Vedergällningen, the Vengeance: a Viking Horror Larp
Vedergällningen was a Viking horror larp in Sweden focusing on the relationships between humans, their community, and their gods.
Documentation
From Winson Green Prison to Suffragette: Representations of First-Wave Feminists in Larps
In this article, I present feedback on my experience playing and writing on suffragettes in larps set in early 20th century Europe. I present the diverse angles through which the theme and characters were approached in these larps and contrast…
Knudepunkt 2019: Summary
The Danish edition of the Nordic larp conference Knutepunkt, Knudepunkt 2019, is now over. This post will be continuously updated with links to articles, reports, photo albums, videos, slides, books and other relevant documentation. If you have any content you…
D8 – Fascinating Paradox
When I heard some first mentions about the idea behind D8, I felt it’s going to be a really interesting thing. Knowing them personally, I occasionally drifted in each conversation towards this larp, to learn more. A design document for…
Nordic Larp Talks Malmö 2018
This years Nordic Larp Talks are out! You can watch them all in the embedded playlist below, or go over to Nordic Larp Talks to get some more context and background. Nordic Larp Talks Oslo 2017 As a bonus, we…
Epiphany – A Collaborative Mage: the Ascension Larp
Epiphany was a collaborative larp based loosely on Mage: The Ascension that took place December 15-17, 2017 in Austin, Texas. The larp was set during a weekend-long spiritual retreat where mentors help initiate mages navigate their Awakenings and come into…
Tenement 67: Tales from the Tenements
How a UK larp’s take on dystopian cyberpunk is learning from Nordic larp design principles “One day you will see the truth, you will learn to understand the patterns and numbers in the data. When God left the analogue world…
BAPHOMET – The Road to Damnation
BAPHOMET was a larp about personal horror with the themes terror, lust, desire, power and loss of control; a group descended into madness together.
Immerton: A Fire in the Desert
I knew as soon as I heard about Immerton that I wanted to go. I’d been to one other women-only larp — the U.S. run of Mad About the Boy (2012) — and while it was some of what I…
Let’s Talk Freak Show
An honest, possibly scrambled, and very emotional review and critique. Trigger warning: Contains coarse language and depictions of violent acts. In September 15-17, 2017, I attended the larp Freakshow by Nina Teerilahti, Alessandro Giovannucci, Dominika Cembala, Martin Olsson, Morgan Kollin,…