Organising Larps during War in Ukraine and Palestine
Larp returns, even if the war persists.
Documentation
Snapphaneland
I’m back from waging guerrilla warfare from deep in the Swedish woods, desperately trying to keep Scania under the rightful Danish King and not the usurper Swedish crown…
Odysseus: In Search of a Clockwork Larp
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…
17 Years, 18 Runs, Broken Records – Why Krigslive Just Won’t Quit
An account of the long-established Danish battle larp Krigslive, including thoughts about the most recent and largest-ever event.
Remember That Time… We Tried to Film a Larp
In this article, Sophia Seymour and Martine Svanevik discuss their experiences of filming a larp for a documentary.
Did We Wake?
Reflections on Before We Wake, a larp played in 2015, a larp which refused to let go, which insisted on being untangled…, and utterly unlike any other larp ever played.
Possibilities of Historical Larp: Court of Justice in 17th-century Finland
When a larp is designed based on historical sources and research, it adds to its authenticity – not just about material culture, but also about actions, experiences, and mentalities, which larp is a good tool for reenacting.
Out of Nothing, Something
In the larp Helicon, a specific kind of beauty spontaneously emerged when players' actions collectively created a wonderfully coherent whole.
The Cliff – A Case Study of Interdisciplinary Larp Methods for Artistic Research Practice
To bring her short film The Cliff to life, Katri Lassila harnessed immersive techniques borrowed from larp, integrating them into her artistic photography process.
Serious Larp at the United Nations in Geneva
Account of a Serious Larp run at the United Nations in Geneva, in which 30 staff played parents designing a new school for their children.