This video was recorded during the 2025 Nordic Larp Talks, in Oslo.
In 2024, the Palestinian larp organisation Bait Byout ran its Larp Factory training programme in social impact larp design and game design for 43 young adults aged 18-30 from the West Bank and Jerusalem. In this conversation with Johanna Koljonen, Tamara Nassar discusses the outcomes of programme, Bait Byout’s other activities, and why playing games – and playing pretend –still matters for both adults and children in the midst of war and occupation.
The conversation also touches on Tiny Steps in Heaven, a larp created in remembrance of child casualties, as well as the work in support of traumatised children Bait Byout is preparing and seeking partners for.
