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Nathan first became involved in the Nordic scene with [[Dragonbane]] in 2006, for which he wrote parts of the culture briefings and metaphysics. He regularly attends Knutpunkt and Fastaval, and writes for the Knutpunkt books.
Nathan is currently a distance PhD student at Tampere University, Finland, researching identity theory in roleplaying. Prior to this, he compeleted MSc Psychological Research Methods with the Open University, UK with a dissertation researching larpers. His dissertation is available as a free download from lulu.com
Nathan has published 4 scenario books, developing [[psychodrama]] scenarios as a form, drawing inspiration from psychological models to create replayable freeforms with strong emotional play. He has also published Heart's Blood, a literary scenario adapting Dracula to jeepform. His books are available online from lulu.com== Academic background ==
He presented in In 2012, he compeleted MSc Psychological Research Methods with the 2014 Nordic larp talks http://nordiclarptalksOpen University, UK with a dissertation researching larpers.org/post/87238078318/identity-crafting-keeping-the-black-dog-at-bayHis dissertation is available as a free download from lulu.com
In May 2014, he published the board game Magus. https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/magus
→Controversy: Typo fixing, typos fixed: July of 2016 → July 2016
'''Nathan Hook''' is a British game and larp designer and academic.
== Background ==Nathan first became involved in the Nordic scene with contributions to Dragonbane in 2006. He has regularly attended Knutpunkt and Fastaval and written for the Knutpunkt books, until the recent controversy in 2016.Previously he had been involved with the UK larp scene since 1997 and the internatonal Camarilla organisation since 2000.In August 2008, Nathan ran presented 'And Not to Yield,' the first Nordic-style larp minilarp to be both written and organised in the UK at Grand Tribunal (an Ars Magica convention). It uses 'being trapped in faerie' as a metaphor for the Nordic larp scene, a conceptual place where emotional play comes to the for. It has since been run at Fastaval, Knudepunkt, Stabcon, Grand Tribunal US, and elsewhere.
Since 2013, Nathan has been a distance PhD student at University of Tampere, Finland, researching identity theory applied to roleplaying in games. In April 2014October 2015, he comoved to Finland on a fellowship to work full-organised an international run of [[Pan]] in Finlandtime on research. He presented his research at Solmokohta 2016.
== Scenario publications == Nathan has published 3 scenario books in the Green Book. His books are available online. == Controversy == In November 2014July 2016 several people in larp communities came forth with allegations of abusive behaviour from Nathan which lead to a police report being filed in Finland as well as bans from several groups, he co-organised another international run of [[Pan]] larps and events in the UKseveral countries. This is believed to be the first multi-day Nordic-style larp run Bans from events in the UKremain in place from earlier. [http://web.archive.org/web/20170801073328/https://www.facebook.com/claus.raasted/posts/10155351498192626 Dziobak Larp Studios ban announcement] [http://www.holkar.net/nathan_hook.html Mo Holkar's ban announcement]
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