Tag: Featured
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Immerton: A Fire in the Desert
I knew as soon as I heard about Immerton that I wanted to go. I’d been to one other women-only larp — the U.S. run of Mad About the Boy (2012) — and while it was some of what I wanted from the experience, it wasn’t quite all of it. Immerton sounded closer to what
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Tensions between Transmedia Fandom and Live-Action Role-Play
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Larping in a franchise means players are familiar with the material. Yet fan practice may contradict larp’s flexibility. How to address these tensions?
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Let’s Talk Freak Show
An honest, possibly scrambled, and very emotional review and critique. Trigger warning: Contains coarse language and depictions of violent acts. In September 15-17, 2017, I attended the larp Freakshow by Nina Teerilahti, Alessandro Giovannucci, Dominika Cembala, Martin Olsson, Morgan Kollin, and Simon Brind. The larp was held in Vaasa, Finland. Pre-game painting of Charlie “Edge”
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Road Trip Report
Road Trip was like no other larp I’ve ever done. I felt like I’d fallen down the rabbit hole, with a constant interweaving of fiction and reality. Road Trip, a joint production of Dzobiak Larp Studios and Imagine Nation Collective, was a 7-day Nordic larp held in July 2017 in which a rock band and
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Dragon Thrones – High Immersion in a Larp MegaGame
Dragon Thrones was a complex and novel larp, including MegaGame, escape room, and other unusual elements. How successful was it at providing immersion for participants?
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Larp Counselors: An Additional Safety Net
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This article advocates for the inclusion in certain larps of the unique role of a counselor, who is part of the safety team.
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Knutpunkt 2018 Companion – Call for Content
We want your content for the Knutpunkt 2018 Companion! This year the publication will be online and accept many different types of content. Contribute here!
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The Battle of Primrose Park: Playing for Emancipatory Bleed in Fortune & Felicity
Fortune & Felicity was an opportunity to immerse into a world, explore my academic interests, add to my fieldwork, and experience emancipatory bleed.
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Fortune & Felicity: When Larp Grows Up
Fortune & Felicity was a larp held at the spa village of Medevi Brunn in Sweden. Based on the work of Jane Austen, the larp lasted from May 25-28, 2017.
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Enlightenment in Blood: A Pervasive World of Darkness Nordic Larp
It’s not a revolution… it’s an insurrection. Anarch catchphrase during Enlightenment in Blood Enlightenment in Blood was an official White Wolf larp in the Nordic style spanning 10 locations for approximately 200 players in the city of Berlin. The larp lasted five hours and took place in the Friedrichshain district on May 12, 2017. Developed