2025-12-16T10:34:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:builds&rev=1765881271&do=diff Example Character Builds The Freelancer A former soldier who retired but never quite adjusted to civilian life and struggled to get a decent job. Entered the Zone out of a lack of better options and a need to go back to a military life. SkillsEquipment text/html 2025-12-16T11:07:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:calls&rev=1765883224&do=diff Combat Calls There are currently only two combat calls in the game. The intention is to keep things that way for as long as possible. Players researching new skills should keep in mind that introducing new calls is something the game team is very keen to avoid. text/html 2022-12-10T09:27:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:changes&rev=1670664432&do=diff Rules Changes Since E2 Some items have been added for purchase. See equipment lists for details. Coup de Grace and Point Blank calls have now been clarified. Details are on the Healing & Stabilisation page. If you are participating in the shared workspace project (currently all surviving players at E2) there are new rules for that project and some of its benefits on a dedicated page. That page is not listed in the sidebar, the link can be found on our Discord server. text/html 2022-12-10T09:27:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:changes2&rev=1670664430&do=diff Rules Changes Since E3 The Nanoengineering skill has been added to the Science list. Changes have been made to the means by which missions are populated. Missions will be set out on individual sheets with a short briefing note and space to write in the names of players on the mission. There will only be as many spaces on the sheet as are available on the mission itself, typically between six and eight. Players will be expected to go on a maximum of 6 missions in total across the weekend. Whe… text/html 2022-12-10T09:27:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:changes3&rev=1670664430&do=diff Rules Changes Since E4 A mission timetable will be released before each event rather than relying on a fixed set of rules. Players will be allowed to do a maximum of 6 of the missions. Anything happening after the 12 timetabled mission slots does not count to the maximum of 6. text/html 2025-12-16T11:04:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:combat&rev=1765883067&do=diff Combat & Hazards Between physics breaking anomalies, bandit groups and warring factions, the Zone can be a dangerous place. Ranged CombatMelee CombatHealing & StabilisationWounds & Long Term EffectsEnvironmental EffectsCombat Calls text/html 2026-03-27T11:18:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:crafting&rev=1774610327&do=diff Crafting Crafting items and upgrades during downtime requires several things. * A usable workspace. Currently, three player-controlled locations exist, only one has the capacity for crafting, one is in disrepair and one is abandoned. * A suitable blueprint. These can be found as loot or developed as a research project. Once found/developed, they can be used repeatedly by anyone with access to it. text/html 2025-12-16T10:36:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:creation&rev=1765881378&do=diff Character Creation Everything here will explain the basics of making a character in this system The character creation form can be found right Here. Getting Started Skills List Kit Suggestions Example Builds A Few Useful Tips text/html 2023-03-23T14:09:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:data&rev=1679580546&do=diff Collecting & Sharing Data The single biggest currency in the Zone is information. It is the very lifeblood of what everyone there is trying to achieve. The acquisition and sale of data is how freelancers get rich, why the gangs exist and what all the scientists are roughing it in the Zone for. In game, data comes in three types. text/html 2026-03-27T14:07:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:downtime&rev=1774620462&do=diff Downtime Process Downtime is an optional process but it does provide several options to improve your character and make your own life a little more comfortable at events. After each event you will need to contact the game team and let them know how you intend to spend your downtime. All available downtime actions have a cost in weeks, there is a total of 8 weeks available between each event. Please give as much detail as you can. The game team are happy to have conversations on our Discord t… text/html 2022-12-10T09:27:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:effects&rev=1670664430&do=diff Environmental Effects As the game develops the players will encounter more and more environmental hazards that the game team will phys-rep in some fashion. A thorough briefing on new effects will be given to players at the start of the event they appear in, or possibly at the start of the specific mission they appear on. text/html 2026-03-27T11:24:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:equip&rev=1774610697&do=diff Equipment & Loot Equipment & Loot Weapons List Armour List Other Equipment Loot text/html 2025-12-16T10:11:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:faction&rev=1765879883&do=diff Factions The Zone is home to several large organised groups known as Factions. The majority of them are permanent fixtures in the Zone and have been for a number of years, indeed most of their members are now permanent residents as well. Joining a faction is not possible at the start of play. Instead you will need to negotiate with NPCs from the various factions until you are considered worth inviting. Almost all factions have a form of initiation or buy-in. Joining the Truthers usually requi… text/html 