Beyond the Funny Hat
When larping, players don’t always wear costumes, and even when costumed, a character ought to be more than a funny hat. Here, we offer practical ways to flesh out how a character moves and speaks, in the hope of making…
Artificial Affluenzas
Playing a super-rich character in a larp probably sounds fun and easy. It is neither, at least not at all times. Centrally, it requires a fine line of balancing, in order to not take the role over the top, but…
Knutepunkt 2021 Call for Papers
Knudepunkt 2021 has issued a call for papers! Pitches are due 10 July 2020 and the theme of the conference, and book, is "Where the magic happens".
Larp and Prejudice: Expressing, Erasing, Exploring, and the Fun Tax
Designers of larps with a real-world setting face questions about how to deal with prejudice. This article looks at three possible approaches.
Sleeping Areas, Off-Game Areas, and the Black/White Ribbon Metatechnique
The black/white ribbon metatechnique, as used at Libertines (2020), to signal if you want play in your sleeping area or not.
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?
The Paradox of Inclusivity
Trying to provide a clearer vision of what inclusivity does, and can, mean; as well as offer practical advice to help us build more inclusive communities.
Wyrding the Self
Wyrding the self is the sustained effort to decolonize your body from the mythical norm, and begin the process of identity alteration.
Sceneing and Storying
The experiences we make in larping are collective. However, no two players share the same exact experience, even when playing in the same scene together.