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The Wayfinder Experience Blog

The blog is divided up into different series in which we share and discuss specific facets of our camp and community.
Pick any of the series that interest you and start reading!
The series we currently have running are as follows:

Where Are They Now: This series puts the spotlight on former staff and participants showing what some of our alumni (and beloved community members) have been up to in the world, and how they think Wayfinder helped them get there. The series was made in 2017, so you bet these wonder folks have only gotten up to more fun and creative things since!

A Day In The Life: Here we turn the focus to our day to day at camp and try to give our readers an idea of what we have going on each week throughout the summer. This series features stories from summer 2017.

Wayfinder Wisdom: In this series each post focuses on a specific aspect of our summer camp. It is our attempt to share some of the knowledge we have accumulated in more than a two decades of LARPing. Though many posts are written in 2018, they all still hold true.

Wayfinder Story Board: In this series you will find posts on how to write a great Adventure Game as well as shared examples of great Games. We also have a great number of posts from many great Game writer’s sharing their thoughts and ideas about LARP.

Wayfinder One Day Adventure’s Campaigns Blog: These posts will focus on the campaign style Adventure Games being played at our One Day Adventures, starting in 2018!

Want to contribute to the blog. We are always looking for more Wayfinder and greater LARP community voices to be heard (or read) on our blog, if you have a story to share please email us: Info@wayfinderexperience.com

About Wayfinder

About The Wayfinder Experience

In a Nutshell

The Wayfinder Experience is a live-action role-playing company, based in Kingston, New York. We run summer camps, events, school programs and workshops for teens, children and adults. The centerpiece of our programs is the Adventure Game, a transformative experience that challenges players physically, mentally and emotionally, while immersing them in an exciting world of fantasy.

Our Events

Wayfinder operates weeklong overnight LARP summer camps for teens and day camps for children. We also host three-day events, such as our Winter Game in December, and One Day Adventures every month.

Our staff is also available for special events, like our Capture the Flag with swords after-school programs and children’s Birthday Parties.

Our Programming

At our overnight and day camps we offer a diverse range of workshops combining sports, art, “play-safe” swordplay, improvisational acting & intentional community building. All this culminates in our Adventure Game, a live-action role-play that is often played out over multiple days.

During the “Adventure Game” our participants become characters in a magical, legendary story, complete with costumes, elaborate sets & props, masks, treasures, spells & quests. We transform our summer camp facilities into whole new worlds. The stories and settings are prepared in advance, but the end results are dependent upon the actions and choices of the participants themselves. At the end of the adventure, a simple call for “Game!” signals a return to the real world—and the chance to excitedly share experiences and stories!

Our LARP Adventure Games are all original, written and created by our staff (and sometimes our campers) and range in scope from high fantasy to tales of pirates and ninjas, from the Wild West to science fiction, alternate histories, zombies, noir mysteries and everything in-between. No two games are the same and every adventure lets you play a new character… or many!

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One Day Adventures Campaigns

The Living Legends Blog

These posts will focus on the games being played at Living Legends events this year.

The Legends of Gelgador: Part 2

The Story So Far Part 2: The Bedos Crusade It was the 304th year of the Third Gelgadoran Age and the Empire was in the midst of a never before […]

The Legends of Gelgador: Part 1

The Story So Far Part 1: The Sword In The Dark Representatives of Arroway, Otar and Bedos, the Great Nations of Gelgador, gathered at the Temple of the Gods, at […]

Living Legends 3000: Story So Far Part 5

The Story So Far Part 5: Odyssey The hunt to find and rescue Mongo Valesser continues! Led by Jaxx Meridian, a coalition of Mongo’s allies from past adventures and members […]

Living Legends 3000: Groups and People

Groups Mongo’s Marauders — The group of space pirates, soldiers and adventurers who work most closely with notorious smuggler Mongo Valesser. What was once a ragtag group of ever changing […]

Living Legends 3000: Story So Far Part 4

The Story So Far Part 4: Smuggler’s Reign Much time passed after the incident with the Phantom Shock Society at the Snake Pit. Mongo Vallesser and his associates became the […]

Living Legends 3000: Story So Far Part 3

The Story So Far Part 3: Rogue Moon Rising Having waited a long enough time to let the heat die down, and with the disbanding of the police force The […]

Living Legends 3000: Story So Far Part 2

The Story So Far Part 2: The Raiders of Yozon-4 Having rejoined Mongo’s Marauders — Mongo Valesser, The Blackstar Battalion, Crew of In Amber Clad,  and The Star Chaser Guild […]

Living Legends 3000: Story So Far Part 1

The Story So Far Part 1: In The Ruins of Eberon Keep Deep within the dense rock and forests of Yozon-4, the fourth moon of the gas giant Yozon in […]

Living Legends 3000: History & Setting

Living Legends 3000: History & Setting History The Living Legends 3000 series of live-action theatrical Adventure Games take place in the planetary systems that make up The Galactic Commonwealth. Commonly […]

Group Hug

Wayfinder’s Blog

The Wayfinder Experience Blog

The blog is divided up into different series in which we share and discuss specific facets of our camp and community.
Pick any of the series that interest you and start reading!
The series we currently have running are as follows:

Where Are They Now: This series puts the spotlight on former staff and participants showing what some of our alumni (and beloved community members) have been up to in the world, and how they think Wayfinder helped them get there. The series was made in 2017, so you bet these wonder folks have only gotten up to more fun and creative things since!

A Day In The Life: Here we turn the focus to our day to day at camp and try to give our readers an idea of what we have going on each week throughout the summer. This series features stories from summer 2017.

Wayfinder Wisdom: In this series each post focuses on a specific aspect of our summer camp. It is our attempt to share some of the knowledge we have accumulated in more than a two decades of LARPing. Though many posts are written in 2018, they all still hold true.

Wayfinder Story Board: In this series you will find posts on how to write a great Adventure Game as well as shared examples of great Games. We also have a great number of posts from many great Game writer’s sharing their thoughts and ideas about LARP.

Wayfinder One Day Adventure’s Campaigns Blog: These posts will focus on the campaign style Adventure Games being played at our One Day Adventures, starting in 2018!

Want to contribute to the blog. We are always looking for more Wayfinder and greater LARP community voices to be heard (or read) on our blog, if you have a story to share please email us: Info@wayfinderexperience.com

About Wayfinder

About The Wayfinder Experience

In a Nutshell

The Wayfinder Experience is a live-action role-playing company, based in Kingston, New York. We run summer camps, events, school programs and workshops for teens, children and adults. The centerpiece of our programs is the Adventure Game, a transformative experience that challenges players physically, mentally and emotionally, while immersing them in an exciting world of fantasy.

Our Events

Wayfinder operates weeklong overnight LARP summer camps for teens and day camps for children. We also host three-day events, such as our Winter Game in December, and One Day Adventures every month.

Our staff is also available for special events, like our Capture the Flag with swords after-school programs and children’s Birthday Parties.

Our Programming

At our overnight and day camps we offer a diverse range of workshops combining sports, art, “play-safe” swordplay, improvisational acting & intentional community building. All this culminates in our Adventure Game, a live-action role-play that is often played out over multiple days.

During the “Adventure Game” our participants become characters in a magical, legendary story, complete with costumes, elaborate sets & props, masks, treasures, spells & quests. We transform our summer camp facilities into whole new worlds. The stories and settings are prepared in advance, but the end results are dependent upon the actions and choices of the participants themselves. At the end of the adventure, a simple call for “Game!” signals a return to the real world—and the chance to excitedly share experiences and stories!

Our LARP Adventure Games are all original, written and created by our staff (and sometimes our campers) and range in scope from high fantasy to tales of pirates and ninjas, from the Wild West to science fiction, alternate histories, zombies, noir mysteries and everything in-between. No two games are the same and every adventure lets you play a new character… or many!

Group Hug

One Day Adventures Campaigns

The Living Legends Blog

These posts will focus on the games being played at Living Legends events this year.

The Legends of Gelgador: Part 2

The Story So Far Part 2: The Bedos Crusade It was the 304th year of the Third Gelgadoran Age and the Empire was in the midst of a never before […]

The Legends of Gelgador: Part 1

The Story So Far Part 1: The Sword In The Dark Representatives of Arroway, Otar and Bedos, the Great Nations of Gelgador, gathered at the Temple of the Gods, at […]

Living Legends 3000: Story So Far Part 5

The Story So Far Part 5: Odyssey The hunt to find and rescue Mongo Valesser continues! Led by Jaxx Meridian, a coalition of Mongo’s allies from past adventures and members […]

Living Legends 3000: Groups and People

Groups Mongo’s Marauders — The group of space pirates, soldiers and adventurers who work most closely with notorious smuggler Mongo Valesser. What was once a ragtag group of ever changing […]

Living Legends 3000: Story So Far Part 4

The Story So Far Part 4: Smuggler’s Reign Much time passed after the incident with the Phantom Shock Society at the Snake Pit. Mongo Vallesser and his associates became the […]

Living Legends 3000: Story So Far Part 3

The Story So Far Part 3: Rogue Moon Rising Having waited a long enough time to let the heat die down, and with the disbanding of the police force The […]

Living Legends 3000: Story So Far Part 2

The Story So Far Part 2: The Raiders of Yozon-4 Having rejoined Mongo’s Marauders — Mongo Valesser, The Blackstar Battalion, Crew of In Amber Clad,  and The Star Chaser Guild […]

Living Legends 3000: Story So Far Part 1

The Story So Far Part 1: In The Ruins of Eberon Keep Deep within the dense rock and forests of Yozon-4, the fourth moon of the gas giant Yozon in […]

Living Legends 3000: History & Setting

Living Legends 3000: History & Setting History The Living Legends 3000 series of live-action theatrical Adventure Games take place in the planetary systems that make up The Galactic Commonwealth. Commonly […]

What is LARP?

