For Those In Peril

Christmas Eve, 1861, The Sea of Okhotsk. Days ago your nine-man crew finally harpooned a whale. But the dying beast has pulled your small boat far over the horizon. You are lost. It is getting dark and murderously cold. And the icy waters of the North Pacific hold horrors far worse than drowning.

Long Description

Christmas Eve, 1861, The Sea of Okhotsk. Days ago, a nine-man crew finally harpooned a whale, their first in months. They gleefully waited out their Nantucket sleigh ride as the dying beast pulled their small boat further and further away from the Shearwater. But now the whaleship is lost over the horizon, and they are adrift, tethered to the leviathan’s corpse. Days have passed. No food, no navigational instruments, and little water. It is getting dark and murderously cold. And the icy waters of the North Pacific hold horrors far worse than drowning and starvation.

“For Those in Peril on the Sea” is a four-hour 9-player nautical horror larp inspired by the history of New England whaling and sea shanties, particularly the music of Gordon Bok. The game features sensory and psychological horror as well as many musical scenes. Singing as a crew is a part of this experience.