Timeline for Is it common to wear costumes when (tabletop) roleplaying?
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| May 7, 2013 at 3:47 | history | edited | thatgirldm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
clarifying rarity
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| May 7, 2013 at 0:59 | comment | added | thatgirldm | I agree that it's exceptionally rare (wondering if I should edit my answer to make that more clear); but I did want to point out that it does happen sometimes. | |
| May 6, 2013 at 21:34 | comment | added | Greenstone Walker | I have been roleplaying for around 20 years. In that time I've worn costume to a tabletop session once. This is pretty typical. However, here in New Zealand there is one group of people who are an exception - LARPers. It is reasonably common for LARPers to wear some of their LARP costume to tabletop gaming sessions, especially at gaming conventions. Most of the costumes are self-made so they take any chance to show off their sewing skills. | |
| May 5, 2013 at 21:34 | comment | added | deworde | I think there's another reason costumes are useful in a Televised game: Makes it easier to remember what role each character is playing. Also, without that, what you have is often 5 people sittin' round a table rolling polyhedrons. That seems more like something appropriate for radio. | |
| May 4, 2013 at 0:16 | comment | added | Flamma | I choose this as the answer because your reasons of the tropes' origin are convincing. But all the other answers have given me the idea that this practice is actually uncommon. Thanks all. | |
| May 4, 2013 at 0:14 | vote | accept | Flamma | ||
| May 3, 2013 at 20:44 | comment | added | aslum | Some games lend themselves to it more than others. The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a prime example, but Sea Dracula, Monsterhearts are also candidates. It's a lot easier to sustain suspension of disbelief, and engage those imaginations when folks are in character. Pirate game? Make sure everyone has eye-patches or pirate hats. | |
| May 2, 2013 at 17:15 | history | edited | SevenSidedDie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 2, 2013 at 17:12 | history | edited | thatgirldm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 2, 2013 at 15:37 | history | answered | thatgirldm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |