[[Image:Oslo Winterlarp Origins09 KrutvassCabin.jpg|thumb|right| Winterlarps in forestcabins had a strong impact on nordic larps]]
The Oslo '''Oslo WinterlarpsWinter Larp''' tradition was a concept genre or series of quasihistoric semi-historic larps played in the Oslo area between 1992 and 2002. These larps that would involve reliving the daily life of a certain historic period as central aspect of the frame of the larp. The [[plotline]] was often partly mythological marking them as a transitional genrè between the fantasy of the [[Oslo Summer Larp tradition]] and the realism of larps such as [[1942]] and [[Europa]]. A tendency towards [[persistent play]] and the fantasyfiction of the [[Oslo SummerlarpHigh-resolution larp | high-resolution]]s of role-playing mark these larps as important precursors to the organisation Nordic style, as do their aspirations towards a [[Ravn360º]] illusion and an emphasis on cultural simulation and intra-personal relationships at the expense of [[Nosferatuboffer]] larps fights and epic stories.<br>Number of participants A typical "vinterlaiv", as it was called in Norwegian, would range from have between 50 up to and 100 participants. <br>The average playing time of such larps would , and be 3 played for four consecutive days and 4 nightsduring the winter months.<br>From Between 1992 to and 2002 these would be , a vinterlaiv was held almost yearly larpevents for , usually set to a different historical epoch and organized by an entirely different team than the larpers of [[Oslo]]previous year.<br><br>
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