How to Do Night Scenes
There is so much potential in night-time scenes. Who wouldn't love to be dragged from their bed by a monster, or woken by a ghost's gentle touch? But, they tend to turn anticlimactic. Here's a solution that can get these…
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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.
Heuristics for Larp
Heuristic techniques help us reduce the load of decision making. They’re especially useful when it’s not possible (or just not worth the time it would take) to find an optimal solution. They are mental shortcuts that are generally good enough.
Larping Lonely
These are my best tips on how to have a great time at a larp when you don’t know anyone.
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…
Playing Nasty Characters
Nasty characters can be important and necessary in larp; and then somebody has to play them. This article looks at the practical issues of taking on such roles; at the social and psychological implications of this kind of play; and…
Bad Larp Design: Choking Hazard
When someone seems to be choking or having difficulties breathing at a larp, you should always assume the situation is real and go to their immediate aid. Designers should never, ever design larp mechanics that require participants to role-play that…
Self Care Comes First: A Larp and Convention Policy
Great work is being done in both the larp and gaming convention scene to improve player safety and comfort, but many of the techniques and methods becomes less effective if organizers and the community don’t communicate the importance of self…