Tag: Larp
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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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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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Safety Coordinators for Communities: Why, What, and How
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This article will define a Safety Team and its role, examine what makes for a good Safety Team, and offer advice for maintaining one for your community.
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19 Truths about Harassment, Missing Stairs, and Safety in Larp Communities
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This article presents a Series of Truths about harassment, missing stairs, and community safety that exist in larp communities around the world.
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Balkan Larp: A Sprouting Blossom in the Garden of Larp
This piece recounts Niclas Hell’s and Johan Fors’ common experiences at the Portal 5 convention for Balkan larp in Zagreb, Croatia, March 3-5, 2017.
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The Blue Ribbon Collective
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For Knutepunkt 2017, we held a workshop for people who wanted to avoid or limit their drinking, which included optional blue ribbon pins to signal sobriety.
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High on Larp: Alcohol at Larp Events
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We conducted an online survey about experiences with and attitudes towards alcohol at larps and at larp-related events, receiving over 1000 responses.
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White Wolf’s Convention of Thorns – A Blockbuster Nordic Larp
Convention of Thorns is an official White Wolf Nordic-style Vampire: the Masquerade larp. The first run was held between October 27-30, 2016 at Zamek Książ, a castle in Poland. The larp was a joint collaboration between White Wolf and Dziobak Larp Studios. This scenario plays out a crucial moment in the canon of vampiric history,…
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Legion – Trans-Siberian Railroading
Legion, or Legie as it is called in its original language, is a Czech larp that had already had six runs by the time the international run was played, and is a game for 54 pre-written characters, both soldiers and civilians. The story is based on (very well researched) historical accounts of the Czech Legion…