Author: Johannes Axner
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Nordic Style Battlestar Galactica Larp in the US
American larpwrite Shoshana Kessock has written a report from a Battlestar Galactica larp she took part in writing and organizing at a recent convention. Here is a small excerpt from the text: Tales of the Rising Star was an ambitious idea inspired by the amazing work done by the Monitor Celestra team overseas and fantastic
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Eirik Fatland on Safety
Famous larp theorist Eirik Fatland has written a piece about safe words and safety at larps. Here is the first paragraph of his text: So, there is a fairly standardized pair of safewords used at a lot of larps around here – “kutt” which means “Cut! Stop!” and “brems”, which literally translates as “brake!” and
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Seekers Unlimited
Seekers Unlimited is an nonprofit organization that produces educational larps. It’s run by Aaron Vanek who’s active in the nordic larp scene. They have just released a video showcasing some of their work:
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The Verge Covering The Monitor Celestra
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American tech site The Verge has written av The Monitor Celestra, a large scale Nordic style larp played in Sweden this spring. Check it out! http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/3/4391736/real-life-battlestar-galactica-larp-could-be-coming-to-america
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Larp Documentary Treasure Trapped Trailer
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Check out this trailer for the upcoming documentary Treasure Trapped which amongst many other things feature The Monitor Celestra and Østerskov efterskole.
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Meeting Larp for the First Time in Lebanon
Norwegian larp organization Fantasiforbundet are doing a project in Palestinian refugee camp Rashedie in Lebanon making larp for children. Here are the words of Jacob, exiled Palestinian living in the refugee camp, talking about his first meeting with larp: Hi my name is Jacob in ordinary life, but when I play larp game I become
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Donate
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Nordic Larp Calendar
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Nordic Larp Calendar is a way to find out what is happening in the larp world. We’re working on adding some more appropriate fields and opening up a page for public submissions, but until then you can email us information on larps and events to add on: contribute@nordiclarp.org You can find the calendar at the
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Lessons From Knutepunkt 2013 by Arjen de Jong
Dutch larper and game designer Arjen de Jong has written a report from Knutepunkt 2013: http://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2013/05/lessons-taken-from-knutepunkt-2013/ Read more about Knutepunkt in the Nordic Larp Wiki: http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Knutepunkt 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 Recap by Tomas B., Part 4
French larper Thomas B. has written a recap of his experience at Knutepunkt 2013, here’s the fourth and final part: http://www.thomasbe.com/2013/05/02/knutepunkt-2013a-subjective-recappart-4-aka-the-end-finally/ You can read part one through three are here: http://www.thomasbe.com/2013/04/23/knutepunkt-2013a-subjective-recap-part-1/ http://www.thomasbe.com/2013/04/25/knutepunkt-2013-a-subjective-recap-part-2/ http://www.thomasbe.com/2013/04/29/knutepunkt-2013-a-subjective-recappart-3/ Read more about Knutepunkt in the Nordic Larp Wiki: http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Knutepunkt Discuss and read more about Knutepunkt 2013 in the Nordic Larp Forum: http://nordiclarp.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=6