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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…

Nordic Larp

The Cure for the Stuffed Beast

2014-10-21 5 Kamil Buchtík

The unexpected problems of a game stuffed with themes and plots and their working solutions.

Nordic Larp

Nordic Style Larp in the UK

2014-07-26 0 Mo Holkar

The UK has a large and thriving larp industry, going back to the early 1980s and with an estimated 100,000+ current active participants. But awareness of larp traditions in other countries, and in the Nordic scene in particular, has been minimal…

Documentation

Life Under Occupation: The Halat Hisar Book

2014-07-23 0 Johannes Axner

Documentation of larp is an important form to share knowledge and experience about the games being run. Life Under Occupation is a book documenting the larp Halat Hisar (2013) and it was just released in digital format. We caught up the…

Opinion

We Don’t Abide to the Law of Jante

2014-07-12 5 Mia Sand

Swedish larper and writer Mia Sand replies to Sanne Harders opinion piece about the culture of the Nordic larp scene.

Opinion

The Law of Jante in Nordic Role-playing

2014-07-11 10 Sanne Harder

The good roleplayers exist, but is our naive egalitarianism scaring them away? A Danish writer, teacher and game designer takes a closer look.

Nordic Larp

Pillage the Vikings!

2014-07-08 2 Ole Peder Giæver Mo Holkar

A thousand years ago, Viking warriors came out of the Nordic countries, raiding and conquering in Britain, Ireland, Atlantic and Mediterranean Europe, Russia and North America. They mercilessly pillaged the finest things they could find. Now it's time for the…

Techniques

Russian Roulette in Practice

2014-06-25 0 Martin Buchtík

This article describes the selection process used for high-resolution dramatic larp called Skoro Rassvet [Breaking Dawn] >(2012, 15 players). Its advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Knowing that we could take the risk because the number of potential candidates exceeded the…

Techniques

Culture Calibration in Pre-larp Workshops

2014-04-23 2 Martin Nielsen

With a few exceptions, all larps take place in a set culture. This can be either a fictional culture or a culture based on the real world. For the previous larps where I have been part of the organizer team,…

Documentation

Knutpunkt 2014 – Summary

2014-04-07 11 Petter Karlsson

The larp conference Knutpunkt 2014 is now over and in this post we will gather as much material as possible. This post has been updated with all the filmed presentations, many of the slides, blogposts etc. Last updated 2014-05-08 Blog…

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