Category: Documentation
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Book Review: Larps from the Factory
Danish larper and larp designer Oliver Nøglebæk has written a review of the larp script collection book Larps from the Factory. Here is an excerpt from the review: I know how much work the creators put into making this book and it shows. It is well written and consistent, which is extra impressive considering the
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Halat Hisar Photo Report
Larper and talented photographer Tuomas Puikkonen has posted his photos from the larp Halat Hisar (State of Siege). Check them out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkismus/sets/72157638504113734/
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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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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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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