Year: 2016
-
Photo Report: Blodsband Reloaded 2016
Blodsband Reloaded is a Swedish larp campaign inspired by over the top post apocalyptic fiction like Fallout and Mad Max. Enjoy some beautiful photos from the larp.
-
Creating a Culture of Trust through Safety and Calibration Larp Mechanics
in
When Ben Morrow and I decided to offer a College of Wizardry-like experience in North America in April 2015, we knew we had our work cut out for us. Not only did we need to form a larp production company, secure the venue, build the costumes, obtain props, find players, and all the other duties
-
Hinterland – The Will to Survive
Hinterland was set a few years in the future: a future in which war has destroyed much of society and the infrastructure of modern civilization. Millions of Swedes now live in overcrowded refugee camps scattered around the countryside, at the mercy of ad-hoc crisis authorities, whose resources are stretched way too thin. Life in the…
-
Bjarke Pedersen – Becoming the Story
in
Danish larp producer Bjarke Pedersen of Odyssé is talking at the Future of StoryTelling conference in New York in 5-6 October 2016. Here is a short talk (3m 26s) where he eloquently and concisely describes what larp is.
-
Self Care Comes First: A Larp and Convention Policy
in
Great work is being done in both the larp and gaming convention scene to improve player safety and comfort, but many of the techniques and methods becomes less effective if organizers and the community don’t communicate the importance of self care.
-
Hell on Wheels – Experience the Wild West
The Hell on Wheels larp is a dramatic game for 54 players that takes place in Stonetown, a western settlement in the Czech Republic.
-
When Trends Converge – The New World Magischola Revolution
New World Magischola is an American blockbuster larp by Learn Larp LLC about students & faculty attending a wizard university in a new US magical universe.
-
Knutepunkt 2017 – Call for Papers
in
Knutepunkt 2017 Call for Papers. The next Knutepunkt conference will be held in Norway and now the organizers are asking for papers for next years books.
-
Chasing Bleed – An American Fantasy Larper at Wizard School
This article describes how I felt about my experience as someone who comes from an American campaign boffer fantasy larp background taking part in a Nordic style larp.
-
Gertrudes möhippa – A Near-successful Crossover of Larp and Theater
Recently, the Royal Dramatic theater (Dramaten) in Stockholm staged its first larp ever. Gertrudes Möhippa (Gertrude’s Bachelorette: for brevity I’ll use Gertrude) was designed and produced by Jesper Berglund and Christopher Sandberg and staged twice on successive days, with a maximum of 180 participants in each run. I participated in the second run. A Crossover