Yearly Archives: 2017

Tenement 67: Tales from the Tenements

2017-12-04 0 Simon Brind

How a UK larp’s take on dystopian cyberpunk is learning from Nordic larp design principles As William Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy was coming to an end, I was spending a fair amount of my time in underground nightclubs listening to angry…

Techniques

Larp Tools: Pronoun Markers and Correction Mechanics

2017-12-01 2 Maury Brown

In role-play, players and their characters do not always use the same pronouns. Some players use role-play to explore personal questions of gender identity, using the alibi of the character to give them a chance to try on a new…

Documentation

BAPHOMET – The Road to Damnation

2017-11-15 0 Bjarke Pedersen Linda Udby

BAPHOMET was a larp about personal horror with the themes terror, lust, desire, power and loss of control; a group descended into madness together.

Events

Living Games Conference 2018

2017-10-30 0 Johannes Axner

The third Living Games Conference will take place May 17-20, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. Inspired by the Nordic Knutpunkt tradition, the conference focuses on the academic and practical aspects of larp, including scholarship, design, and…

Documentation

Immerton: A Fire in the Desert

2017-10-28 1 Kanane Jones

I knew as soon as I heard about Immerton that I wanted to go. I’d been to one other women-only larp — the U.S. run of Mad About the Boy (2012) — and while it was some of what I…

Theory

Tensions between Transmedia Fandom and Live-Action Role-Play

2017-10-23 1 Evan Torner

Larping in a franchise means players are familiar with the material. Yet fan practice may contradict larp's flexibility. How to address these tensions?

Documentation

Let’s Talk Freakshow

2017-10-02 0 Jasmin Räbsamen

An honest, possibly scrambled, and very emotional review and critique. Trigger warning: Contains coarse language and depictions of violent acts. In September 15-17, 2017, I attended the larp Freakshow by Nina Teerilahti, Alessandro Giovannucci, Dominika Cembala, Martin Olsson, Morgan Kollin,…

Documentation

Road Trip Report

2017-08-29 0 Sharon Underberg

Road Trip was like no other larp I’ve ever done. I felt like I’d fallen down the rabbit hole, with a constant interweaving of fiction and reality. Road Trip, a joint production of Dzobiak Larp Studios and Imagine Nation Collective,…

Documentation

Dragon Thrones – High Immersion in a Larp MegaGame

2017-08-09 2 Tara M. Clapper

Dragon Thrones was a complex and novel larp, including MegaGame, escape room, and other unusual elements. How successful was it at providing immersion for participants?

Techniques

Larp Counselors: An Additional Safety Net

2017-08-07 6 Sarah Lynne Bowman Maury Brown Brodie Atwater Alex Rowland

This article advocates for the inclusion in certain larps of the unique role of a counselor, who is part of the safety team.

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