😷 Cormorant Key

Hurricane Matilda is barreling towards Florida and the residents of Cormorant Key are preparing to weather the storm. Except for seven teenagers gathered on the beach.

Cormorant Key is a 7-player magical realism LARP about climate disaster, inpossible choices, and growimg up in a beautiful dangerous place with no adult supervision.

Long Description

“Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.” – Diane Ackerman

Hurricane Matilda was just bumped up to Category 5, and is barrelling its way towards the Florida Keys. The governor has called an evacuation, but the locals know better than to try to leave. They don’t want to end up driving around looking for a hotel vacancy in Fort Lauderdale, or worse, stuck in a traffic jam on the overseas highway. Like any smart Floridians, the residents of Cormorant Key have boarded up their windows, filled their tubs with drinking water, and settled in to weather the storm.

Well, except for seven teenagers out on the beach in the middle of the storm, for reasons their parents just wouldn’t understand.

Cormorant Key is a 7-player magical realism theater-style LARP about hurricanes and impossible choices. Characters are all ages 12-15. The game has pre-written character sheets (6-8 pages) and will be cast in advance. While the game does contain fantastical elements, gameplay is all talking and feelings with no mechanics.

This is a game about growing up in a dangerous place with very little adult supervision, where nature is right up on top of you and things aren’t always what they seem. It’s a game about climate change, hard choices, manatees, unsettling feelings, even more unsettling magic, kids solving problems they shouldn’t have to, and unwavering love between siblings, between best friends, or amongst your entire inseparable teen friends group who you absolutely aren’t crushing on.