Slow Larp Manifesto
There are larps that are not action-heavy, that don’t try to offer maximum amounts of drama or complicated plots. Lack of action or drama in a larp is often regarded as a design fault. We think Slow Larp should be…
Adding Larp to a Drama Teacher’s Curriculum – Year 1
Lindsay Wolgel is an professional actor and edu-larp enthusiast. She is currently the middle school drama teacher at a charter school in NYC. Learn about the ways she incorporated larp into her curriculum this past year, via in-class parties, a…
The Spirit of Christmas
Midwinter Revisited is a larp about a sweatshop where elves are forced to endure long hours of tedious work while having to pretend they're happy.
Living the Dream: Larp as a Transformative Practice
Larp extends beyond wistful thinking and idle daydreams and starts the process of turning ideas into a physical manifestation.
Imagining a Zero Carbon Future: Environmental Impact of Player Travel as a Design Choice
Addressing a convenient and uncomfortable blindspot of the community: aviation emissions in international larp.
Healing
Your pulse is racing. Your hands are shaking. This is your last chance.
The Chinese Hotpot of Larp
After the explosive growth of the last five years, China now has the biggest larp business in the world. The emergence of pervasive games in China, the largest game market all over the world, was very fast and drastic. The…
Description of Larps using Textual Parameters
At The Smoke, larps submitted for the programme are described by answering a set of questions about various aspects of their design.
Wielding the Magic of Anticipation
Maximizing the emotional impact of anticipation for better larp play.
The Online Larp Road Trip
The pandemic was catastrophic for physical larp but also acted as the catalyst for the development of online larp.