Larp out of Character
Larp out of Character is an American blog with video interviews of larpers and larp designers. Here is they’re own description of the blog: As a LARPer for about 20 years now, I have probably been in more LARP theory…
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Living Games Conference Crowdfunding
The first ever academic larp conference in the US has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help finance the event. It lets people who can’t attend but want to support them do so. Read more and contribute at the campaign website:…
Living Games Conference 2014
The Living Games Conference is the first academic conference on larp in the US. The program and academic committees is a veritable who’s who of Nordic and US larp academia. It looks to be a very qualitative and interesting conference.…
The Larp Factory Book Pre-Order
You can now pre-order The larp Factory Book through their IndieGoGo campaign. This is how they present the project themselves: The Larpfactory Book Project will be a collection of 23 Norwegian ready-to-play larpscripts, written in English, and a website containing…
Nordic Style Battlestar Galactica Larp in the US
American larpwrite Shoshana Kessock has written a report from a Battlestar Galactica larp she took part in writing and organizing at a recent convention. Here is a small excerpt from the text: Tales of the Rising Star was an ambitious…
Seekers Unlimited
Seekers Unlimited is an nonprofit organization that produces educational larps. It’s run by Aaron Vanek who’s active in the nordic larp scene. They have just released a video showcasing some of their work:
The Verge Covering The Monitor Celestra
American tech site The Verge has written av The Monitor Celestra, a large scale Nordic style larp played in Sweden this spring. Check it out! http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/3/4391736/real-life-battlestar-galactica-larp-could-be-coming-to-america
New Larp Non-profit Started in Seattle
Larp Lab is a new Seattle (US) based non-profit. A representative of the group had this to say about it: I just needed to share this good news: After a year and a half of research, meetings, and filling out…
Knutepunkt 2013 Report by Shoshana Kessock, Part 1
American larper and game designer Shoshana Kessock has written a report about her time at Knutepunkt 2013: http://shoshanakessock.com/2013/04/29/larping-like-its-cold-knutepunkt-2013-part-1/ Read more about Knutepunkt in the Nordic Larp Wiki: http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Knutepunkt Discuss and read more about Knutepunkt 2013 in the Nordic Larp Forum: http://nordiclarp.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
Knutepunkt 2013 Report by Lizzie Stark
American larper and author Lizzie Stark has written a report about her experience at Knutepunkt 2013: http://lizziestark.com/2013/04/30/my-knutepunkt-2013/ Read more about Knutepunkt in the Nordic Larp Wiki: http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Knutepunkt Discuss and read more about Knutepunkt 2013 in the Nordic Larp Forum: http://nordiclarp.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=6