Echoes

The gentle hum of voices reverberates around you, despite the empty courtyard, as conversations long past swirl through the evening air, unintelligible in their quiet multitude. You make your way to the fountain in the center of the square, resting your hands against the cool stone ledge and peering into the water, watching the reflection of clouds dragging night across the sky. In a few days bunting will flutter between the houses and across the square, and some windows are already adorned with bright banners and flowers in anticipation for the upcoming Little Avoning Rose Festival. You look at the naked maypole, standing proudly against the twilight in waiting. You hope for sun.

Echoes is a game about history and memory, about the extraordinary in the ordinary, and about change, loss, and tragedy.

You play as one of the inhabitants of Little Avoning, a small town in an alternate reality where the “echoes" of memories coalesce into objects and places, and where history, both private and civic, is always close at hand.

The town is abuzz with preparations for the upcoming Little Avoning Rose Festival, a long-standing annual tradition, where everyone has a role to play in ensuring everything goes off without a hitch. However, tragedy is poised to strike, and the local way of life may soon change forever.

You don't need to read the entire wiki! To understand what Echoes is about and if it's the game for you, visit Style and Tone.

To play the game you will need to read the Conduct and Themes Policy, the Echoes page, Character Creation, and Elements.

We strongly reccomend reading the Main Town page and finding out about Life In Little Avoning.

The rest of the information about setting, history and culture can be useful while you're building your character, but is for worldbuilding purposes and you do not have to read it all to play Echoes.

The Character Creation deadline is 23:59 on Wednesday, 24 September.

Echoes will take place every other Wednesday at the Asian Cultural Center on Manzil Way. Character creation will take place on the 17th September, and the game begins on the 1st October. For more information on where to find us and how to join the game, please check When and Where and Tickets and Pricing.

If you’re new to LARP or the Oxford Larp Society we have a helpful guide for new players here.

Please note that there will be a player cap of 20 players due to the size of the room; if we go over, we will have to ballot for places. The ballot will be conduced randomly.

This game leans heavily into themes of tragedy and loss, and will not have a happy ending.

If you have any questions about any aspect of the game or need to get in touch for another reason, you can contact the GM Team via gm@echoes.oxfordlarp.com. You can also get to know us here.