College of Wizardry – Nov 2024

“Czocha College, Witchcraft and Wizardry; Staff and Students, Living and Dead”

A decade ago, a team of larpers from Poland and Denmark came together to collaboratively create College of Wizardry, a larp about the magic of community. Join us for a celebration of the game, its history and its future, as we run this special one-off larp in honour of this milestone.

As the students arrive at Czocha for the start of the school year, it becomes obvious that something is not quite as it should be. Who are these new but strangely familiar students and why are they here? Why can no one quite put their finger on what is different or wrong? Still, the business of teaching and learning must go on, and the Head of School and their staff are determined that a little bit of magical strangeness is not going to disrupt the proper running of classes and college business.

For this special game, we are going to present a special story, and would like to invite you all to join us in exploring the past and future of Czocha, new and old players alike. For our new players, this is an exciting opportunity to join us at a historic moment in the game’s journey; and for our returning players, we’d like to invite you to bring back your former characters, students or staff, to join us for this game. We have crafted an opportunity for those characters to return, at any point in their lives.

The game will be set at the start of term as per a classic run, so the Juniors will have sorting to Houses, the Seniors will be in student leadership positions and Sophomores will have recently moved up within the school hierarchy. Whilst there will be an emphasis on the mystery around the unexpected changes at Czocha, this will in no way take away from the normal rhythm of the school. Classes will engage their students, points will be awarded (and taken away) and hearts will be broken and be restored.

We hope that these words will help you to understand our intent for the game, its themes and feel. As ever, our team will work with you to align your stories with the overall flow of the game, to bring our wonderful castle to life once more.