The third Living Games Conference will take place May 17-20, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. Inspired by the Nordic Knutpunkt tradition, the conference focuses on the academic and practical aspects of larp, including scholarship, design, and…
I knew as soon as I heard about Immerton that I wanted to go. I’d been to one other women-only larp — the U.S. run of Mad About the Boy (2012) — and while it was some of what I…
Larping in a franchise means players are familiar with the material. Yet fan practice may contradict larp's flexibility. How to address these tensions?
An honest, possibly scrambled, and very emotional review and critique. Trigger warning: Contains coarse language and depictions of violent acts. In September 15-17, 2017, I attended the larp Freakshow by Nina Teerilahti, Alessandro Giovannucci, Dominika Cembala, Martin Olsson, Morgan Kollin,…
Road Trip was like no other larp I’ve ever done. I felt like I’d fallen down the rabbit hole, with a constant interweaving of fiction and reality. Road Trip, a joint production of Dzobiak Larp Studios and Imagine Nation Collective,…
Dragon Thrones was a complex and novel larp, including MegaGame, escape room, and other unusual elements. How successful was it at providing immersion for participants?
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