Bleed

Bleed Before it was Cool: Early descriptions of dissimulative pretense, their unintended effects, and their impact on the evolution of roleplaying

2025-07-15 0 Mátyás Hartyándi

European sources from the 18th and 19th centuries describe phenomena occurring during, or as a result of roleplaying, that we might now recognize as bleed.

Opinion

Why I hate post-larp compliment threads

2025-07-01 0 Julia Greip

Compliment threads are a quite common phenomenon after a larp. So why does it always make me slightly uncomfortable and anxious?

Opinion

Grief in Larp: Bleeding Through Two Lives

2025-06-27 0 Lyssa Greywood

By weaving empathy, safety, and self-awareness into the fabric of larp, participants can transform grief from an overwhelming experience to an opportunity for collective healing and deeper connection, says Lyssa Greywood.

Theory

Larp as a Player, Larp as a Character

2022-10-13 0 Alessandro Giovannucci

Theorizing engaging with the larp as both a character and as a player.

Theory

A Ramble in Five Scenes

2021-05-17 0 Inge-Mette Petersen

How age, life experience, and the knowledge you have achieved become part of your larp.

Knutepunkt 2021

Magic is Real: How Role-playing Can Transform Our Identities, Our Communities, and Our Lives

2021-03-09 0 Sarah Lynne Bowman Kjell Hedgard Hugaas

What is magic? From our perspective, at its core, magic is a form of manifestation: the ability to alter the self and the world around us through the power of intentional thought, force of will, and creative action.[1]Mat Auryn, Psychic…

Solmukohta 2020

Bleed as a Skill

2020-12-28 0 Ane Marie Anderson Karete Jacobsen Meland

This toolbox provides practical tips on how to manipulate your brain into more bleed and more immersive experiences.

Theory

The Butterfly Effect Manifesto

2019-08-20 0 Kjell Hedgard Hugaas Sarah Lynne Bowman

This manifesto describes our preference for playing, designing, and facilitating larp experiences with the purpose of encouraging transformative impacts.

Theory

Investigating Types of Bleed in Larp: Emotional, Procedural, and Memetic

2019-01-25 0 Kjell Hedgard Hugaas

Based on personal accounts, this article describes three categories of bleed states as experienced by larpers: emotional, procedural, and memetic.

Theory

Larp Crush: The What, When and How

2018-03-28 0 Sanne Harder

Larpers generally agree that what happens in-game stays in-game. But then there’s the larp crush -- a condition where you and your character get your wires crossed, so to speak. Larp crushes are known to be potentially more intense than…

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