What is LARP?

LARP or Live Action Roleplay is a term that can be applied to a broad spectrum of activities. While there are many types of LARP in the world, Wayfinder’s brand of LARP is contained in something we refer to as “the Adventure Game.” Within the context of an Adventure Game, LARP is an immersive roleplaying experience happening within a world prepared by our staff for the players. Each player is given the chance to design their own character, picking the type of character they want to play helps guarantee they have the gameplay experience they want.

At each week of the Wayfinder Experience we lead participants through workshops specially designed to prepare them for their time in the live action roleplay Adventure Game. This includes an introduction to our game systems (such as how the use our magic and swords in the Adventure Game), time to design and build a character, some work on improvisational theater skills to prepare for interactions in the adventure, and a good deal of work on trust to ensure a safe and enjoyable time in Adventure Game.

We view the Adventure Game as a transformative experience where players are given the freedom to explore pieces of themselves they may never otherwise get to inhabit in a safe environment. We have run a wide array of Adventure Games based on anything from the historic to the fantastic. We hope you’ll join us for an summer adventure and find the hero inside!

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Adult Retreat

Adult Retreat

This yearly retreat is open to anyone 18 years or older.  A perfect get-away for old campers, parents and first-time friends of the community. Experience the magic of live action role playing in a mature environment! This is a fun and inclusive retreat. We will spend time doing a number of different workshops, such as improvisational theater, sword fighting (with our special foam swords) and New Games to build trust with each other before we play our LARP Adventure Game where you will be in control of your character’s destiny.

Join us September 1st – 3rd, 2023 at the Stone Mountain Farm in New Paltz, NY.

Book your lodging separately; limited on site lodging can be booked here.

Sign up here.

Programming hours:

  • Programming will start at 6pm on 9/1 and go until 10pm
  • Programming will start at 10am on 9/2 and go until roughly 11pm. Lunch and Dinner will be provided on site
  • Programming will start at 10am on 9/3 and go until 5pm. Lunch will be provided, and there will be an optional goodbye fire that night

Retreat Programing pricing: 

  • $250 – Sponsored rate
  • $350 – Suggested rate
  • $450 – Sponsor rate

As ever, we want to do our best to make our programming accessible. If you feel you are able to, we encourage you to pay the sponsor rate and contribute to the cost of attendance for some of our folks who may not be as able to do so. Sponsored rate is available on a need basis; there is no application process. If you need it, take it; no questions asked.

Summer Overnight Camps

Check Back in January 2024 for Summer 2024 Overnight Camps

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Summer Day Camps

Check back in January 2024 for Summer 2024 Day Camp offerings

Below are our Summer 2023 day camps

Wayfinder Day Camp at Woodstock Day School

Dates:
July 03 - July 07; July 10 - July 14
Ages:
8 - 18
Wayfinder Day Camp at Woodstock Day School
We’re excited to return to Woodstock Day School for 2 weeks of Day Camp this summer! Situated in a rural, natural setting, WDS offers views of Overlook Mountain, 40 acres of nature trails and wide open fields, an exciting location for Adventure Games! Camp will run from 9 AM to 3 PM Monday through Friday with an additional session from 6 PM to 9 PM on Thursday when we will have Night Game.  Parents should plan on picking up their children on Thursday at 3, giving them some time to rest and feeding them before bringing them back at 6 PM.  Register for this camp on Woodstock Day School's website.

Wayfinder Day Camp at High Meadow School

Dates:
July 10th - July 14th | July 17th - July 21st
Ages:
8 - 18
Wayfinder Day Camp at High Meadow School
Featuring 9 acres of beautiful land just off the main road in Stone Ridge, NY, High Meadow School provides a wonderful location for participating in camp!  Camp will run from 9 AM to 3 PM Monday through Friday with an additional session from 6 PM to 9 PM on Thursday when we will have Night Game.  Parents should plan on picking up their children on Thursday at 3, giving them some time to rest and feeding them before bringing them back at 6 PM. Registration is on High Meadow School's website.

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