4th of July

4th of July is a social drama focusing on the death of the American Dream. The game faces stereotypes about the poor, backwater part of America and shows the human face of those ridiculed by popular culture. The players star as the inhabitants of a trailer park - poor Americans riddled with problems. It’s a story about hope, looking and finding your place in both your country and the society.

game in social drama setting about a trailer park and its inhabitants based around personal relationships and family drama, exclusion, economic injustice, violence or addiction, all of it during 4th of July celebrations;

US issues and culture, but not a 100% realistic simulation of the United States;

in-game families provided with fully functional, realistic cabins or trailers (bedrooms, restrooms, kitchens and living spaces included) for the duration of the game;

role-playing which aims at living through a personal story and developing your character’s plot arc while using some of the events planned by the organisers like: Miss 4th of July and Best American Pie competitions, boxing match, fireworks, firearm training session and many more…

Broken American Dream

On the 4th of July 1776, the United States of America declared independence.

The immigrants from the Old World wanted to create a new state in America, built on Democracy, Freedom and Equality. For many years, millions of people driven by the American Dream were drawn to this beautiful country to start again, disregarding their original social status.

More than 200 years later, many Americans still live in conditions vastly different from what the Founding Fathers have imagined. Barely making their ends meet, they try to be good parents for their families and proud Americans, despite poverty and exclusion. Even though they live at the edge of society, their home - a small patch of land filled with trailers and fragile, wind-rocked huts - for them is the essence of “the land of the free and the home of the brave”.

And this story is about them.

4th of July

Why do we want to make a serious larp about the broken American Dream?

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What you can expect

About the larp

SETTING: Pristine Park, Ohio, 2019

GENRE: drama, slice of life

ESTHETICS: flashy American retro

LANGUAGE: English

LOCATION: Iłki Resort, Łódź Voivodeship, POLAND

PLAYERS' NUMBER: 67 (33 female and 34 male characters)

PLAYERS' AGE: 18+ (considered legal adults in the light of Polish law)

DATES: 11-14 September 2025

PRICE: 290-490 EUR + 1 community ticket 1 EUR

The ticket price includes

A nuanced story about the Broken American Dream delivering a wide range of experiences and emotions.

Full-fledged characters with rich backstories and relationships to play on: families, friends, and neighbors.

A rich plot exploring significant themes like social injustice, poverty, exclusion, abuse, violence, and addiction.

Numerous events: beauty pageant, pie-making competition, firearms practice, boxing match, fireworks show and more.

An immersive trailer park with fully functional cabins or trailers where you can live exclusively for the weekend.

In-game food available at a diner during the larp, off-game supper on Thursday, and breakfast buffet on Friday and Sunday.

Scenography to create the festive American atmosphere, necessary props, special effects and help with the sfx make-up.

Background characters, logistics and technical service, player support by 4th of July crew.

Photos from the larp and in-game portrait of your character taken by a professional photographer.

The ticket price doesn’t cover the accident insurance and transportation to the larp location. Practical information will include details on how to get there by car and public transport. In case of interest, we will arrange the shuttle from Warsaw Chopin Airport for an additional fee.

Join us for the 4th of July celebrations!

Visit Pristine Park, where US-like reality comes to life. Take part in the full-fledged slice-of-life drama. Be a part of the story about hope, looking and finding your place in both your country and the society.

check out the larp guide & available characters

decide if the larp themes, genre and esthetics suit you

fill in the sign-up form & share your expectations

we will assign the characters to bring the most play to all participants

when you accept the proposition, you can buy a ticket in our online store

pay in up to 4 monthly installments without additional cost

start preparing for the game and wait for your character sheet

Sign-up lasts by 6th October 2024

4th of July is planned for 67 people and will only be able to take place if we reach this number of applications by 6 October 2024. Otherwise, the event will be cancelled.

Creators

DESIGN: Bartosz Bruski, Paweł Jasiński, Ewa Żygadło, Anna Kowalska, Jakub Krassowski, Meg Pomorska

CHARACTER SHEETS: Marta Dąbrowska, Agnieszka Hawryluk-Boruta, Paweł Jurgiel, Aleksandra Kiebasz-Chmielewska, Paulina Misiukiewicz, Przemysław Schamann, Klaudia Toruń, Bartosz Bruski, Paweł Jasiński, Ewa Żygadło

CONSULTANTS: Ida Pawłowicz, Mikołaj Wicher

TRANSLATION: Danai Chondrokouki, Agnieszka Kisiel, Łukasz Kita, Mateusz Makowski

international run 1 - 2023

LARP RUNNERS: Bartosz Bruski, Paweł Jasiński

PRODUCTION: Anna Kowalska, Jakub Krassowski, Meg Pomorska

CREW: Jan Rożewski (coordinator), Ewelina Cieśla, Karolina Fido, Karol Hinc, Zuza Kieruńczyk, Adam Kosiacki, Martyna Łogin-Trenda, Jędrzej Manikowski, Natalia Nizińska, Tomek Pałasz, Krzysztof Szafrański, Katarzyna Śniady-Maciążek, Klaudia Toruń

PHOTOGRAPHY: Rekografia, Natalia Roga