Culture, Community, and Layers of Reality: Playing Allegiance
A pervasive larp about the Cold War and the diplomacy needed to stave off nuclear Armageddon.
Leading With Larp Magic
To write larps and invite people to take part in your story is to be a leader.
Larp as a Player, Larp as a Character
Theorizing engaging with the larp as both a character and as a player.
Beyond Cracking Eggs
Larp made me trans; what next? A conversation between four larpers whose eggs cracked a long time ago.
Participatory Ritual Vocalization
How to use vocalization to create a sense of shared ritual in larps?
“Never Give Up, Never Surrender”
Factors that can help players to enter that space in their minds where everything becomes real.
Pandemic Larp Improvisation
Larp organizers have learned a thing or two about organizing scenarios. How have we applied those skills during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Not All Black And White
How it is to be a woman of color in the larp scene?
Play on Lies
Techniques to broadcast to our co-players at a larp that our characters are lying.
We Were Always Here: Representation, Queer Erasure, and Use of History in Larp
How historical larps with traditional design conventions can leave queer players feeling deeply alienated.