Gerrit Reininghaus is a live-action designer from Bonn, Germany. His works tackle opportunities and challenges of live-action online games (LAOG). He is also writing Indie RPGs to organize his thoughts and experiences: from tuk tuk racing to the joy of putting on makeup together. Gerrit has won two Golden Cobras for his LAOG designs, and a FRED award for promotion of the German larp scene to a wider audience. His website is https://alles-ist-zahl.blogspot.com/
This article presents a categorization of LAOGs - depending on how they make use of the communication channels in place. It identifies three different forms: The Diegetic Call, The Invisible Call, and The Metaphorical Call.
Laog is short for live action online game – and that says it all, doesn’t it? We can larp – live action role-playing – when being behind our video camera.