Showtime!
A stage show can bring glamour and ambience to a larp but can also be a way to make your fellow players squirm in their chairs as the stories told on stage hit them in the heart.
Yearly Archives: 2020
Speechcraft
Although public speaking in larps shares similarities with public speaking in the “real world”, there are some important differences.
Strength in Numbers
Building a group and fostering relations therefore falls mostly to players, and requires different player skills from solo preparation. Here is a list of tools in the form of questions and descriptions for constructing a group concept in a deliberate…
Addressing Self Care
This article is about why self care should be your top priority as a player — and how to practise it. It will also address how your attitude to self care affects the community and how self care can enable…
Body Positive
This article introduces tools for body positivity and acceptance. It discusses what other people can do and how to avoid larps and larpers that might not be safe for you, but I also want to focus on what we internalize…
Blue Valkyrie Needs Food, Badly!
Many different types of energy come into play during a larp. This short article surveys some of the terms larpers have used to describe the types of energy they bring to a larp. It also considers why understanding this may…
Reading Others for Interaction
When we larp, we make deductions about other characters and the types of role-play they will provide. Through speech, costuming, body language, and other signs, each player signals to others how to interact with their character. As you play, analyze…
Writing a Life
When you write as the character you are going to play in a larp, you remember — not just the background and story of the character provided to by the organizers, but the mind of the character as you want…
Larp-Related Stress
Larping is a recreational activity, and larps are positive life events. However, larps can be more demanding than the player expects, and thus create stress.
Playing an Engaging Victim
We draw from our experiences to give you tools as a victim player. What can you do to help tell the story of the relationship? How can you support the perpetrator’s game or have agency even when your character doesn’t?