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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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Living Games Conference 2014
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The Living Games Conference is the first academic conference on larp in the US. The program and academic committees is a veritable who’s who of Nordic and US larp academia. It looks to be a very qualitative and interesting conference. This is what the organizer have to say about the event: The Living Games Conference is a live-action
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Knutpunkt 2014 Sign Up Information Released
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Knutpunkt 2014 has released information about their sign-up process. Regular tickets will cost 2000 SEK (~220 EUR) and economy tickets will cost 1200 SEK (~135 EUR), both will be released on Monday, 20 January 2014. Early sign up for program contributors will open a week before that on Monday, 13 January 2014. Business class tickets
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Larp Tumblr Roundup
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Recently there has pop-up a couple of Tumblr blogs related to the Nordic larp scene. We mostly handle serious stuff here and in the larps of the Nordic scene, so some humor is a welcome break in the gloom. The Nordic Larper is about the Nordic larp scene in general: http://thenordiclarper.tumblr.com/ When You Organize Larps
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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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Larpwriters Winter Retreat 2014
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Bjarke Pedersen is organizing a retreat for experienced larpwrights to exchange experiences and ideas about larp theory. He has this to say about it: It came to me: If I could gather some of the brightest minds of larp for a weekend of talks, we might all leave the retreat better at understanding our craft,
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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