Year: 2017
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Tears and the New Norm
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In recent years, we — the Nordic/International progressive role-playing scene, both tabletop and larp — have produced games that can bring out powerful emotions in the players, and empower the players to engage with powerful emotions. This process has significantly extended the artistic reach of the role-playing medium, and also given a lot of people
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Once Upon a Nordic Larp… – The Knutepunkt 2017 Book
The official book for Knutepunkt 2017 is called Once Upon a Nordic Larp… Twenty Years of Playing Stories and it’s out now!
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A Matter of Trust – Larp and Consent Culture
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Consent culture in larp communities is a subject of great interest in the current discourse. Larp scholar Sarah Lynne Bowman explores the subject.
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What Does it Mean When Sex is Sexy?
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Should larp techniques for representing sexual activity be sexy themselves? Might they be more sexy than we sometimes realize? What impact does this have?
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Let’s Fight – In Defense of Competitive Play, Part 1
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Collaboration is in vogue. In Nordic circles and in blockbuster games, non-competitive play is ascendant. Matthew Webb argues for competetive play in larp.
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Literary and Performative Imaginaries – Where Characters Come From
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Character sheets are an important part of a roleplaying game’s “text”, but how are they constructed, and how do they operate? Evan Torner investigates.