Useful Websites

General LARP

Marcus’s Tripod Site – the original Blades website, with all the original silliness.
LARP Hacks – Tumblr where people can ask questions on any larp subject and get useful answers.
Ladies Who LARP – A celebration of Ladies Who LARP. Includes such things as how to make make-up stay put for a day in the field.
Gamesmastery 101 – Technically about tabletop but a lot of the articles can be extrapolated to larp.
access:LARP – A relatively new group working on accessibility issues (physical and mental) in LARP and how to resolve them, both for organisers and players.
larprambles – Thoughts on aspects of LARP from a relatively new LARPer, very much worth a read.

RPGNet – General website for all aspects of roleplaying, interesting articles and sometimes useful advice.
GeekOut South-West – Group dedicated to bringing together geeks of all flavours; useful tips on many geeky subjects, including roleplay and cosplay.
Tales from the Table – User-submitted stories of when things went unexpectedly and often hilariously right or wrong in tabletop games.

GMB – guides to sorting out physical fitness between games, especially useful for heavy warriors!

Craft Tutorials – includes the Kit For A Fiver section.
How To Make a Gambeson – detailed instructions for anything from tunic-style to full fitted.
DawnPages – A set of slightly more complicated simple patterns for a full set of kit, plus tips and hints.
Antimony & Lace – Sadly a dead site, but with a number of useful simple sewing projects like long vests and pirate shirts.
Alleycat Scratch – Meant for making LotR cosplay kit, a lot of useful projects and tips for everything from clay and metal to leather and fabric.
The Costumer’s Manifesto – A mix of how-tos and articles to guide budding costumers.
Choly Knight – Technically about making plushies but the Tutorials section is useful for a budding costume maker.
Eqos SCA Stuff – miscellaneous SCA patterns, check out the rest of their stuff too.
Clothing Patterns 101 – How to do full tailoring and pattern design from scratch for your particular body shape.
Historical Underwear: Corsets and Crinolines – This one is more abstract, but it’s a useful resource for things to think about under your kit (although from a safety note crinolines can get interesting in woodland!).

Quiche Commandoes Larp Weapon Construction Guide – a fairly solid guide to making your own weapons, although the links are a bit out of date.
Leah Kurzepa’s Shield Tutorial – how to make a punch grip shield.

This to That – Helpful advice on the best glue for sticking a named material to a different named material.
How to Make a Dwarven Beard – What it says, how to make a Dwarven style beard out of yarn.

Manly Makeup – a tutorial on how to make female faces look male, up to a point.
MaskWorld Make-up Tutorials – A selection of tutorials primarily meant for using the MaskWorld range but useful for ideas and tips nonetheless.

Seventh Sanctum – Generators of names, ideas and other randomness.
Random.Org – Random number generation.
Fantasy Name Generator – Comes up with names on a specific vocal types
The Latin Corner – Random Latin phrases.
Chaotic Shiny – more generators, including some very good ones for creating character bases and guilds/factions.