Knutpunkt 2014 Call for Volunteers
Knutpunkt 2014 is need of volunteers. This is what they have to say about it: Making Knutpunkt is an effort from all of our community. One way for you to contribute is by being part of the on site crew.…
Yearly Archives: 2013
Book Review: Larps from the Factory
Danish larper and larp designer Oliver Nøglebæk has written a review of the larp script collection book Larps from the Factory. Here is an excerpt from the review: I know how much work the creators put into making this book…
Halat Hisar Photo Report
Larper and talented photographer Tuomas Puikkonen has posted his photos from the larp Halat Hisar (State of Siege). Check them out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkismus/sets/72157638504113734/
Living Games Conference 2014
The Living Games Conference is the first academic conference on larp in the US. The program and academic committees is a veritable who’s who of Nordic and US larp academia. It looks to be a very qualitative and interesting conference.…
Knutpunkt 2014 Sign Up Information Released
Knutpunkt 2014 has released information about their sign-up process. Regular tickets will cost 2000 SEK (~220 EUR) and economy tickets will cost 1200 SEK (~135 EUR), both will be released on Monday, 20 January 2014. Early sign up for program…
Larp Tumblr Roundup
Recently there has pop-up a couple of Tumblr blogs related to the Nordic larp scene. We mostly handle serious stuff here and in the larps of the Nordic scene, so some humor is a welcome break in the gloom. The…
KOLA 2013 Larp Conference Publication
Polish larp has reached a milestone: Very first international publication from this years KOLA conference now in english! Please take a moment to browse through it, as it is a big step for polish larp and a huge effort on…
Larpwriters Winter Retreat 2014
Bjarke Pedersen is organizing a retreat for experienced larpwrights to exchange experiences and ideas about larp theory. He has this to say about it: It came to me: If I could gather some of the brightest minds of larp for…
Report from H.P. Lovecraft Horror Larp Terra Incognita
Swedish larper Petter Karlsson has written a report from the HP Lovecraft themed horror larp Terra Incognita (Sweden, April 2013) Here is a short video report to complement the longer text report: Read the whole report here: http://petterkarlsson.se/2013/10/21/terra-incognita-a-swedish-1920s-lovecraft-larp/
PanoptiCorp 2013 Mini Documentary
UK based video production company Cosmic Joke has produced a mini documentary about the Danish 2013 re-run of the Norwegian 2003 larp PanoptiCorp. Here is what they had to say about the video: PanoptiCorp is originally a Nordic larp from…