{"product_id":"leaving-mundania-lizzie-stark-9781569766057","title":"Leaving Mundania: Inside the Transformative World of Live Action Role-Playing Games","description":"Exposing a subculture often dismissed as \"geeky\" by mainstream America, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Mundania\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of live action role-playing (LARP). A hybrid of games--such as Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons, historical reenactment, fandom, and good old-fashioned pretend--larp is thriving, and this book explores its multifaceted communities and related phenomena, including the Society for Creative Anachronism, a medieval reenactment group that boasts more than 32,000 members. Author Lizzie Stark looks at the hobby from a variety of angles, from its history in the pageantry of Tudor England to its present use as a training tool for the US military. Along the way, she duels foes with foam-padded weapons, lets the great elder god Cthulhu destroy her parents' beach house, and endures an existential awakening in the high-art larp scene of Scandinavia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lizzie Stark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1569766053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781569766057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.58w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2012","brand":"Lizzie Stark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939687760127,"sku":"9781569766057","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_75ab5ac0-5742-4b4d-8fbb-eae77689fc8c.jpg?v=1681442930","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leaving-mundania-lizzie-stark-9781569766057","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}