Simon Svensson

Simon Lindman Svensson (born 1984) is a Swedish larper, game designer and writer. He has a background in history and religion studies and a great interest in systems and social dynamics.

Simon Lindman Svensson, or Simon Svensson as he is more often credited as, is engaged in Ariadne's Red Thread, a Sweden-based arp organization focused on creating psychologically intense larps with a strong focus on atmosphere and aesthetics.

His two main contributions to larp mechanics are the Crossroads mechanics and the Nihil/Essence system of writing characters, both invented for the larp Do Androids Dream?.

Techniques, Designer

 * Essence & Nihil
 * Bus Stop

Games, Designer

 * Livsgäld
 * White Room
 * The Solution
 * Do Androids Dream?
 * Echo Chamber
 * When Androids Pray

Games, GM and/or Writer

 * The Monitor Celestra, GM
 * Inside Hamlet, Organizer, GM and Writer
 * Mare Incognitum, Organizer, GM and Writer
 * Hinterland, Organizer
 * Fairweather Manor, Writer
 * Convention of Thorns, Writer