Month: April 2013
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Nordic Larp Wiki Edit-a-thon #2
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It’s time for another edit-a-thon! Last time we doubled the number of articles and made many qualitative changes to a lot of articles in the Wiki. Edit-a-thon is an event where we gather and work very focused on putting in content into the Nordic Larp Wiki. So, how do you join in? First off, make
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Knutepunkt 2013 Books Available
The book for Knutepunkt 2013 is now available in digital format on the Nordic Larp Wiki. It’s split into three parts: Crossing Physical Borders Crossing Habitual Borders Crossing Theoretical Borders A fourth book was produced which is only available in physical format. It contains photographs from larps played during the last year: Exploring Borders You
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Knutepunkt 2013 Report by Ole Peder Giæver
Ole Peder Giæver from Norway has written a report of his experience at Knutepunkt 2013: http://snarglebarf.com/2013/04/23/knutepunkt-2013/ Discuss and read more about Knutepunkt 2013 in the Nordic Larp Forum: http://nordiclarp.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
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Knutepunkt 2013 Report by Stefan Deutsch
German larper Stefan Deutsch has written a report of his experience at Knutepunkt 2013: http://operation-brainfuck.de/wordpress/?p=110 Discuss and read more about Knutepunkt 2013 in the Nordic Larp Forum: http://nordiclarp.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
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Knutpunkt 2014 Announced
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Knutpunkt 2014 has been announced! It will be held at April 3-6, 2014. The venue will be Gullbrannagården near Halmstad, approximately 90 minutes driving distance from Gothenburg, where the A Week in Sweden event will be held. You can sign up for the newsletter on the newly released teaser website: http://knutpunkt.org/ Read more about and
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Knutepunkt 2013 Recap by Tomas B.
French larper Thomas B. has written a recap of his experience at Knutepunkt 2013: http://www.thomasbe.com/2013/04/23/knutepunkt-2013a-subjective-recap-part-1/ Discuss and read more about Knutepunkt 2013 in the Nordic Larp Forum: http://nordiclarp.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
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Nordic Larp Talks: How Can we Know what Actually Happened in a Larp
Is there a way to understand what actually happened in a larp, and can we tell a single more coherent story about how a larp played out? This talk is about techniques to study larp. Annika Waern (Ph.D) is a professor and game researcher at the department of Informatics and Media at Uppsala University, Sweden. She
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Nordic Larp Talks: Bleed: How Emotions Affect Role-Playing Experiences
This talk explains the concept of bleed in role-playing games & advocates for awareness of the phenomenon & discussion on emotional content in games.
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Nordic Larp Talks: No Training can Replace Experience, or Can it?
Larp is great in building strange realities, far-away worlds and fantasies unheard of. But can it also be used to recreate authentic situations from real life to enable development workers to not only know about intercultural competence, but maybe even develop it before really coming in touch with a foreign culture? Stefan Deutsch plays and
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Nordic Larp Talks: The Mixing Desk of Larp
This talk explores how this can make larp design easier to teach as a game design discipline. It also helps designers become more aware of the default positions of their larp design. Martin Eckhoff Andresen is a larper, organizer and game designer from Oslo, Norway. He has been involved with Fantasiforbundet’s “Larpocracy” projects in Belarus,