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Odysseus: In Search of a Clockwork Larp

2024-07-04 0 Markus Montola

Running a clockwork larp is a fool’s errand, because the very point of a clockwork is interdependence, and the very point of a larp is agency. The Odysseus team invested a massive amount of skilled labour to take this paradox…

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The General Problem of Indexicality in Larp Design

2024-06-27 0 Jaakko Stenros Markus Montola Eleanor Saitta

When things are done “for real” there is always some confusion on how real is real, as there are numerous different levels of simulation, representation, and performance.

Solmukohta 2020

Larper: The Pretense

2020-11-09 0 Markus Montola

The larper character sheet is a playful tool for evaluating your strengths and weaknesses as a larper.

Theory

The Blockbuster Formula – Brute Force Design in The Monitor Celestra and College of Wizardry

2015-05-06 4 Eirik Fatland Markus Montola

2013 and 2014 may be remembered as the conception of the Nordic blockbuster larp. Two ambitious larps – The Monitor Celestra in Sweden and College of Wizardry in Poland – succeeded in attracting an unprecedented level of international attention from…

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The Art of Steering – Bringing the Player and the Character Back Together

2015-04-29 7 Markus Montola Jaakko Stenros Eleanor Saitta

The rhetorics of Nordic larp often imply that role-players play in an intuitive fashion guided by the character, rarely or never contemplating their actions during the game. In reality, however, we are often keenly aware of what we are doing…

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Markus Montola

Odysseus: In Search of a Clockwork Larp

The General Problem of Indexicality in Larp Design

Larper: The Pretense

The Blockbuster Formula – Brute Force Design in The Monitor Celestra and College of Wizardry

The Art of Steering – Bringing the Player and the Character Back Together

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Odysseus: In Search of a Clockwork Larp

The General Problem of Indexicality in Larp Design

Larper: The Pretense

The Blockbuster Formula – Brute Force Design in The Monitor Celestra and College of Wizardry

The Art of Steering – Bringing the Player and the Character Back Together

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