Author: Johannes Axner
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Larp Tumblr Roundup
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Recently there has pop-up a couple of Tumblr blogs related to the Nordic larp scene. We mostly handle serious stuff here and in the larps of the Nordic scene, so some humor is a welcome break in the gloom. The Nordic Larper is about the Nordic larp scene in general: http://thenordiclarper.tumblr.com/ When You Organize Larps
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KOLA 2013 Larp Conference Publication
Polish larp has reached a milestone: Very first international publication from this years KOLA conference now in english! Please take a moment to browse through it, as it is a big step for polish larp and a huge effort on their part to make their scene available to the international larpers. You can find the
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Larpwriters Winter Retreat 2014
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Bjarke Pedersen is organizing a retreat for experienced larpwrights to exchange experiences and ideas about larp theory. He has this to say about it: It came to me: If I could gather some of the brightest minds of larp for a weekend of talks, we might all leave the retreat better at understanding our craft,
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Report from H.P. Lovecraft Horror Larp Terra Incognita
Swedish larper Petter Karlsson has written a report from the HP Lovecraft themed horror larp Terra Incognita (Sweden, April 2013) Here is a short video report to complement the longer text report: Read the whole report here: http://petterkarlsson.se/2013/10/21/terra-incognita-a-swedish-1920s-lovecraft-larp/
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PanoptiCorp 2013 Mini Documentary
UK based video production company Cosmic Joke has produced a mini documentary about the Danish 2013 re-run of the Norwegian 2003 larp PanoptiCorp. Here is what they had to say about the video: PanoptiCorp is originally a Nordic larp from 2003, which was re-imagined in 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It’s a satirical larp about an
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The Larp Factory Book Pre-Order
You can now pre-order The larp Factory Book through their IndieGoGo campaign. This is how they present the project themselves: The Larpfactory Book Project will be a collection of 23 Norwegian ready-to-play larpscripts, written in English, and a website containing game materials and videos showing all methods and techniques mentioned in the book. The larps
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Kapo Documentary
A documentary about the Danish 2011 larp Kapo has been released on Youtube. This is what the author has to say about it: The larp KAPO was held in Copenhagen in 2011. It was a larp about dehumanization, camps and values. This is the video documenting the project. It is made by Edith Tvede.
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Reports From the 2013 Larpwriter Summer School
Finnish blog Loki has posted a report in three parts from the 2013 Larp Writer Summer School Read them over at Loki: http://loki.pelilauta.fi/wordpress/?p=1842
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Sign-up Open for Halat Hisar (State of Siege)
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Halat hisar, or State of Siege, has been covered on this site before. The sign-up for the Finnish/Palestinian cooperation has now opened: http://nordicrpg.fi/piiritystila/practical/sign-up/ Read more about the larp on their website: http://nordicrpg.fi/piiritystila/
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New Larp Festival in Palestina
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Beit Byout is the first larp festival in Palestine! It will be held in Ramallah from Thursday, October 3 to Saturday October 5, 2013. This is what the organizers have to say: The Festival Beit Byout will be a festival with a number of larps from Palestine and the Nordic countries. In addition there will