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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…

Theory

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…

Theory

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…

Documentation

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,…

Nordic Larp

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…

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