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A Party Can Be Designed, Not Just Thrown
Coming out of pandemic mode after twelve months in isolation is no small thing. Easing the transition from isolation to small events and hopefully someday to bigger ones is something participation design can help you think through. Here is what we are thinking about as we start to ponder a return to social life.
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The Psychotherapeutic Magic of Larp
Connecting larp as a tool for personal development with theories from psychology and techniques from drama therapy.
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It Wasn’t Me
“It’s not me, it’s my character.” Definitions of alibi, the ways in which it is emancipating, and the situations when alibi is not enough.
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Six Magickal Techniques
Six techniques to help frame how larp characters engage each other, their perceptions, and their environment, avoiding conventional paths.
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Grooming in the Larp Community
In this opinion piece Sanne Harder explores predatory behavior in larp communities. Content Advisory: Sexual abuse, mental health issues.
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I Stepped into the Eternal Circle, Animus: the Larp
Experiences of play and facilitation in the online larp Animus: The Eternal Circle by Chaos League.
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Why Larp Community Matters and How We Can Improve It
There are some activities that can, and as far as possible should, be taken by individuals to help improve the larp community as a whole.
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Accessibility in Online Larp
Online larps have the potential to make games accessible for a wider variety of players who may be excluded from mainstream, face-to-face larps. Here we outline some accessibility methods.
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Magic is Real: How Role-playing Can Transform Our Identities, Our Communities, and Our Lives
What is magic? From our perspective, at its core, magic is a form of manifestation: the ability to alter the self and the world around us through the power of intentional thought, force of will, and creative action.((Mat Auryn, Psychic Witch: A Metaphysical Guide to Meditation, Magick & Manifestation (Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2020).)) At…
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An Invitation
This is your invitation to magic. To visit magic. To return to magic, again and again.