2026-03-27T14:38:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:faq&rev=1774622326&do=diff FAQs Do I really need the First Aid skill? No. That said, if you cannot treat your own wounds you are reliant on others to do so, at their expense. There's nothing stopping you buying some of the supplies needed along with the painkillers and passing them along. Healing is very cheap, but sooner or later people are going to resent paying your bills for you text/html 2026-03-27T11:34:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:food&rev=1774611241&do=diff Food & Drink Food and drink are perhaps the key concern for all freelancers. Whilst some have the skills to live off the land, it is not a very sustainable lifestyle. Much of the water available in the Zone is contaminated and the ecosystem is inherently unpredictable, making meat something of a risky prospect as well. Packaged food that has not long since gone off is increasingly difficult to scavenge as almost all of it has already been looted. Most survivalists last about a year or so before… text/html 2026-03-26T15:53:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:getting_started&rev=1774540397&do=diff Character Generation Process The character creation form can be found right Here. Step 1 - Choose Skills Each character starts play with 4 skills. It is strongly recommended that most characters begin play with first aid, data gathering and either a weapon damage or a technical skill so that they can be reasonably self-reliant. text/html 2023-03-23T10:07:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:healing&rev=1679566066&do=diff Healing Getting shot or stabbed is inevitable. What matters is how you deal with it. If you are reduced to 0 health via gunfire, or 0 hit points via melee, you will be on the floor dying. No distinction is drawn between the two for healing purposes. text/html 2024-03-06T11:54:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:home&rev=1709726046&do=diff Game Rules How To Play Combat Rules Crafting Character Creation Research Equipment & Loot Downtime Food & Drink text/html 2024-03-03T19:00:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:kit_suggestions&rev=1709492454&do=diff Kit Suggestions Everything below should be considered suggestions. The game team is far more concerned that your behaviour fits the setting rather than your clothing. What the game is NOT * Post-apocalyptic. Yes it's set in the future, and yes there's been a huge disaster, but the vast majority of the world is ticking along just fine. text/html 2026-03-27T12:54:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:lifestyle&rev=1774616057&do=diff Lifestyle You must pay to keep your character alive between events. You must pay lifestyle costs after every event you attend. If you miss an event you do not need to pay, it is assumed that you spend the downtime after an event you missed working and scavenging to keep yourself alive, and make enough money to maintain the Basic lifestyle. text/html 2026-03-27T11:10:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:loot&rev=1774609824&do=diff Loot Almost everything in the Zone is worth something to someone. With very little in the way of organised manufacturing going on almost everything freelancers need is brought in from outside the Zone or scavenged from the ruins of the old towns. Parts text/html 2023-03-23T10:04:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:melee&rev=1679565889&do=diff Melee Combat Melee combat is carried out using specially made larp-safe weapons. We can provide a few knives and daggers for people to use but we cannot provide very many. It is expected that you will provide your own melee weapon if you intend to use one. Under no circumstances should anyone use any form of hand-to-hand combat technique text/html 2026-03-26T15:15:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:money&rev=1774538145&do=diff Handling Money There is no cash of any kind in use in the Zone. Every so often freelancers will dig up a cache of British currency stashed away somewhere, but it cannot be spent in the Zone, so it is usually sold to one of the bars for a fraction of its value. Recently, government agents have been paying people in gold bullion, but that too has little value in the Zone and is usually sold very cheaply to a bar. text/html 2026-03-27T10:02:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:other&rev=1774605757&do=diff Other Equipment Field Equipment NameCostGame EffectPhys-repScientific instruments20bAllows data gathering in the fieldSmartphone or tablet with QR code readerGPS tracker200cTracks GPS signals within the ZoneSmartphone or tablet with Google maps and the What3words app text/html 2024-01-22T14:46:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:pvp&rev=1705934785&do=diff Player Vs Player PvP is the game action of eliminating another player's character from the game, either through death, having a contract put out them or otherwise forcing them to give up freelancing. PvP is a valid action in the game, but it is discouraged. It should be considered a last resort in dealing with a character you disagree with and there are consequences for doing so. At its heart, PvP for its own sake is a deeply anti-social action in a hobby that is supposed to be about social in… text/html 2023-03-23T11:36:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:ranged&rev=1679571381&do=diff Ranged Combat You do not need to track any of the numbers for health or damage in ranged combat. The lasertag system will cover all of that for you. Numbers given here are to help players gauge the lethality of combat. How The Firearms Phys-reps Work text/html 2023-04-20T14:07:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:rep&rev=1681999665&do=diff ReputationThe