GAMEPLAY DEEP DIVE

Most installments of The Fog LARP begin with an urgent call to action. Godsend is different.

Representatives from across the known world have travelled to answer the call of the Six Gods. Before the first divine trials are revealed, they have time to do something that has become increasingly rare in recent years: simply meet.

After the expedition into Tenebria and everything that followed, many characters have not had the opportunity to see one another outside the pressures of war, diplomacy, or survival. Stories need to be shared. Old allies reunite, rivals cross paths again, rumours are exchanged, plans are made, and new relationships begin to take shape.

The opening evening takes the form of an ingame celebration, allowing characters to reconnect, meet new faces, and settle into the gathering before the gods reveal why they have summoned the world.

For newcomers, it is an opportunity to become familiar with the setting and the people who inhabit it before events begin to unfold. The world of The Fog has grown over many years, and as Godsend is designed to welcome new players, we want everyone to have time to get acquainted with the setting, the factions, and the people who inhabit them before the pace begins to build.

The first 24 hours of the game are intentionally built around this idea. The gods can wait a little longer. There will be time for stories to be told, songs to be sung, and new friendships to be made. Then, when everyone has had the chance to arrive, the Six will reveal all.

At Godsend, you, the players, will not simply experience the setting. You will shape it. Throughout the game, your actions will influence significant parts of the world’s future that extend well beyond this installment. Some of those opportunities will become clearer over the coming gameplay updates. Others are intentionally left undisclosed, waiting to be discovered during the game itself.

The first of these is the Divine Race.

The Six Gods have gathered the known world to answer a single question: which state should become the guardian of the divine artеfact that will enable direct communication between mortals and the pantheon?

To determine the answer, factions will compete in a wide variety of both PvP and PvE divine trials throughout the game. The winning state will become the spiritual centre of the known world. And this is not the only prize: during the game, players will discover that the gods have prepared another reward, one whose significance reaches beyond the outcome of the competition itself.

While the Divine Race is primarily aimed at factions, no group, regardless of its size or preparation, will be able to succeed without the help of individual adventurers who will play a vital role throughout the competition.

Finally, the gods have bestowed one more gift upon those who answered their call.

Instead of returning to a central resurrection point after death (the Infirmary), fallen characters will now awaken at sacred runes scattered across the game area. Expect more information regarding this installment-specific resurrection system in Godsend’s onboarding document.

One of the favoured features of The Fog LARP has become its creatures and distinct PvE gameplay.

Godsend continues this tradition with the thematic approach introduced in 2024. 

As the boundaries between the mortal world and the realms of the gods grow thinner near Shumnatitsa hut, beings that do not belong to our reality have begun to cross over. Throughout the game, six distinct families of creatures will inhabit the area, each bringing its own challenges and encounters.

Some may be reasoned with. Others will have to be overcome. Either way, the price will not be measured in coin.

Whether you are travelling between objectives, pursuing the Divine Race or solving other quests, these creatures will complicate your plans, create new opportunities and, occasionally, prove far more interested in your secrets than in keeping their own. 

And, as always, remember that behind every creature stands another player. No victory is worth compromising somebody else’s safety, so please treat every interaction with care and respect.

In previous installments of The Fog LARP, we have always tried to give players a fairly good idea of what awaited them during the game. In The Fog LARP: Lines We Draw, we deliberately kept certain surprises hidden. Godsend takes this one step further.

This time, we’re keeping one of the game’s three core questlines a secret.

What we can tell you is this.

This mysterious storyline is built around a major reveal and several setting-defining decisions. You, the players, will not simply influence the course of events, but become co-authors of the world’s future and some of its fundamental truths.

This portion of content is intended for both organized groups and individual players alike. Whether you arrive with a nation behind you or entirely on your own, you will have the opportunity to leave your mark on the world.

For now, however, the Mystery of the Six must remain exactly that. Be at the Altar of the Six at sunset on 25.08 to learn more.

Godsend features three major gameplay storylines.

Two of them have already been introduced. The Divine Race will determine the spiritual centre of the known world, while the Mystery of the Six remains deliberately undisclosed.

The third belongs to the first 42 players to register for Godsend, who will take part in one more storyline.

Without revealing too much, these players will gain access to knowledge unavailable to everyone else. Along with it comes the responsibility to make a difficult decision, one whose consequences will become part of the future of The Fog setting. While this storyline unfolds independently from the other two, its outcome will shape the world in its own way.

Along the way, the Chosen Few will face a layered social puzzle, where cooperation, trust and careful judgement will prove just as valuable as knowledge itself, while also encountering the enigmatic Oracle of Methumna.

Everything required to begin this journey will be waiting inside their starter envelopes.

The Economic Game so far

Traditionally, the Economic Game in The Fog LARP has primarily concerned factions, as the main participants in the world’s international politics.

Individual players, however, have significant potential to influence the outcome through their questing activity and their choice of whom to support.

The Economic Game began after the 2022 installment, when an ingame cataclysm poisoned the soil. Since then, states – factions that possess territories on the world map – have needed a special Substance to keep their land fertile and sustain agricultural production. The Substance is mined, and each state has its own yield, which is often insufficient to meet its needs.

Any shortage can be covered by purchasing the missing Substance from the international market. For this reason, each state’s deficit is translated into a monetary value before the game. Players then need to raise the required amount of money through quests, negotiations and other ingame activities and deposit it in their Portal Shrine.

If a faction collects more money than it needs to cover its deficit, the surplus can be used to acquire new territories or further develop those it already controls.

After each installment, the results of the Economic Game are reflected in a ranking of the states according to their economic performance.

A detailed description of the existing Economic Game, as well as the state ranking following The Fog LARP: Fortune, is available here.

The current political map of the world is available here.

Participation remains entirely voluntary. If your faction qualifies for the Economic Game but does not wish to engage with it, that is perfectly fine.

What comes next

We are now beginning a broader development of the game’s socio-political and economic aspects. As with much of Godsend, these additions will give players more freedom to develop the lore, shape the identity of their states, build new elements of the world and compete with one another in new ways.

This development will continue beyond Godsend. For this installment, however, we are introducing two initial changes in the Economic Game:

• Only gold coins will count towards covering a faction’s economic deficit. Copper coins will remain ingame currency, but will no longer contribute towards the amount collected to cover the deficit. Even if put in the faction Portal Shrine (chest), they will not be counted.
• Faction leaders will receive a new pre-quest in their check-in envelopes. Political in its lore and social in its gameplay, it will give a new form to the familiar Joint Security Council format, now under a new name. The quest will require negotiation, manoeuvring and an important collective decision.