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Larp Crush: The What, When and How

2018-03-28 0 Sanne Harder

Larpers generally agree that what happens in-game stays in-game. But then there’s the larp crush -- a condition where you and your character get your wires crossed, so to speak. Larp crushes are known to be potentially more intense than…

Documentation

Nordic Larp Talks Malmö 2018

2018-03-24 0 Johannes Axner

This years Nordic Larp Talks are out! You can watch them all in the embedded playlist below, or go over to Nordic Larp Talks to get some more context and background. Nordic Larp Talks Oslo 2017 As a bonus, we…

Opinion

The Story Manifesto

2018-03-12 0 Anna Westerling Anders Hultman Martin Rother-Schirren

A manifesto about how to focus on the telling of a common story together through improvisation, creation and immersion. In essence, how to design and run a larp.

Spades

Emergence, Iteration, and Reincorporation in Larp

2018-03-06 0 Evan Torner

This essay proposes an aesthetic model for apprehending narrative and play, in-game and out-of-game experiences in terms of emergence, iteration, and reincorporation. Emergence can be judged with respect to its cultivation of the themes of the larp. Iteration regards the…

Diamonds

The Operations Behind the Road Trip Experience

2018-03-05 0 Ashley Zdeb

In 2017 I was the business operations lead for the Roadtrip “rock band” larp that traveled across the United States, and never before have I dealt with such unique operations related complications in my life. The Roadtrip Experience was a…

Spades

Let’s Play with Fire! Using Risk and its Power for Personal Transformation

2018-03-01 0 Bettina Beck Aaron Vanek

A current trend in larping focuses on extensive safety and consent techniques protecting the participants from harm. Yet people participate in, enjoy, and are profoundly transformed by risky experiences. There are potentially immense personal benefits within a designed experience that…

Spades

The Narrative Experience

2018-02-28 0 Jesper Heebøll Arbjørn

The narrative experience is defined as a practical approach to larp design focused on narrativism. Through study of narrative inclined players and the toolbox of narrative concepts that are applied in contemporary larp design and larp culture the article attempts…

Clubs

Group Improvisation of Larp Rituals

2018-02-27 0 Susanne Vejdemo Elli Garperian

This article describes a 30-minute workshop which teaches on-the-spot collective improvisation of fake rituals for larp purposes.

Diamonds

Waiting Before the Beginning

2018-02-26 0 Simon James Pettitt

This article looks at the waiting time before a game or a larp. It sees this time as part of the experience, and claims, that if we design this time properly, we will help our players be in a proper…

Clubs

Play to Lift, not Just to Lose

2018-02-21 0 Susanne Vejdemo

If we can trust that other players will Lift us to wins, we can focus on Playing to Lose. This article argues that the two techniques - Play to Lift, Play to Lose - are often most effective when used…

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