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Nordic Larp Wiki Edit-a-thon

2015-03-16 0 Johannes Axner

It’s time for another edit-a-thon! Previous events made many qualitative new articles and changes in the Wiki. An edit-a-thon is an event where we gather and work very focused on putting in content into the Nordic Larp Wiki. Let’s make the…

Documentation

Mare Incognitum – Trapped in the Ice

2015-03-13 0 Olle Nyman Sebastian Utbult

The Fate of the M/S Lyckan Our story took place aboard the M/S Lyckan, a former German navy freighter with a horrific history of atrocities. A research expedition to Kirkenes in Norway had unearthed a strange statuette, which was brought…

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Livsgäld – Fantasy with Gender Elements

2015-03-06 0 Simon Svensson

Livsgäld, translated roughly as "the price you pay for your life", was a low-fantasy larp held in November, 2014, in Halmstad, Sweden. The larp was played in Swedish, had 40 participants, three non-player characters and four organizers. The spots for…

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Last Will – Make Us Your Slaves, but Feed Us

2015-02-27 0 Annica Strand Frida Gamero Sofia Stenler

In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet, and say to us, “ Make us your slaves, but feed us. Last Will is a larp on the subject of a fading human dignity in a world run…

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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…

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,…

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A Tsunami of Testimonies

2014-11-21 0 Nordiclarp.org

Kristin Nilsdotter Isaksson has written an article, translated from Swedish by Charlie Charlotta Haldén, on the ongoing discussions about sexual assault within the Swedish larp community. On June 17, 2014, a new Facebook group was created for Swedish-speaking larpers who…

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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…

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.

Events

Larp Writers Summer Retreat 2014

2014-04-21 0 Johannes Axner

Swedish larp organizer group Berättelsefrämjandet will run a retreat for larp writers in early June: We want to gather creators, critics and scholars of larp for an extended weekend of gaining insight and inspiration to create better larps. We will…

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