Know Yourself
Once you understand what you can and can’t do, want and don’t want to do, it becomes easier to have good larp experiences and to co-create them with others.
Solmukohta 2020
Emotions as Skilled Work
This text is focused on the social and cultural aspects of emotion work and on our understanding of the skills involved in the context of larp.
Metareflection
When larping, we are often aiming to feel immersed. This article shows how other internal processes are active as well when we are roleplaying.
Maps, Loops and Larp
This article outlines a framework for analyzing how players decide on their actions moment to moment, as well as on longer time scales throughout the larp.
Solmukohta 2020 Summary
Solmukohta 2020, the Finnish edition of the international Nordic larp conference Knutepunkt, is over and you can find all the talks here.
Solmukohta 2020: Is Immersive Theatre the Future of Larp?
Thomas B covers some larp-like events. Mélanie & Michael co-wrote The Lost Generation, an immersive theatre party focused on seamless narrative design.
Solmukohta 2020: Chris Bergstresser – Peacock – a Global Larp Clearinghouse
A proposal, and a prototype, for a larp clearinghouse named Peacock. It includes standards for larp data and a website to share that information.
Solmukohta 2020: 500 Magic Schools for Children and Youth
This panel brings together NGOs, companies and other entities that run magic schools for kids and youth; presenting themselves and their work.
Solmukohta 2020: Lindsay Wolgel – Larp/Theatre Crossover in NYC
A talk about the larp/theatre crossovers currently emerging in NYC, based on projects Lindsay has been part of in the past year as a professional actor.
Solmukohta 2020: Eleanor Saitta, Johanna Koljonen, Martin Nielsen – Maps, Loops, and Larps
Have you ever thought about what you actually do when you larp? This talk tries to make sense of how manage information & make decisions during play.