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:
Author: Johannes Axner
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The Verge Covering The Monitor Celestra
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 -
Larp Documentary Treasure Trapped Trailer
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 another person. Perhaps you ask yourself why I say this? I have learned that human characters has a lot of different faces, and that we though larp can act spontaneously and “sail” between character even if we are not professional actors or have a strong memory to remember many long texts.
Read the whole text here:
http://fantasiforbundet.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/larp-in-jacob-own-words/Read more about the project here:
http://fantasiforbundet.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/achievement-unlocked-the-first-childrens-larp-in-lebanon/ -
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Nordic Larp Calendar
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 link below. Please note that you can click the title of an event to get more information.
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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/KnutepunktDiscuss and read more about Knutepunkt 2013 in the Nordic Larp Forum:
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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/KnutepunktDiscuss and read more about Knutepunkt 2013 in the Nordic Larp Forum:
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New Larp Non-profit Started in Seattle
Larp Lab is a new Seattle (US) based non-profit. A representative of the group had this to say about it:
I just needed to share this good news: After a year and a half of research, meetings, and filling out paperwork a group of us from Seattle have successfully launched our LARP based nonprofit: LARP Lab. Our website is also live at larplab.com if you want to check us out.
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Prolarp 2013 – “Solving Problems” – Sign-up open!
We’ve written earlier about Prolarp, the proposed conference for larp professionals organized by Danish larp company Rollespilsakademiet. Now you can sign up for the worlds first conference for larp professionals on their website:
http://rollespilsakademiet.wix.com/prolarp-2013