referee team will be tracking the reputation of each individual freelancer. It runs on a scale from 0 to 5.ReputationDescription0Pond scum. You have been ostracised from the Bar and will most likely be shot on sight. If there isn't a contract on you there soon will be text/html 2026-03-27T11:35:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:research&rev=1774611358&do=diff Research Research serves three primary functions. * Create new blueprints for crafting * Expand the known science available for blueprints * Develop new skills The three cases work slightly differently. Creating New Blueprints This could be a mod to be installed in a standard gun or suit of armour that increases the damage, health or some other stat. It could be an entirely new weapon, a chemical agent to enhance performance, a cure for a disease or the disease itself. The only condit… text/html 2023-03-22T15:03:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:teams&rev=1679497380&do=diff Forming A Team Important note: this page is being left as it is deliberately, largely because it covers some important design points, but these plans did not really survive contact with the players. The current players have largely banded together as a single group at this point and have set up a base of operations. For new players, those in this group have had it made clear to them that their default position should be to invite new characters into this group unless the character in question pr… text/html 2025-12-16T11:00:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:tips&rev=1765882853&do=diff Some Useful Tips Now that the game has been running for a few years we have out together a few useful tips we've picked up in play. First Aid Unlike most other larp games, The Zone gives you the ability to self-heal a lot of the time. If you do not take the First Aid skill you will be solely reliant on other people finding you and healing you in a gunfight. This can get surprisingly frustrating after a while, even as an experienced larper used to relying on a healer class. Some builds, partic… text/html 2022-12-10T09:27:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:typical&rev=1670664431&do=diff A Typical Combat A typical combat should break down into these phases. The Actual Fighting It is anticipated that most combats will be quite short since there is no way for a downed combatant to rejoin the fight. The intention is to provide small tactical challenges like choosing an ambush site, or the best assault route. It is hoped players will spend time preparing and planning to minimise bloodbaths. text/html 2024-08-08T12:31:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:upgrades&rev=1723120305&do=diff How To Upgrade Your Kit Weapons * Weapons all come in a light and heavy version. A light weapon can be upgraded to heavy at a cost to the weaponsmith of 1.5 times the difference between the prices of new light and heavy weapons. This will increase the damage by 5 or 10 depending on the weapon type. text/html 2026-03-24T10:54:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:usage&rev=1774349646&do=diff Using Non-Combat Skills In Play Mechanics All of the Technical and Scientific skills along with Tracking are controlled by QR codes when used out on missions. If you see a QR code there will be a skill listed under it. If you have the skill then scan the QR code. It will bring up a set of instructions for you to follow. For some skills there will be a time given. This is how long you should spend roleplaying before the referee will unlock the box, disarm the bomb or hack the computer. The QR co… text/html 2026-03-26T15:00:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:weapons&rev=1774537229&do=diff Equipment - Weapons The prices given here apply to starting characters. Once you have begun play you will need to speak to the relevant NPC during uptime or a referee during downtime as the prices will fluctuate depending on your reputation. Characters with the gunsmithing skill and a suitable toolkit can upgrade any light weapon to its heavy equivalent at a cost of 1.5 times the difference between the two prices in either cash or weapons parts. text/html 2026-03-24T10:43:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:work&rev=1774349029&do=diff Finding Work The players have all been smuggled into the Zone by the same gang and brought to Tjhe Gatehouse, a bar, labour exchange and trade hub. It acts as the hub for all trade and activity in the immediate area around it. The Gatehouse is run by a player-created faction known as the Manor House Mob. They act as brokers for trade, bankers for everyone's credits and employment agencies for anyone needing freelancers to complete tasks. They will also arrange contracts to be taken out on indivi… text/html 2024-03-06T11:25:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:workspaces&rev=1709724354&do=diff Workspaces Blueprints can be installed on multiple sets of printers in different workspaces. Players will need to keep records of what blueprints they have installed in any workspaces they have access to. The current shared workspace will have records kept on this site. The link to that list is on the Discord site, and will be publicly listed when the players who built the workspace have okayed that. text/html 2025-04-23T09:26:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thezonelarp.co.uk/doku.php?id=rules:wounds&rev=1745400416&do=diff Wounds & Long-Term Effects Long-Term Effects Certain effects within the game might last across multiple events. Where these occur results will be recorded on the character database maintained by the referee team. For example; * Some players have contracted an unknown virus. So far this has had no adverse effects, but it remains in play.