Biggest, Best Toy EVAR: A Feindfahrt LARP Report

When I was a kid, there was an ad that ran in virtually every comic book for a "Polaris Nuclear Sub" that was "Big Enough for 2 Kids" and "Sturdily constructed of 200 ib. test fibreboard." Of course I begged my parents to buy it for me, but my dad pointed out that "fibreboard" was just cardboard and we had plenty of that. So together we built a submarine our of cardboard boxes, and it was better than anything we could have mail-ordered for $6.98 plus 75¢ for shipping and handling.



Fast-forward to 2024, when I learned of the existence of a Live Action Role Playing event called Feindfahrt (), an anti-war LARP held in the submarine set originally built for Das Boot (1981), which also happens to be one of my favorite films ever. Of course I had to sign up for it, and as I write this I'm on a plane home from Munich where I just finished playing it.

Massive SPOILERS for the game follow. Proceed at your own risk.

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