01.What is LARP?

LARP (live action role-playing) game is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their characters. Each player is given a script, a role/part and plot. The first LARPs were inspired by board games.

玩家通过分饰剧本中的角色，围绕剧本中案件展开推理、还原人物关系、挖掘证据，最后找出凶手。玩家会被分配一个剧本、角色和对应的情节。剧本杀最早受桌游影响很大。

script: 剧本。

screenplay: 剧本，尤指电影的剧本。

board games: 桌游。

stick with rules: 遵循规则。

如果想邀请别人一起去玩剧本杀可以这么说：

Let's larp!/ Let's go larping!/ Let's larp up! 一起玩剧本杀吧！

玩剧本杀不能说play larp。

02.English words in LARP

在剧本杀中，我们都能用到哪些英语单词呢？

infer/deduce: 推理。

reasoning：推理。

logic: 逻辑。

solve some puzzles/ solve a murder mystery: 解决谜团，解决谜案。

number puzzle: 数独。

mystery: 谜案。

clues: 线索。

logical deduction: 逻辑推理。

03.Things about LARP

Jenny说最喜欢的推理小说是Agatha Christie's Poirot (大侦探波罗)和Sherlock Holmes (神探夏洛克)。Adam提到了福尔摩斯的名言：

'When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.' 当你排除所有不可能的因素之后，无论还剩下什么，无论有多不可能发生，那一定是真相。

无论是在悬疑小说中还是悬疑影视片中，都会有一个烟雾弹，就是所有证据都指向ta，但ta一定不是凶手：

twist: 反转。

red herring: 分散注意力而提出的不相干事实或论点。

suspense: 悬疑（影片）。

detective: 侦探（影片）。

2019年的Knives Out（利刃出鞘），推理悬疑电影在全世界都很受欢迎，电影在开头就交代了发生了什么，但still keep you hooked，值得一看。

Is LARPing still a thing? 剧本杀还很受欢迎吗？

Larping is very much a thing. The community has grown and evolved in the decades since it started. The boffer larps people are often familiar with are indeed still going with a wide range of rule sets. Some are more fantasy, and others might scifi in flavor.

剧本杀现在依旧很受欢迎，剧本杀的社群飞速成长，现在更加了很多好玩的规则，甚至剧本中加入了一些科幻色彩让故事更加精彩。

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