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Larp Crush: The What, When and How

2018-03-28 0 Sanne Harder

Larpers generally agree that what happens in-game stays in-game. But then there’s the larp crush -- a condition where you and your character get your wires crossed, so to speak. Larp crushes are known to be potentially more intense than…

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Tensions between Transmedia Fandom and Live-Action Role-Play

2017-10-23 1 Evan Torner

Larping in a franchise means players are familiar with the material. Yet fan practice may contradict larp's flexibility. How to address these tensions?

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Ludo-narrative Dissonance and Harmony in Larps

2017-02-27 0 Hélène Henry

Ludo-narrative dissonance seems like a pompous term but actually defines a simple concept that appears when gameplay and narration diverge or oppose.

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Telling Character Stories

2017-02-22 0 Monika Weißenfels

There are many ways to tell character stories. Nordic larp design often implies that characters are written by the larpwrights. That's not always the case.

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Moment-based Story Design

2017-02-15 2 Ian Thomas

Most larp war stories have been provoked by moments of intense experience, of intense emotion. How can we design larps to create these moments?

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Tears and the New Norm

2017-02-13 0 Troels Ken Pedersen

In recent years, we — the Nordic/International progressive role-playing scene, both tabletop and larp[1]I’ve been in on the tabletop/freeform side of things for many years; on the larp side, I got going with a splash with Just a Little Lovin’…

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Let’s Fight – In Defense of Competitive Play, Part 1

2017-02-02 9 Matthew Webb

Collaboration is in vogue. In Nordic circles and in blockbuster games, non-competitive play is ascendant. Matthew Webb argues for competetive play in larp.

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Literary and Performative Imaginaries – Where Characters Come From

2017-01-31 0 Evan Torner

Character sheets are an important part of a roleplaying game's "text", but how are they constructed, and how do they operate? Evan Torner investigates.

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Pre-production in larps – A Practical Guide

2016-10-31 0 Pawel Jasinski

This article on larp pre-production is based on my experience as both a video game designer and larp designer. The concepts described are based on good practices in the video game industry, but are definitely applicable to larps and other…

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Creating a Culture of Trust through Safety and Calibration Larp Mechanics

2016-09-09 0 Maury Brown

When Ben Morrow and I decided to offer a College of Wizardry-like experience in North America in April 2015, we knew we had our work cut out for us. Not only did we need to form a larp production company,…

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