Grenselandet

Grenselandet is a festival for short games held in Oslo, Norway organized by Laivfabrikken Oslo and Fantasiforbundet. The festival features already playtested larps from different countries with a duration up to four hours, most of them played in a Black Box or similar venue. In general, the author(s) of the larps are invited to run them.

Grenselandet 2010

The first Grenselandet festival was organized on 19th and 20th of november 2010 at Chateau Neuf, Oslo. Organizers was Håken Lid, Martin Eckhoff Andresen, Martin Nielsen, Katrine Øverlie Svela, Even Tømte and several other helpers. Around 50 participants took part. The festival also hosted the finals of The Larpwriter Challenge, where three finalist games were played anonymously and the winner was chosen by a jury.

Larps run at Grenselandet 2010

Name	Country	Creators	Run by
When Our Destinies Meet	Sweden	Morgan Jarl, Petter Karlsson	Morgan Jarl, Petter Karlsson
The Tribunal	Finland	J. Tuomas Harviainen	The jury of The Larpwriter Challenge
Familiene Olsson, Nilsson and Karlsson	Sweden	Åke Nolemo, Johan Röklander	Åke Nolemo
Screwing the Crew	Norway	Trine Lise Lindahl, Elin Nilsen	The jury of the The Larpwriter Challenge
The Road Not Taken	USA	Mike Young, Aaron Vanek	The jury of the The Larpwriter Challenge
Dödens väntrum	Sweden	Karolina Stäel	Karolina Stäel

Grenselandet 2011

The second Grenselandet festival took place the 28th and 29th of november, also this time at Chateau Neuf. Around 70 participants took part. This festival was host of the finalist games of the Belarussian Larpwriter Challenge, played anonymously.

Larps run at Grenselandet 2011

Name	Country	Creators	Run by
What happened at Lanzarote...	Norway	Eirik Fatland, Elin Nielsen, Aslak Tirera	Eirik Fatland, Elin Nielsen
Prelude	Finland	Lauri Lukka	Lauri Lukka
Chase the Wolf Away	Slovakia	Dominika Kováčová	Dominika Kováčová
Sista paret ut	Sweden	Sofia Nordin, Jonas Barkå, Elli Åhlvik, Fredrik Von Post and more	Elli Åhlvik, Jonas Barkå
Growing Up	Sweden	Anna Westerling	Anna Westerling
Påske	Denmark	Tim Slumstrup Nielsen	Tim Slumstrup Nielsen
Mountains of Madness	Poland	Kuba Tabisz, Bartek Zioło	Kuba Tabisz, Bartek Zioło
1942 - The Police	Belarus	Sergej Loparev	The jury of The Belarussian Larpwriter Challenge
The Jurymen	Belarus	?	The jury of The Belarussian Larpwriter Challenge
Finding Guilty	Belarus	?	The jury of The Belarussian Larpwriter Challenge
Fallen Stars	Norway	Magnar Grønvik Müller, Martin Nielsen, Vilde Herning	Magnar Grønvik Müller, Martin Nielsen, Vilde Herning