Profound Decisions Explained

Profound Decisions is a company running live action role-playing games in the United Kingdom.[1] [2] [3]

The company was founded in 2004 to run Maelstrom, a fantasy game with colonial themes which attracted around 900 players.[4] [5]

Since 2012, Profound's principal game has been Empire, considered to be the largest UK LARP with a player base of around 3,000 players .[6] [7] [8] [9] Between 2010 and 2016, Profound Decisions also ran Odyssey, a game set in the classical period.[10]

References

  1. Web site: The rise of live action role-playing. BBC News. 31 August 2013. 20 November 2017.
  2. News: Larp: Meet the people fighting orcs and casting spells. Adam. Clarkson. 16 October 2023. BBC News.
  3. Dressing Up and Fighting Orcs. What's Your Thing?. BBC. 9 December 2023. 1. 5.
  4. Web site: Empire – A fully detailed world, shared with players. International LARPzeit. 2013. 20 November 2017.
  5. Book: Playground Worlds. Markus. Montola. Jaakko. Stenros. Ropecon ry. 2008.
  6. News: Grown Ups Play Dress Up – The World of Live Action Roleplaying Costuming. Isabella. Welch. Cherwell. 10 October 2019.
  7. Web site: Great Alne is the backdrop of a medieval fantasy battle. 20 November 2017. 13 April 2015. Liz Sharpe. Redditch & Alcester Advertiser.
  8. Web site: The secret life of orcs. 15 August 2015. 20 November 2017. easyJet Traveller. Vicky Lane.
  9. Web site: Role play, chivalry and a world without sexism: Welcome to the ultimate female fantasy. 29 May 2015. 20 November 2017. Kate Townshend. The Telegraph.
  10. Web site: Interview: Profound Decisions' Matt Pennington. Starbust Magazine. 20 November 2017. 12 July 2012. Ed Fortune.

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