Learning from Bleed
How you can learn from bleed yourself, and how you design a larp in such a way that your participants can learn from their bleed, if they want to.
Yearly Archives: 2025
Bleed Before it was Cool: Early descriptions of dissimulative pretense, their unintended effects, and their impact on the evolution of roleplaying
European sources from the 18th and 19th centuries describe phenomena occurring during, or as a result of roleplaying, that we might now recognize as bleed.
Larp in Greece, Romania, and Switzerland
A summary of the history of larping and the current larp scene in three European countries, as learned from local larpers, taken from the author's collection of articles on larping around the world.
What Do Adult Participants Get Out of Larp? A qualitative survey based on SWORDCRAFT Australia
Knowing the answers to what motivates adults to spend time, money, and emotional energy on a game seemingly not valued, may provide insights into developing roleplay further as pedagogy beyond recreation.
Experiencing Art from Within
In Kaisa Kangas's larp Hyvät museovieraat (Eng. Dear Museum Visitors), in the Amos Rex museum, artworks came alive and possessed the bodies of the participants.
Larp As Embodied Art
This article describes our artistic practice and design principles focusing on the bodily experience.
Why I hate post-larp compliment threads
Compliment threads are a quite common phenomenon after a larp. So why does it always make me slightly uncomfortable and anxious?
Grief in Larp: Bleeding Through Two Lives
By weaving empathy, safety, and self-awareness into the fabric of larp, participants can transform grief from an overwhelming experience to an opportunity for collective healing and deeper connection, says Lyssa Greywood.
Playing First Contact in Eclipse, a Spectacular 3-day Sci-Fi Larp
The larp Eclipse "was like a simulated near-death experience, an attempt to convince players they were on the brink of unimaginable transformation," reflects Adrian Hon, in this detailed and thoughtful article: spoiler warning!
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser – The Blockbuster to End All Blockbusters
The Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser was an admirable foray into creating a larp-like experience for mass audiences on a gargantuan scale. It was not perfect, but it was far from a disaster.
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