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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…

Documentation

Epiphany – A Collaborative Mage: the Ascension Larp

2018-02-01 1 Clio Yun-su Davis Morgan Nuncio Jen Wong

Epiphany was a collaborative larp based loosely on Mage: The Ascension that took place December 15-17, 2017 in Austin, Texas. The larp was set during a weekend-long spiritual retreat where mentors help initiate mages navigate their Awakenings and come into…

Opinion

Bad Larp Design: Choking Hazard

2018-01-18 5 Elin Dalstål

When someone seems to be choking or having difficulties breathing at a larp, you should always assume the situation is real and go to their immediate aid. Designers should never, ever design larp mechanics that require participants to role-play that…

Documentation

Tenement 67: Tales from the Tenements

2017-12-04 0 Simon Brind

How a UK larp’s take on dystopian cyberpunk is learning from Nordic larp design principles As William Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy was coming to an end, I was spending a fair amount of my time in underground nightclubs listening to angry…

Techniques

Larp Tools: Pronoun Markers and Correction Mechanics

2017-12-01 2 Maury Brown

In role-play, players and their characters do not always use the same pronouns. Some players use role-play to explore personal questions of gender identity, using the alibi of the character to give them a chance to try on a new…

Documentation

Immerton: A Fire in the Desert

2017-10-28 1 Kanane Jones

I knew as soon as I heard about Immerton that I wanted to go. I’d been to one other women-only larp — the U.S. run of Mad About the Boy (2012) — and while it was some of what I wanted from the…

Documentation

Let’s Talk Freakshow

2017-10-02 0 Jasmin Räbsamen

An honest, possibly scrambled, and very emotional review and critique. Trigger warning: Contains coarse language and depictions of violent acts. In September 15-17, 2017, I attended the larp Freakshow by Nina Teerilahti, Alessandro Giovannucci, Dominika Cembala, Martin Olsson, Morgan Kollin,…

Documentation

Road Trip Report

2017-08-29 0 Sharon Underberg

Road Trip was like no other larp I’ve ever done. I felt like I’d fallen down the rabbit hole, with a constant interweaving of fiction and reality. Road Trip, a joint production of Dzobiak Larp Studios and Imagine Nation Collective,…

Techniques

Larp Counselors: An Additional Safety Net

2017-08-07 6 Sarah Lynne Bowman Maury Brown Brodie Atwater Alex Rowland

This article advocates for the inclusion in certain larps of the unique role of a counselor, who is part of the safety team.

Techniques

Safety Coordinators for Communities: Why, What, and How

2017-04-17 2 Maury Brown

This article will define a Safety Team and its role, examine what makes for a good Safety Team, and offer advice for maintaining one for your community.

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