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== Preface ==
At Solmukohta 2012, [[Lizzie Stark]] gave an excellent rant that for [[Nordic Larp]] to be accessible, the players should [http://elizabethrstark.com/2012/04/22/write-a-rulebook-already/ write a damn rulebook]. This page is to be a draft of what that rulebook should look like.
== Introduction ==
American Larps often have rulebooks, such as the [http://nerolarp.com/download.php?view.3 NERO LARP Rulebook (9th edition)] or [http://interactivitiesink.com/larps/bolarp.html The Book of LARP]. The [http://nordiclarp.wordpress.com/ Nordic Larp] book, edited by [[Jaakko Stenros]] and [[Markus Montola]], is a good first step - but the ideal espoused is a short field guide for someone from another larp tradition to come into a Nordic Larp and understand what to expect and what to do.
== Preparation ==
A vital part of Nordic Larp is the attitude which you come into it with.
If you have a character in advance, you should costume for this character. Unless otherwise specified, you do not need period materials, but the costume should look convincing.
== Play ==
Once play has begun, everything the players say or do is interpreted as actions of the character. There are usually no rules for "off-character" interaction short of [[kutt]]or that a player discretely approaches another player and whispers off-game to check if the other player is OK or to clear out a misunderstanding.
=== Conflict Resolution ===
There are often no mechanics for resolving things like fights or other conflicts. Instead, the outcome is decided by social rules. (''These should be elaborated here.'')
Social Rules and [[Meta techniques]] governing resolving fights and other conflicts include:
*[[Play to lose]]
*[[Honor system]]
*[[Transparency]] and [[Telegraphing]]
*[[Scene change]]
Mechanical and Embodied Rules used to resolve conflict and other interactions:
*[[Boffer]]
*[[Ars Amandi]]
*[[Ars Ordo]]
===Structure===
Structures and consensus building techniques are also used to help create agreement about play:
*[[Pre-larp workshop]]
*[[Fate play]]
*[[Act structure]]
*[[Pre-written characters]]
*[[The Liquor on the Table]]
*[[Slow take-off]]
*[[Feather play]]
*[[Ball of yarn]]
[[categoryCategory:Documentation|Nordic Larp Rulebook]]
