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Four Backstory Building Games You Can Play Anywhere!

2015-02-11 0 Peter Woodworth

One of the most difficult – but also most rewarding – parts of larp is coming up with a good character backstory. A sense of a character’s past gives great insights into how to play them in the present, for…

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De la Bête – An Expensive Beast

2015-02-06 2 David František Wagner

The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.Revelations, 13:2, the Bible (New…

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Behind the Larp Census

2015-02-04 0 Aaron Vanek

29.751 larpers can’t (all) be wrong On January 10, 2015, 101 days after launching, the first global Larp Census closed to replies. 29,751 responses were logged from 123 different territories in 17 different languages. The data from this survey is…

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Six Levels of Substitution

2015-01-28 0 Lauri Lukka

The Behaviour Substitution Model You are gliding over the parquet, in a constant battle over who’s in charge. You lock eyes and tighten your grip pulling your partner just a bit closer. Your posture and precise footwork radiate confidence. Other…

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Brudpris

2015-01-23 0 Anna-Karin Linder Krauklis Carolina Dahlberg

Brudpris (Bridal Price) is set in Berge, a rural village in the fictional Mo culture. The culture of Mo is inspired by Nordic rural 19th century aesthetics. They live isolated from the outside world according to their strict patriarchal honor…

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Post-larp Depression

2015-01-19 0 Sarah Lynne Bowman Evan Torner

Larp occupies a unique place among analog games, for it demands as much from players’ bodies as it does from their minds. It comes then as no surprise that many players find themselves in the situation of feeling confused, exhausted,…

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Baltic Warriors: Helsinki

2015-01-16 0 Juhana Pettersson

Baltic Warriors: Helsinki was the first in a hopefully longer series of political larps about environmental issues related to the Baltic Sea, and especially to the way oxygen depletion in the water can lead to “dead zones” in which nothing…

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Returning to the Real World

2014-12-08 3 Sarah Lynne Bowman

Debriefing After Role-playing Games Debriefing is a somewhat controversial topic in role-playing communities today. While some individuals feel that games should remain distinct from the mundane world and debriefing is an unnecessary complication, many role-players have grown concerned about difficulties…

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Photo Report: Mare Incognitum

2014-12-03 0 Johannes Axner

Mare Incognitum was a Swedish Lovecraftian horror larp set on a ship (familiar to visitors to Monitor Celestra) in the 1950s. It was organized by Berättelsefrämjandet and had 78 players, spread over three runs, from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia,…

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Larp Report: Clockbottom

2014-10-24 0 Emma Ström

A journey through horror, steampunk and mystery Clockbottom was a larp set in America during the Civil War, with a steampunk twist and elements of horror. About 120 participants from seven different countries gathered during one weekend of September to…

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