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…
Techniques
The Hated Children of Nordic Larp – Why We Need to Improve on Workshops and Debriefs
We should design specific exercises that fit the larp and the experience we want to create.
Innovations in the Drama Classroom with Larp
Larp activities for middle school students born out of a focus on emergence.
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.
Villain Self Care
Strategies for playing an antagonist in a larp in rewarding ways, as well as helping with potential negative emotional effects.
Designing Power Dynamics Between Adults and Children in Larps
A practice-based approach utilized in edu-larp and leisure larps, including a mythical fantasy campaign.
How I Learned to Stop Faking It and Be Real
Communicating about mental health issues can make us better larpers.
An Introvert’s Guide to Playing High Status Characters
How to play big commanding character types – my collection of tips and tricks that I have accrued over 20+ years of larping.
Participatory Ritual Vocalization
How to use vocalization to create a sense of shared ritual in larps?
Play on Lies
Techniques to broadcast to our co-players at a larp that our characters are lying.