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 Nathan first became involved in the Nordic scene with [[contributions to Dragonbane]] in 2006, for which he wrote parts of the culture briefings and metaphysics. He has regularly attends attended Knutpunkt and Fastaval and writes 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 the Knudepunkt book for 2007, he published 'The Bristol Manifesto.' Spoofing Magna Carta, this larp manifesto presents the position that players should focus on immersing in their characters, organisers should focus on simulating an internal consistent world (including modelling off-screen parts of the world, if needed), and story should be regarded as something that naturally and organicly develops from a sufficiently interesting setting. In August 2008, Nathan presented 'And Not to Yield,' the first Nordic-style 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 fore. 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 October 2015, he moved to Finland on a fellowship to work full-time on research. He presented his research at Solmokohta 2016.

Nathan has published 3 scenario books in the Green Book, 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   == recent activity == He presented in the 2014 Nordic larp talks http://nordiclarptalks.org/post/87238078318/identity-crafting-keeping-the-black-dog-at-bay In April 2014, he co-organised an international run of [[Pan]] in Finland.  In May 2014, he published the board game Magus which was presented at Fastaval in 2015. https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/magus In November 2014, he co-organised another international run of [[Pan]] in the UK. This is believed to be the first multi-day Nordic-style larp run in the UK.

In August 2015July 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 published larps and events in several countries. Bans from events in the hidden role card game Midsummer which will be presented at Fastaval UK remain in 2016. https://www.thegamecrafterplace from earlier.com/games/midsummer

In October 2015, he entered the Golden Cobra scenario contest with a new freeform scenario, Just a Little Peril[http://web.archive.org/web/20170801073328/https://www.facebook.com/claus.raasted/posts/10155351498192626 Dziobak Larp Studios ban announcement]

He is currently co-writing a new modern day psychological larp titled 'Price of Inspiration' to present in Finland in March, 2016[http://www.holkar. It is currently fully bookednet/nathan_hook.html Mo Holkar's ban announcement]