About Galaxy Awaits
GALAXY AWAITS was founded in 2015 as a non-profit unofficial Star Wars fan club holding LARP (live action role-play) events in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle WA - USA, for ages 18 and up. Proceeds are donated annually to the Seattle Children's Hospital and local food banks.
Natalya Haner
With 30+ years of PNW LARP experience, I enjoy creating fun games emphasizing safety, fairness, equality, and community. I hope everyone who attends Galaxy Awaits has a memorable experience at each event. I welcome you!
Questions?
Start a conversation with our community, we're happy to help!
F.A.Q.
Live Action Role-Play
LARP gaming is just like playing make-believe. In GALAXY AWAITS, you pretend to live in the Star Wars universe; acting, speaking, and dressing as a persona of your design. You are surrounded by other Players doing the same, learning about each other, and the plot, as you play in the interactive game space.
Player Driven
Your level of involvement is up to you. If you wait for activities to come to you, you will be bored. If you want something to do, you must initiate that by talking to other Characters, joining a Faction or Guild, doing Missions, and getting yourself involved.
Character Conflicts
This is a Character-vs-Character game, also called CvC, or PvP. Player Characters work for and against each other to generate some of the most intense role-play that cannot be accomplished otherwise. These conflicts often lead to victories and defeats for everyone involved. Drama is the focus, and though Character death can occur, such is a rarity.
Light Touch Combat
This is a form of physical activity where Players use foam swords and foam dart blasters to simulate battles between Characters in a realistic, yet safe manner. The Rulebook contains combat rules that all Players are expected to adhere to.
No. Cosplaying a Star Wars character is not for Galaxy Awaits. Instead, you are creating a unique character for the game and as long as your character fits within the timeline, you can play almost any canon species or archetype you would like so long as it is listed on our website under DATACRON
All characters must be submitted and approved by Staff to play. See CHARACTER SUBMISSION to get started!
WYSIWYG, or what you see is what you get, means everything and everyone you see within the gameplay area is to be considered "in the game" or In-Game (IG). Narration and descriptive storytelling is never used. Use actions, props, decoration, etc. to create a visual and physical simulation to immerse you and other players into the game world.
Still, some imagination is needed to pretend a foam led bat is a real lightsaber, or a friend wearing a creature mask is a real alien.
You can play GALAXY AWAITS without seeing any Star Wars, though we do recommend the film, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, as a must-see since the In-Game timeline is set 12 years after. The film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and the series Andor and Obi-Wan Kenobi are also highly recommended.
If you're interested in more, we also reference material from the following media:
- Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace (film)
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (film)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (animated series)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch (animated series)
- Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord (animated series)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (video game)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (video game)
- Star Wars Rebels (animated series)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (film)
All of Star Wars movies, shows, books, comics, and games that are part of "Disney canon" taking place before 7 BBY (the current In-Game date) are considered canon for GALAXY AWAITS.
Information and events from Legends/EU are NOT canon for GALAXY AWAITS. Sometimes players may reference them – for instance, if they are playing a species with little canon information or description. However, do not assume that Staff and other Players will treat these references as canon, since they are just that: Legends.
Yes. Unless you signed up as a Full Time NPC, you bring your own costuming, LARP safe melee weapons, blasters, required props, and so on. If you cannot do this, we recommend reaching out to the community on Discord or Facebook. Oftentimes someone will have extra items they may be willing to lend you for the weekend. However, this is not a guarantee and you would need to work that out with them directly in advance of the event.
See the RULEBOOK or COSTUME GUIDELINES for more information.
The offered Meal Plan has three menus, 1) standard meat, vegetable, and dairy, or 2) vegetarian as the same as standard without the meat, and 3) gluten-free as the same as standard using gluten-free ingredients. If your dietary restrictions are beyond the Meal Plan menus, Staff is unable to accommodate you, please bring your own meals for the event.
See EVENTS for more information.
Weekend-long events are held at venues with a heated dining hall common space, bathrooms and showers, and enclosed cabins with electricty, heat, and bunks.
For specific accomodations, please see EVENTS.
Join the Community
When you join GALAXY AWAITS you will find a welcoming, inclusive, and respectful community of fun-loving gamers interested in working together to ensure that everyone has a great time in a safe game space. Come say hi on FACEBOOK.
