Packing your life into boxes. . .so many boxes. . . As you prepare to close the door on one chapter of your life and move on to the next, you’re filled with memories of the past and dreams of the future. It’s a moment of hope and fear, sorrow and joy, loss and regret and the opportunity to start over—or sometimes, if you’re lucky, to heal the damage of the past. Thank goodness your friends will always rally around to help you pack, no matter what else happens in your lives.

Friends Help You Pack is a scene-based live-roleplaying game with workshop-developed characters focused on themes of transition between life phases, and how friendship evolves and endures over time. Over the course of their lives, six friends gather whenever one of them needs help packing to move, despite the strains and conflicts that come up as their relationships evolve.

Content Warnings: Difficult life transitions potentially including sexual orientation/gender identity, ending relationships, pregnancy/parenting, financial issues, illness, death, and death of loved ones. The Life Event cards give an idea of possible topics; however, much of the content of game will be player-generated. Players will have significant control over which topics are included in game and how they are addressed for their own character.

Physical Accessibility: This game requires reading and writing small amounts during workshops & play, in ways that do not lend themselves easily to Braille readers. This game involves locating item cards in the physical space, which may be difficult for blind or low-vision players. This game ideally involves moving around a physical space and bending/stooping/kneeling; however, characters/players can remain seated as necessary.