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'''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.'''
With seven runs across four countries and more planned, Pan is a horror scenario dealing with the themes one 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 settingmost repeated Nordic Larps.
The main inspiration Pan is a psychological horror scenario dealing with the themes of identity and nature. Players play couples attending a relationship therapy for the 1890's short story 'weekend, and are encouraged to book with a friend (not a real partner) to play a couple. The Great God Pan' by Arthur Machentherapist-couple use a mixture of classical techniques and esoteric methods. This is available as In terms of genre the larp could be considered gothic horror based on classic literature, and psychological horror, with a free download here: http://wwwmodern setting.gutenbergIt does not fit into many conventional notions of horror, due to the lack of 'monsters.org/ebooks/389'
The main inspiration is the 1890s short story 'The Great God Pan makes light use of meta-techniques to play on posession. More details in ' by Arthur Machen and the review film Antichrist (link belowVon Trier, 2009). The short story is available as a free download here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/389
Pan can be is played on a heavily physical event confidentiality agreement. While the design is public, what actually happened in which players are encouraged to test and push their limitsplay is private.
==Creation and presentations==
== Info ==Pan was written by Linda Udby & Bjarke Pedersen. They presented it twice in Denmark in January 2013 and in Norway in November 2014. It has also been run in The Netherlands, UK and Finland.
It is intended to the first of a trilogy (but not a direct continuation) of larps. The second event in the series is titled [[Baphomet]] with a 'vintage' 1930s occult setting and capacity for 31 players. It has had two runs in Denmark in October 2015 and in 2018 and 4 runs planned in 2019.  ==Techniques== Pan makes light use of meta-techniques to play on possession. More details in the review (link below).  Players are encouraged to test and push their limits, psychological and otherwise. The event allows the option for physical interactions. The larp does not include violence. ==Info== Players: Usually 8-or 10, the latest run expanded to 12 players. 2 organisersplaying characters.
Length: approx 36 hours player time. Short pre-game and post-game workshops.
Player fee: -800 danish Danish KR for the original runsin Denmark, Jan 2013. -30 euro for the international run in Finland.  -£150 for the November 14 UK run, played in a castle.  -NOK 2250 or NOK 1250 for the Norwegian run in November 14.  -120 euro for the Jan 15 Netherlands run. -140 euro for the March 15 Finland run.
Logistics: The larp is run as fully catered, and normally runs in a holiday home location with modern facilities.
== Links ==
The website (in Danish) of the original run is heehere: http://bjarkep.com/larp/pan/
A review of The website for the design was written by one of players of the internatonal Norwegian run (in French)is here: http://www.electro-gnbjarkep.com/7463larp/pan/pan-critiquenorge-de-gn-panedition/
A facebook group titled 'Pan' also exists. It is not tied to a particular review of the design was written by one of players of the April 2014 Finnish/internatonal run(in French): httpshttp://www.facebookelectro-gn.com/groups/172274392912858/7463-critique-de-gn-pan
Pan was discussed by writer Bjarke Petersen in the Nordic Larp Talks for 2014, as an example of sketchingA Facebook group titled 'PAN & BAPHOMET larps' - it is not tied to a particular run: https://www. (not yet online)facebook.com/groups/172274392912858/
Pan was discussed by writer Bjarke Petersen in the Nordic Larp Talks for 2014, as an example of sketching. http://nordiclarptalks.org/post/87479170653/sketching-larp-bjarke-pedersen
An article about the design of Pan is the Knudepunkt 2015 book: http://www.rollespilsakademiet.dk/webshop/nordiclarpyearbook2014.pdf[[categoryCategory:Larps]]
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