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{{Infobox book|name=Larp Design: Creating Role-play Experiences|image=MAIN_Cover-file2-kopi.jpg|published=2019 (Knudepunkt 2019)|pages=428|country=Denmark}}'''Larp Design: Creating Role-play Experiences''' is a 2019 book about larp design. It was edited by [[Johanna Koljonen]], [[Jaakko Stenros]], [[Anne Serup Grove]], [[Aina D. Skjønsfjell]] and [[Elin Nilsen]]. Two physical copies are available in the public library system of every Knutepunkt host-country. 

In 2021 the book was revised and published in pdf-form on [https://trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024/136330 Library of Tampere University] servers. New elements include: interactive index, interactive Table of Content and active links. Minor typos were addressed. This work was mostly carried out by [[Anne Serup Grove]] and [[Johanna Koljonen]]. 

==Contents==

*Acknowledgements
*Foreword by [[Johanna Koljonen]], [[Jaakko Stenros]], [[Anne Serup Grove]], [[Aina D. Skjønsfjell]] and [[Elin K. Nilsen]]

===Part I. The Foundations of Larp Design===

*Basic Concepts in Larp Design by [[Jaakko Stenros]], & [[Markus Montola]]
*How Real Is Larp? by [[Simo Järvelä]]
*An Introduction to Bespoke Larp Design by [[Johanna Koljonen]]
*Larp and Seriousness by [[Jaakko Stenros]]
*How to Pick Your Larp Idea by [[Bjarke Pedersen]]
*Learn Design by Rerunning Larps by [[Oliver Skjødt Nøglebæk]]

===Part 2. Designing What Happens Before Runtime===
=====2.1 The Pre-larp Process=====

*Designing the Pre-Larp Process by [[Martine Svanevik]] & [[Johanna Koljonen]]
*Designing Ahead of Participant Needs by [[Karin Edman]]
*Describing What Actually Happens During the Larp by [[Henry Piers Towsner]] & [[J Li]]
*Costumes for Real Bodies by [[Kerstin Örtberg]] & [[Anne Serup Grove]]

=====2.2 On Site Before the Runtime=====

*How to Schedule the Participants’ Time on Site by [[Alma Elofsson]]
*How to Design a Workshop by [[Lizzie Stark]]
*How to Run Your Workshop by [[Markus Montola]]

===Part 3. Designing the Runtime===
=====3.1 How to Make Larps Where Stories Happen=====

*How to Structure a Larp by [[Kaisa Kangas]]
*Transparency in Larp by [[Evan Torner]]
*Bolvaerk: Surprise Horror by [[Søren Ebbehøj]] & [[Kasper Friis Hansen]]
*Creating Shared Recollections by [[Marco Bielli]] & [[Chiara Tirabasso]]
*Narrative Design by [[Simon Brind]]
*Emergent Stories and Directed Narratives by [[Troels Barkholt-Spangsbo]] & [[Jesper Heebøll Arbjørn]]
*How to Make your Sandbox a Playground by [[Mo Holkar]]
*Amusement Park Design by [[Johanna Koljonen]]
*The Beginning and the End by [[Kaisa Kangas]]

=====3.2 How to Design a Playable Fiction=====

*Functional Design by [[Kaisa Kangas]]
*Creating or Conveying Cultures by [[Martin Nielsen]] & [[Grethe Sofie Bulterud Strand]]
*Building a Layered Community by [[Alessandro Giovannucci]] & [[Andrea Giovannucci]]
*This Is Not an Edularp! by [[Tina Leipoldt]]
*Designing for Equality by [[Frederikke Sofie Bech Høyer]]
*Designing for Intersectional Identities by [[Kat Jones]], [[Mo Holkar]], and [[Jonaya Kemper]]
*Accessibility as Playability by [[Eleanor Saitta]] & [[Sebastian F. K. Svegaard]]
*Designing for Queer and Trans Players by [[Eleanor Saitta]] & [[Sebastian F. K. Svegaard]]
*Designing Larp for Children by [[Merli Juustila]]

=====3.3 How to Design Playable Characters=====

*Basics of Character Design by [[Juhana Pettersson]]
*Who Creates the Characters? by [[Karijn van der Heij]]
*Co-Creative Design with Players by [[Mo Holkar]]
*Designing a Character Description by [[Evan Torner]]
*Efficient Character Writing for Big Teams by [[Edin Janković Šumar]]
*Homework as Player Preparation by [[Laura Kröger]]
*Collaborative Character Creation by [[Joanna Piancastelli]]
*Writing Realistic, Non-Exploitative Characters by [[Laura Wood]]

=====3.4 How to Design Mechanics and Rules=====

*Opt-out and Playstyle Calibration Mechanics by [[Johanna Koljonen]]
*Designing the Mechanics You Need by [[Danny Wilson]]
*Putting It All Together: House of Craving by [[Danny Wilson]]
*Designing Playable Acid Trips by [[Troels Barkholt-Spangsbo]], [[Jonas Trier-Knudsen]], [[Søren Ebbehøj]], [[Anders Lyng Ebbehøj]], and [[Klaus Meier Olsen]]
*The Notebook Mechanic by [[Bjarke Pedersen]]
*Class Privilege and Conflict Escalation by [[Kaisa Kangas]]
*Larping the Blues by [[Iva Vávrová]] & [[Kateřina Morgain Holendová|Kateřina Holendová]]
*Metatechniques by [[Anna Westerling]] & [[Anders Hultman]]
*Portraying Sexual Content in Larp by [[Frida Lindegren]]
*The Language of Consent by [[Susan Mutsaers]]
*Portraying Violence in Larps by [[Martine Svanevik]]
*Meaningful Character Death by [[Stefan Deutsch]]

=====3.5 How to Design a Playable Environment=====

*Spatial Design for Larps by [[Søren Ebbehøj]], [[Signe Løndahl Hertel]], and [[Jonas Trier-Knudsen]]
*Geometry of Conversations by [[J Li]]
*The Bus Stop Mechanic by [[Simon Lindman Svensson]]
*The Piss Room [[Juhana Pettersson]]
*The Fundamentals of Sound Design for Larp [[Anni Tolvanen]] & [[Irrette Melakoski]]
*Darkness As Scenography [[Tuomas Hakkarainen]] & [[Katri Lassila]]

=====3.6 How to Runtime Gamemaster=====

*Simulating an Outside World by [[Simon Lindman Svensson]]
*Using Discord in a Cyberpunk Setting by [[Ericka Paige Skirpan]]
*Using Runtime Directors by [[Anna Westerling]] & [[Anders Hultman]]
*The Expression Wall by [[Maury Elizabeth Brown]]
*How to Run Freeform by [[Evan Torner]]
*How to Run Edularp by [[Josefin Westborg]]

===Part 4. After Runtime===

*Post-Play Activities by [[Maury Elizabeth Brown]]
*How to Gather Feedback from Players by [[Annika Waern]]

===Part 5. How to Export Nordic Larp===

*Nordic Style Larps in Other Traditions by [[Maury Elizabeth Brown]] & [[Ericka Paige Skirpan]]
*Collaborating with Theatre and other Arts by [[James Lórien MacDonald]]

===Other===

*Glossary
*Author Biographies
*Index (Only in pdf-version)

==Downloads==

*[https://trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024/136330 PDF publication of Larp Design: Creating Role-Play Experiences.]

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