Odysseus A Retrospective (2019)
This article discusses the author's experience of participating in the 2019 run of the Finnish larp Odysseus.
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Listen 2 Your Heart Season 8: An Unexpectedly Bleedy Experiment
Reflections on an online larp adaptation of the popular Netflix dating series Love is Blind.
The 4 Cs of Larping Love
Romantic play should be based on four pillars: Context, Consent, Communication, and Chemistry.
The Immortal Legacy
A documentation piece on the larp Gothic by Avalon Larp Studios. Based on true events featuring Romantic poets in a story of gothic horror.
Slow Larp Manifesto
There are larps that are not action-heavy, that don’t try to offer maximum amounts of drama or complicated plots. Lack of action or drama in a larp is often regarded as a design fault. We think Slow Larp should be…
The Spirit of Christmas
Midwinter Revisited is a larp about a sweatshop where elves are forced to endure long hours of tedious work while having to pretend they're happy.
Living the Dream: Larp as a Transformative Practice
Larp extends beyond wistful thinking and idle daydreams and starts the process of turning ideas into a physical manifestation.
The Chinese Hotpot of Larp
After the explosive growth of the last five years, China now has the biggest larp business in the world. The emergence of pervasive games in China, the largest game market all over the world, was very fast and drastic. The…
Culture, Community, and Layers of Reality: Playing Allegiance
A pervasive larp about the Cold War and the diplomacy needed to stave off nuclear Armageddon.
Leading With Larp Magic
To write larps and invite people to take part in your story is to be a leader.