Author: Johannes Axner

  • Simbelmyne

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    Simbelmyne is a swedish larp set in Tolkiens Middle-Earth, around 500 years before the War of the Ring. The organisers describes it as such:

    “Good and evil have not changed since yesteryear, nor are they one thing among Elves and another among Men. It is a man’s part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.”
    — JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers

    Simbelmyne is a larp about good and evil – not the goodness of heroic deeds or the evil of dark lords, but the goodness of a kind act or the evil of greed, selfishness or small mindedness. Fictionally Simbelmyne takes place among the Éothéod, the ancestors of the Rohirrim, as they gather to elect a new thegn, a chieftain of sorts, as the old one has passed away – and to tell tales, share news from all corners of the Mark and to eat, drink and honour the ancestors.

    Where: Moriaberg, in Tumba near Stockholm
    When: 6-9 June, 2013
    Cost: 600 SEK (approximately 72 EUR or $92 USD) including food and lodging
    Language: Game primarily in Swedish, but Danes and Norwegians are very welcome!

    Watch the presentation from Prolog 2013 here:

    For more information and signup see:
    http://simbelmyne.se

  • The Roleplaying Academy Podcast

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    Danish company Rollespilsakademiet (The Roleplaying Academy) has started a podcast in English on larp. It’s hosted by Danish larpwrite Claus Raasted Herløvsen and covers many aspects of Nordic-style larp.

    Check it out on Soundcloud here:
    https://soundcloud.com/claus-raasted/sets/the-roleplaying-academy

    You can listen to the first episode right here:
    https://soundcloud.com/claus-raasted/episode-1

  • New Editor in Chief for inlajv.se

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    Anna-Karin Linder, new Editor in Chief at inlajv.se Anna-Karin Linder, new Editor in Chief at inlajv.se

    inlajv.se is a Swedish online magazine on larp. They have appointed a new editor in chief, Anna-Karin Linder, and again started publishing high quality texts at a steady pace after a short hiatus.

    If you want to read interesting articles about all aspects of larp written in Swedish we highly recommend checking them out.

    Read more about the news in Swedish over at inlajv.se:
    http://inlajv.se/visa/47/nagra-ord-fran-chefredaktoren

  • Knutepunkt 2013 Program Meeting Livetweets

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    You can follow tonights program meeting for Knutepunkt 2013 live on twitter!

    The hashtag is:
    #KPprogram


    There are still some tickets left, they can be bought on the Knutepunkt 2013 sign up page:
    http://www.knutepunkt.org/signup/

    Read more about Knutepunkt in the Nordic Larp Wiki:
    http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Knutepunkt

    Discuss Knutepunkt 2013 on the Nordic Larp Forum:
    http://nordiclarp.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

  • Europa Brinner!

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    Europa brinner! (Europe burns!) is a larp campaign that takes place in Sweden before and during World War II, with espionage, betrayal and treason as main elements. The larps will be as realistic as possible, with some elements of fiction.

    The first installment is called 1938 – Pyrande glöd (Smoldering Glow)

    The Organizers are:

    Emma Feldmanis – Main organizer and campaign writer
    Marie Schöld – Intrigue organizer
    Svend Lindblom – Intrigue and security organizer.
    Europe burns is produced in collaboration with SIT (Svedala Interactive Theatre and Role Association)

    Where: The larps is held in the amazing 1800s Director villa in Brunnsparken, Ronneby and it continues for one evening.
    When: April 20, 2013.
    Cost: 150 SEK (approximately 18 Euro or 24 USD).
    Language: The game will be played in Swedish.

    Read more on the website:
    http://sit-lajv.se/Flagrantis/

  • Monitor Celestra Video Report

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    Petter Karlsson has produced a video report from the third instalment of the larp Monitor Celestra.

    Read more on Petters blog:
    http://petterkarlsson.se/2013/03/19/the-monitor-celestra-battlestar-galactica-larp/

  • Life is Cheap

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    Life is Cheap is a Norwegian larp set in the Firefly-universe.

    On a secret location each year, there is held an auction. This auction deals not in food, spice, spacecrafts, or weapons. No… This auction deals in live flesh… Do you need to restock your bordel? Or maybe you are a wealthy mine owner who intends to stay wealthy by buying cheap labor. Perhaps you need someone to fight in your arena, or you are looking for a translator. Or maybe you just get a kick out of these event. The verse is a wretched hive of scum and villainy after all. Or perhaps you are on the wrong side of the bars? Maybe you were adrift in space and were picked up by some “helpful” people. Or you were taken from your home by force? Or maybe, just maybe, you want to be here as a slave? Who knows…

    Where: Fjøløy Fort at Rennesøy right outside Stavanger, Norway.
    When: June 28-30, 2013
    Cost: 200/300 NOK (approximately 27/40 Euro or 35/52 USD), the lower price is if you pay before April 15th.
    Language: The game will be played in mixed languages, Norwegian and English are both okay.

    Watch a teaser for the larp here:

    Read more about and sign up for the larp on the website:
    http://lifeischeap.no/

  • Mad About the Boy, Swedish Run

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    After runs in Norway, the Netherlands and USA time has come to run Mad About the Boy in Sweden. The organisers had this to say:

    In a world were all men have died reproduction is totally dependent on sperm banks. The government in the Nordic countries have decided to start an insemination program. To choose the future parents the have created a Parent Selection Program. It is during these tests that the larp is played. On the second day the last man on earth runs in to the site and everything changes.

    The game is played twice in a week, once with an all female cast, and one with mixed gender. Both of them during the last week of June.

    Where: Outside of Västerås, Sweden
    When: June 24th-27th 2013 – Mixed gender run, open to people of all genders who want to play women. June 27th-30th 2013 – All-female runm open to people who identify as women.
    Cost: The participation fee is 1200 SEK. There is a concessional price of 900 SEK for students, freelancers and unemployed people.
    Language: The larp will be played in English.
    Sign-up opens: March 15th 2013 at 16.00.

    More info on the homepage:
    http://mad-about-the-boy-larp.blogspot.no/

    Discuss upcoming larps in the Nordic Larp Forum:
    http://nordiclarp.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=16

    Read about the larp and previous runs on the Nordic Larp Wiki:
    http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Mad_About_the_Boy

  • Reddit Interview Technique for Fleshing Out Characters

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    IAmAFiction is a subreddit meant to be used for fleshing out fictional characters through online interviewing

    If you are working on developing an invented character for creative writing, roleplay, or pure novelty, this is the place to expose your character to the world and subject them to questioning to help you flesh them out.

    IAmA posts work just like a regular IAmA post, except the poster assumes the role of his/her character.

    Please be a good IAmAfic citizen and comment on other people’s submissions as well as your own. Remember, they’re not real people — so no need to be shy!

    Check it out here:
    IAmAFiction [Reddit via io9]

  • Krigshjärta Campaign Trailer

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    Krigshjärta (Heart of War) is a Swedish low fantasy larp campaign centered around a large scale conflict. Though it is combat heavy, it’s quite different from American style combat heavy fantasy larps. Check out their campaign trailer here:

    Read more on their website (in Swedish):
    http://krigshjarta.com/