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NEW Tuesday Berkeley League
June 2 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
NEW Tuesday Berkeley League
Fanwar Weekly Leagues (Tuesday Berkeley–2025-2026) Hours 3:45pm-6:30pm Ages 9 and Up! SIGN UP PDF HERE Information Sheet Registration: FANWAR LARP is designed for players nine years old and up. New …
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$20
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Palo Alto Wednesday League
June 3 @ 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Palo Alto Wednesday League
Fanwar Weekly Leagues (Wednesday Palo Alto–2025-26) Hours 1-3pm (free!) & 4-5 (Character maintenance) 5-6:30pm (free!) Ages 9 and Up! Information Sheet Registration: FANWAR LARP is designed for players nine years …
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$560
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Sebastopol Thursday League
June 4 @ 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sebastopol Thursday League
Fanwar Weekly Leagues (Thursday Sebastopol–2025-2026) Hours 1-3pm & 4-6:30pm Ages 9 and Up! Information Sheet Registration: FANWAR LARP is designed for players nine years old and up. New players can …
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$490
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Petaluma Friday League
June 5 @ 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Petaluma Friday League
Fanwar Weekly Leagues (Friday Petaluma–2024-2025) Hours 1-3pm & 4-6:30pm Ages 9 and Up! Information Sheet Registration: FANWAR LARP is designed for players nine years old and up. New players can …
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$490
San Francisco Friday League (Toby)
June 5 @ 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm
San Francisco Friday League (Toby)
This league is open to all participants aged 8 and up, featuring a range of missions and stories from simple to more complex. However, the overall experience is primarily tailored …
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$25 – $40
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East Bay Weekend League
June 6 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
East Bay Weekend League
This is an all skill levels league run by Sean and Rowan (ages 9 and up). We meet two times a month, playing the same characters and following a continuous …
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$40
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Club League Players Only (12 and up) Weekend League!
June 7 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Club League Players Only (12 and up) Weekend League!
Club League is by invitation only, and players must pass tests to enter this league. The league is 12 year olds and up from 10am-5pm. Morning (character maintenance event) 10:30am-12:30pm). …
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$160 – $240
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2026-06-08
Palo Alto Summer Camp
Palo Alto Summer Camp
June 8 @ 9:00 am - June 12 @ 5:00 pm
Fanwar Camps (Palo Alto – SUMMER 2026) Summer Hours 9am- 5:00pm! Registration: Camps are for kids ages 9 and up (exceptions can be made for 8’s with siblings at the …
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$475
2026-06-08
Sebastopol Summer Camp
Sebastopol Summer Camp
June 8 @ 9:00 am - June 12 @ 5:00 pm
Fanwar Camps! (Sebastopol – SUMMER 2026) Summer Hours 9am- 5:00pm! Registration: Camps are for kids ages 9 and up (exceptions can be made for 8’s with siblings at the camp, …
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$375
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June 10 @ 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Fanwar Weekly Leagues (Wednesday Palo Alto–2025-26) Hours 1-3pm (free!) & 4-5 (Character maintenance) 5-6:30pm (free!) Ages 9 and Up! Information Sheet Registration: FANWAR LARP is designed for players nine years …
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$560
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Zephandria Sebastopol Weekend League
June 13 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Zephandria Sebastopol Weekend League
Once a players has attended other events and become familiar with the core rules, they can attend this event. We do not train brand new players or players who are …
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$30
San Francisco Character League (Toby)
June 13 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
San Francisco Character League (Toby)
This league is open to all participants aged 8 and up, featuring a range of missions and stories from simple to more complex. However, the overall experience is primarily tailored …
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$25 – $40
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Sebastopol Club League Event (qualified players only)
June 14 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sebastopol Club League Event (qualified players only)
The club league is a special storyline which players must be twelve or older to join, and they must pass several tests involving rulebook knowledge, game system application on the …
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$60 – $90
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2026-06-15
June 15 @ 9:00 am - June 19 @ 5:00 pm
Fanwar Camps! (Sebastopol – SUMMER 2026) Summer Hours 9am- 5:00pm! Registration: Camps are for kids ages 9 and up (exceptions can be made for 8’s with siblings at the camp, …
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$375
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2026-06-15
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June 17 @ 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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June 20 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
This is an all skill levels league run by Sean and Rowan (ages 9 and up). We meet two times a month, playing the same characters and following a continuous …
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$40
Sebastopol Character League (Toby)
June 20 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sebastopol Character League (Toby)
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$30
Weekend Character League (Palo Alto – Roekron)
Weekend Character League (Palo Alto – Roekron)
The Weekend Character League is league that is open to all skill levels of players and new players as well. It follows the storyline of Roekron like the Wednesday and …
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Club League Palo Alto DAY 2
June 21 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Club League Palo Alto DAY 2
This Event is the second day of Club League in Palo Alto. Club League is a league for players twelve and up, who can pass certain tests of knowledge regarding …
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2026-06-22
June 22 @ 9:00 am - June 26 @ 5:00 pm
Fanwar Camps (Palo Alto – SUMMER 2026) Summer Hours 9am- 5:00pm! Registration: Camps are for kids ages 9 and up (exceptions can be made for 8’s with siblings at the …
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$475
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June 24 @ 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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June 27 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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One Shot Club League (Toby)
June 28 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
One Shot Club League (Toby)
What makes this event special is that each day is a new story. Instead of following one ongoing story, each day is set in a completely new location with new …
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2026-06-29
June 29 @ 9:00 am - July 3 @ 5:00 pm
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This page will take you through the basic steps to make a basic broadsword in the “old standard” FanWar style with the three and two chambered blades that are good for rough play and offer a high degree of safety.
Three Chambered Broad Sword:
Cost: Low.
Safety: Excellent
Looks: Poor
Start with a length of Bamboo cut to three inches shorter than you want you finished sword to measure. Next, wrap duct tape around the tip of your bamboo msking sure to cover the tip so no wood is showing. Build up a “ball at the end by wrapping duct tape (and perhaps a little cloth if you don’t want to waste your tape) until the ball at the end fits into the size of Pipe insulation that you have (hopefully 3/4 inch). Slide the bamboo stake with it’s ball tip into the pipe insulation as far as you like leaving enough bamboo sticking out at the bottom for the size handle you would like. Tape the Pipe insulation onto the bamboo where the pipe insulation ends at the hilt (you should have something that looks like a bamboo handle with a very long pipe insulation “blade” wiggling around).
Now, cut the pipe insulation off two inches past where the ball at the end of your bamboo is. This is important because if you cut it at where the ball is you will not be able to thrust with the sword. Next, take a little cloth, foam or cotton and stuff it into the tip of your sword and fill in those two inches between where the bamboo ends and the pipe insulation ends. Put a piece of tape over the tip so the cloth/foam/cotton doesn’t fall out. What you have now is what I like to call a padded stick. NERO uses a version of this as their standard sword, but for me it is not nearly safe enough for younger players.
Next, take your remaining pipe insulation and fold it in half, creating a point in the middle. Run this remaining pipe up one side and down the other of your padded stick and secure it with a series of duct tape straps horizontal to theblade. as shown here This creates two pipe insulatian chambers on either side of the central on offer maximum cusion. This design is the safest I have ever come up with and is highly recomended for children and hard hitters. You can pad the handle too with some scrap foam wrapped around it and duct taped on.
A video of making these type of swords is now available to view here !
Two Chambered Design – These weapons came along shortly after the three chambered type and while harder to make, they are very effective and served us for a very long time. I highly recommend this design for the novice player who wants a decent but reliable sword.
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