Pan

Pan was written by Linda Udby & Bjarke Pedersen. They presented it twice in Denmark in January 2013. Nathan Hook and Kielo Maria Blomqvist presented an updated version to an international audience in Finland in April 2014. Future runs for late 2014 in other European countries are planned but not yet announced. It is also intended to the first of a trilogy (but not a direct continuation) of larps.

Pan is a horror scenario dealing with the themes of identity and nature. Players play couples attending a relationship therapy for the weekend, and are encouraged to book with a friend to play a couple. The therapist-couple use a mixture of classical techniques and esoteric methods. It is a mixture of gothic horror based on classic literature, and psychological horror, with a modern setting.

The main inspiration is the 1890s short story 'The Great God Pan' by Arthur Machen. This is available as a free download here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/389

Pan makes light use of meta-techniques to play on possession. More details in the review (link below).

Pan can be a heavily physical event in which players are encouraged to test and push their limits.

Info

Players: 8-10, 2 organisers.

Length: approx 36 hours player time. Short pre-game and post-game workshops.

Player fee: 800 Danish KR for the original runs. 30 euro for the international run.

Links

The website (in Danish) of the original run is hee: http://bjarkep.com/larp/pan/

A review of the design was written by one of players of the internatonal run (in French): http://www.electro-gn.com/7463-critique-de-gn-pan

A Facebook group titled 'Pan' also exists. It is not tied to a particular run: https://www.facebook.com/groups/172274392912858/

Pan was discussed by writer Bjarke Petersen in the Nordic Larp Talks for 2014, as an example of sketching. (not yet online)