About NERO Indiana
What is NERO?
NERO is the New England Role-playing Organization
and a Live Action Roleplaying Game in the medieval fantasy setting
of Tyrra. On Tyrra, there are many duchies and kingdoms, many of
which are represented by a NERO Chapter. There are several NERO
Chapters within the US and Canada, with more on the way. Each NERO
Chapter has its own In-Game lands and history, though all are part
of the same world.
Unlike many other Roleplaying games, the NERO Game System uses
boffer combat and thrown cloth packets to determine the outcome of
battles. Your character's skills and attributes are determined by
what you decide your character wishes to learn with any Build Points
that are gained through playing an Adventure, Adventure Day, or
Weekend Gathering. However, unlike in table-top gaming, you act out
what your character does. If you want to chase a monster, you run
after it - if it wants to chase you, the monster runs after you! If
you want to duck out of the way, you can do it without using any
skills. With practice and hard work, you can make the difference
between playing your character and playing a bunch of numbers on a
piece of paper.
When you play a character, you have a character sheet, and the
events that you have attended are tracked and added to your
character. You can play your character in any NERO chapter, building
your character as you go. Your character's treasure is yours to
keep: you can use it when you play your character in any chapter.
To get involved in NERO, you don't have to be an athlete. In fact,
there are many other ways to get involved, completing puzzles,
collecting information, investigating strange occurrences or in-game
crimes and mysteries. There are many ways to be what you want to be
at NERO, a great hero, a scholar, a rogue, a villain - just about
anything you can think of.