Maria Bergmann Hamming

Maria Bergmann Hamming (born 1978) is a Danish larper and scenario writer. She has studied religion and Danish language and is an elementary school teacher.

Maria has been larping since 1996 and has organized several larp scenarios, campaigns, conventions and written several larp games. Maria has a background in the world of theater and has her focus on how to make larping a dramatic experience.

She has worked with education and larping for many years. Both as a teacher at evening school for young people, teaching them how to produce both characters and gear for larping and organizing larps for young people. She has also worked at a community center using roleplaying as the primary pedagogical tool.

In 1998 she had her debut as a freeform writer for Fastaval, where she wrote Skyggernes Spil together with Maiken “Malle” Nielsen that got the Otto for Best Scenario, she then won again in 2013 the Otto for Best Participant Experience together with Jeppe Hamming for the scenario Sarabande.

Games

• Skyggernes Spil (1998)
• Profetiernes Vold (1998)
• Cragnagh Manor IV - Orient Expressen (2003)
• Torden over Tortuga 2 (2003)
• Torden over Tortuga 3 (2004)
• Stormen (2008)
• Sarabande (2013)

Organizer: Conventions

• Vintersol 2008 (2008)
• Vintersol 2009 (2009)
• Vintersol 2010 (2010)
• Vintersol 2011 (2011)

Organizer: Larp campaigns

• Alderstadt (2001–2002)
• Torndal (2005–2007)