Ensemble Play
This article draws insights from different ensemble-driven art forms, and demonstrate how ensemble skills facilitate better play in larp.
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.
Solmukohta 2020 Summary
Solmukohta 2020, the Finnish edition of the international Nordic larp conference Knutepunkt, is over and you can find all the talks here.
Solmukohta 2020: Is Immersive Theatre the Future of Larp?
Thomas B covers some larp-like events. Mélanie & Michael co-wrote The Lost Generation, an immersive theatre party focused on seamless narrative design.
Solmukohta 2020: Chris Bergstresser – Peacock – a Global Larp Clearinghouse
A proposal, and a prototype, for a larp clearinghouse named Peacock. It includes standards for larp data and a website to share that information.
Solmukohta 2020: 500 Magic Schools for Children and Youth
This panel brings together NGOs, companies and other entities that run magic schools for kids and youth; presenting themselves and their work.