Larp: the Colonist
Using "larp" as a super-umbrella term has caused confusion and mental harm.
Monthly Archives: April 2024
Out of Nothing, Something
In the larp Helicon, a specific kind of beauty spontaneously emerged when players' actions collectively created a wonderfully coherent whole.
On Co-creating Experiences – iFoL
IFoL, standing for “Its Full of Larps”, is typically a long weekend, dedicated to short form larps and socializing.
Strings and Rails: NPCs vs. Supporting Characters
NPCs are tools for larp designers to set specific events in motion. Sometimes, the presence of NPCs with complex personalities is beneficial.
Tears in the Rain
We should care about documenting our larps: and we should find a way to not only preserve that history, but to make it publicly available.
The Manifesto of Playing to Live Elsewise
For there to be a future filled with play, there needs to be a huge shift in how we play. We are imaginers, world creators, loving, thriving beings filled with infinite possibilities to live and play elsewise.
Larping Anthropology in the 1970s and 1980s: A Look Into the Birth of Performance Studies and Experiential Ethnography
The interaction between Richard Schechner and Victor Turner and how their experiments align with larp.
Play Boldly – Let Yourself Be Vulnerable
Challenge yourself. Go beyond your comfort zone. Decide to do something you are not sure you can actually pull off. Try something new.
Words of Advice from an Old Witch to Aging Larpers
As we grow older as larpers, do we have to end up as a petrified version of our younger self? Inge-Mette Petersen with some wise advice.
Experience vs. Imagination – Effects of Player Age
It is often stated that imagination is the limit – that anyone can play any role – but is that the reality?