Participant Contract
Before signing up, we would like you to read through the following and check that you agree with all the points:
- During the day, Student players are expected to attend their classes, unless they are unwell (mentally or physically). There is also a hard rule against Students sitting in on other people’s classes.
- Professor players are expected to show up and hold the classes on their schedule, as well as spend time with their mentor groups, unless they are unwell (mentally or physically). They are also expected to have calibrated with their mentor group beforehand as well as a professor coordinator.
- As a player, you will take responsibility for your experience, and take breaks when needed. You will also use the Emotional Support room and GM room when needed.
- As an active member of a Secret Society you are expected to read the material beforehand, and try to participate in pre-game workshops if possible. On-site you are expected to actively contribute to the Society experience, if this is something you have opted in for.
- During play you will to the best of your ability observe the rules of the larp, as well as the use of any meta techniques and act accordingly.
- Players will participate in the on-site workshops, and are expected to read their character as well as fiction documents before the larp. You will also take charge of being aware of your own boundaries and communicating this, to the best of your ability. The larp follows an opt-out principle, not a check-in principle.
- During play you might become witness to realistic rituals, real kisses, full nudity, public displays of affection and sexuality, light alcohol use, simulated drug use, simulated but realistic-looking sex in underwear, psychological coercion and lighter violence such as slaps, and more. You can also assume that these themes might exist in play around you and cannot be completely avoided, even if they can always be opted out of.
- In clearly distinguished events (Such as at a Secret Society meeting, or within a friend group or private meeting), you might encounter situations such as being blindfolded, told to remove your clothes, use of makeup or liquids on your body, be struck with implements or other things that might make you uncomfortable and other scenarios in the same spirit. You can always opt-out of being subjected to these, but they will not necessarily be pre-negotiated. You also adjust the odds of these things being encountered in your casting form, later.
- No matter what is portrayed, you will always have full control of your own body and of the story you are telling. You always choose who to touch and control who touches you, unless you have opted out of it. You can always leave any situation and step outside the play area to take a break from the fiction as needed.
Sign up process
Sign ups for 2026 are closed but you can still sign up to the reserve list – Sign up to the reserve list here!
The sign up is divided into two parts. The first, the sign up, contains all the information we need about you in order to facilitate your casting. You will learn everything about that process in the form and in the Sign Up Guide published within.
After the sign-up period is over, there is a period of flagging.
The schedule for sign-up, flagging and casting:
Rough Schedule:
First Sign-up period: 9th to 30th of March 2025
Flagging periode for initial sign ups: First two weeks of April 2025
Sign-up results & casting: Early May 2025
Deposit deadline: Two weeks after results
Second payment deadline: 1st of September 2025
Full characters: Late December 2025
The Forbidden History: Paradise Lost March 2026
The process:
We will be using a combination of casting and lottery when allocating the spots at the larp. However, when you sign up during the first sign-up period does not affect your chances of getting a place at the larp. It is not first come, first served. You can opt in to being placed on the Waitlist if you don’t get a spot in the initial lottery & casting. If you sign up after the initial sign up period closes, you will automatically be placed on the Waitlist.
Flagging
In your flagging form you will be able to green-flag up to five players. This does not affect their chances of being drawn in the lottery, but if both you and they are drawn we will cast you with a close relational tie (provided your casting choices align).
You will also be able to indicate people you do not wish to have any relation with, as well as people you cannot be at the same run as.
It will however not be possible to indicate a co-player you cannot attend the larp without.
If you are a large group of people who wish to attend the larp together, we recommend that you choose one run to prioritize your sign ups for. That way, even if not all of you get in, you will be on the waiting list for the same run as your friends.
For this larp, we will not be able to facilitate switches between runs. If you wish to switch runs after casting you will have to go on the waiting list for that run and your deposit and full payment will not transfer.
All of these choices have been made so that the casting process can be as smooth and sustainable as possible for us as organisers. With about 230 players, and hopefully even more signups, every little change can create ripple effects and lead to a lot of extra work, and we are trying to be mindful of our own limits.
We hope to see you at The Forbidden History: Paradise Lost in 2026!
