Larp Writers Summer Retreat 2014
Swedish larp organizer group Berättelsefrämjandet will run a retreat for larp writers in early June: We want to gather creators, critics and scholars of larp for an extended weekend of gaining insight...
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Culture Calibration in Pre-larp Workshops
With a few exceptions, all larps take place in a set culture. This can be either a fictional culture or a culture based on the real world. For the previous larps where I have been part of the organizer...
View ArticleRussian Roulette in Practice
Players Casting: A Case Study from the Larp Skoro Rassvet This article describes the selection process used for high-resolution dramatic larp called Skoro Rassvet [Breaking Dawn] (2012, 15 players)....
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Pillage the Vikings!
The Dummies’ Guide to Nordicizing Your Larp Scene for Fun and (No) Profit By Ole Peder Giæver & Mo Holkar A thousand years ago, Viking warriors came out of the Nordic countries, raiding and...
View ArticleThe Law of Jante in Nordic Role-playing
Outwardly, the Nordic role-playing scene seems like a tolerant, egalitarian place where everyone is welcome. But the truth is that we are so busy being equal, that we fail to see excellence, and are...
View ArticleWe Don’t Abide to the Law of Jante
Editors note: This is a reply to the opinion piece by Sanne Harder titled “The Law of Jante in Nordic Role-playing” that ran on Nordiclarp.org on 11 July 2014. I read Sanne Harders text about “good...
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Life Under Occupation: The Halat Hisar Book
Documentation of larp is an important form to share knowledge and experience about the games being run. Life Under Occupation is a book documenting the larp Halat Hisar (2013) and it was just released...
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Nordic Style Larp in the UK
The UK has a large and thriving larp industry, going back to the early 1980s and with an estimated 100,000+ current active participants. But awareness of larp traditions in other countries, and in the...
View ArticleLarp Census 2014
The international larp census of 2014 has been launched, this is what the authors have to say about why you should answer it: Although some countries have rough estimates of their larp population,...
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The Cure for the Stuffed Beast
The unexpected problems of a game stuffed with themes and plots and their working solutions. We made the most expensive game in Czech larp history, we had worked hard on it for a year and we had...
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Larp Report: Clockbottom
A journey through horror, steampunk and mystery Clockbottom was a larp set in America during the Civil War, with a steampunk twist and elements of horror. About 120 participants from seven different...
View ArticleA Tsunami of Testimonies
Kristin Nilsdotter Isaksson has written an article, translated from Swedish by Charlie Charlotta Haldén, on the ongoing discussions about sexual assault within the Swedish larp community. On June 17,...
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Photo Report: Mare Incognitum
Mare Incognitum was a Swedish Lovecraftian horror larp set on a ship (familiar to visitors to Monitor Celestra) in the 1950s. It was organized by Berättelsefrämjandet and had 78 players, spread over...
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Returning to the Real World
Debriefing After Role-playing Games Debriefing is a somewhat controversial topic in role-playing communities today. While some individuals feel that games should remain distinct from the mundane world...
View ArticleCollege of Wizardry 2014 Round-up
College of Wizardry is a Harry Potter themed larp made by the organizations Rollespilsfabrikken (Denmark) and Liveform (Poland). You can read more about the individual team members at the College of...
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Baltic Warriors: Helsinki
Saving the Environment with Zombies Tourists are standing in the queue for the Ferris wheel. Some are eating ice cream. Suddenly two viking zombies, covered in seaweed, shamble from behind the ticket...
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Post-larp Depression
This text was originally featured in Analog Game Studies: http://analoggamestudies.org/2014/08/post-larp-depression/ Larp occupies a unique place among analog games, for it demands as much from...
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Brudpris
Honor. Love. Patriarchy The Game Brudpris (Bridal Price) is set in Berge, a rural village in the fictional Mo culture. The culture of Mo is inspired by Nordic rural 19th century aesthetics. They live...
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Six Levels of Substitution
The Behaviour Substitution Model You are gliding over the parquet, in a constant battle over who’s in charge. You lock eyes and tighten your grip pulling your partner just a bit closer. Your posture...
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College of Wizardry
The first larp to go truly viral College of Wizardry (CoW) was a Harry Potter inspired larp about a fictional magical college in Poland, where students could go to learn advanced magic. It wasn’t...
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