Creating Aura
To give in to their alibi, the participant must be credible in their role. Building an aura is a conscious and explicit process that supports this.
Theory
A Plot to Bomb the Magic Circle: Chaos Magic in Urban Play
Exploring the possibilities arising from disrupting the magic circle through urban pervasive styles of play and the practice of chaos magic.
Larp as Magical Practice: Finding the Power-From-Within
Larp has the potential to make meaningful change by helping us expand our imagination and empowerment.
Gendered Magic
Thoughts on how to gender larp magic systems with awareness and intention.
Three Forms of LAOGs
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.
A Ramble in Five Scenes
How age, life experience, and the knowledge you have achieved become part of your larp.
The Psychotherapeutic Magic of Larp
Connecting larp as a tool for personal development with theories from psychology and techniques from drama therapy.
It Wasn’t Me
“It’s not me, it’s my character.” Definitions of alibi, the ways in which it is emancipating, and the situations when alibi is not enough.
Beauty in Larp
What makes a thing beautiful to do? In this text Jaakko Stenros and James Lórien MacDonald explore a general aesthetic theory for larp.
Labor and Play
Have you gone to a larp requiring more work than your day job? Have you done work in a larp and been compensated with fictional resources rather than money?