The Legend of Percival – Larping in Babylon
In September 2015, in the city of Rome, the Chaos League organized The Legend of Percival; a pervasive larp with participants playing outcasts.
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NEXUS-6 – Narrativist Airsoft
Nordic larp is taking France by slow-motion storm. After experiencing the awesomeness, people are setting up re-runs of classics such as Mad about the Boy and Just a Little Lovin’. The next logical step was to make our own stuff,…
Solmukohta 2016 – Summary
The Finnish edition of the Nordic larp conference Knutepunkt, Solmukohta 2016, is now over. This post will be continuously updated with links to articles, reports, photo albums, videos, slides, books and other relevant documentation.
The Whole Is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts – Voices from Black Friday
In this larp we didn’t have restrictions. We just wanted to organize the coolest larp ever played in Italy. At least, that’s what I wanted.Chiara Tirabasso, Black Friday larpwright Chiara Tirabasso is one of the many larpwrights behind Black Friday.…
The Book of Polish Larp
A new Polish book about larp is out, this is what the authors has to say about it: From the intense 5-players chamber larp to the post-apocalyptic week-long larp festival for almost 600 people. Polish larp scene is diverse and…
Fairweather Manor: Perspectives from a United States Player
I thought I’d write up a game summary about my experience playing Fairweather Manor, as there seems to be some interest. My background is as an American larper with some-to-moderate larp experience in the American scene, whose first international larp…
Legion – Trans-Siberian Railroading
Legion, or Legie as it is called in its original language, is a Czech larp that had already had six runs by the time the international run was played, and is a game for 54 pre-written characters, both soldiers and…
Fairweather Manor – The Latest Iteration of the Blockbuster Formula?
Fairweather Manor is a historically-inspired international larp for 140 whose first run took place in Zamek Moszna, Poland, on the 5-8th of November 2015. It was created by the Liveform/Rollespilsfabrikken team already behind the creation of College of Wizardry. As…
Starting a Russian Revolution
A visit to Russian “Larp-poem 1905” to do living history and dream of changing the past Have you heard about the Russian revolution of 1905? Don’t be embarrassed if you haven’t, it’s not that well known, not even Russians talk…
Love, Sex, Death, and Liminality: Ritual in Just a Little Lovin’
Just a Little Lovin' is commonly touted as one of the best Nordic larps ever designed by those who have played it. Originally written in 2011 by Tor Kjetil Edland and Hanne Grasmo, the larp explores the lives of people…