Author: Juhana Pettersson
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Designing the Designer
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Every aspect of larp can be designed for particular effect. This article argues that this applies to the person of the designer as well.
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The Spirit of Christmas
Midwinter Revisited is a larp about a sweatshop where elves are forced to endure long hours of tedious work while having to pretend they’re happy.
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Culture, Community, and Layers of Reality: Playing Allegiance
A pervasive larp about the Cold War and the diplomacy needed to stave off nuclear Armageddon.
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Participatory Ritual Vocalization
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How to use vocalization to create a sense of shared ritual in larps?
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Basics of Efficient Larp Production
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An alternative mode of production to the Infinite Hours of labor often spent in larp organizing and volunteering.
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Terror and Warmth
An attempt at mapping the emotional landscape of transgressive larp experiences in an open manner without undue coyness.
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Sketch Comedy Characters
As a player, I build my larp characters using the tools of sketch comedy. The style may be different, but the toolbox is the same. The crude basics offered by sketch comedy provide a functional basis on which to build more nuanced play during the larp.
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Know Yourself
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Once you understand what you can and can’t do, want and don’t want to do, it becomes easier to have good larp experiences and to co-create them with others.