Ensemble Play
This article draws insights from different ensemble-driven art forms, and demonstrate how ensemble skills facilitate better play in larp.
Theory
Know Yourself
Once you understand what you can and can’t do, want and don’t want to do, it becomes easier to have good larp experiences and to co-create them with others.
Emotions as Skilled Work
This text is focused on the social and cultural aspects of emotion work and on our understanding of the skills involved in the context of larp.
Metareflection
When larping, we are often aiming to feel immersed. This article shows how other internal processes are active as well when we are roleplaying.
Maps, Loops and Larp
This article outlines a framework for analyzing how players decide on their actions moment to moment, as well as on longer time scales throughout the larp.
Leaving the Magic Circle: Larp and Aftercare
The transition from larp to everyday life can be messy sometimes. Some thoughts on aftercare in a larp context: how to do it and why.
On the Commodification of Larp
An exploration of the development of larp in the face of a growing tendency of contemporary culture to become commodified.
Transformative Role-Play: Design, Implementation, and Integration
A framework for how to design, organize, and play intentionally for transformative impacts throughout the role-play experience and beyond.
The Impact of Social Capital on Larp Safety
We cannot discuss exploring outside of our comfort zones in larp without taking into account imbalances of social capital, influence, and power.
Larp Design Glossary
The original version of this glossary was published in the 2019 book Larp Design: Creating Role-Play Experiences. 360° illusion Larp design idea where what you see is what you get. The environment is perceived as authentic, everything works as it…