OB7

OB7

Carl Heath and Per Wetterstrand, organizers of OB7.
Techniques	The Doctor Pre-larp workshop
Website	ob7.se
Information
Date	October 2002 (2002-10)
Duration	2 days
Location	Varberg, Sweden
Participants	36
Participation fee	kr 900
Credits
Designed by	Carl Heath Per Wetterstrand

OB7 was a larp set in the context a prison during political turmoil in Sweden in 1973. The Swedish Security Police (Swedish: Säpo) arrested people belonging to various leftist organisations and kept them in prison for interrogation on the suspicion of terrorist activities. The game was designed to explore gameplay in isolation.

Controversy

OB7 was controversial when produced as it explored themes from the classical Stanford Prison Experiment [1]. It was a political larp which brought to light political controversies of the 1970s as well as then-current issues. OB7 was written in the wake of 9/11 and the European Union summit in Göteborg 2001.

Techniques

• The Doctor
• Pre-larp workshop

Images

• OB7 Flickr Gallery

Production

• Varberg - Interaktiva Uppsättningar