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  • Nordic Larp Talks 2013: Welcome to Larp. Let’s Play

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    In this talk Jana Pouchlá describes some basic arrangements that make new larpers feel safe and enjoy the game. She also argues why newbies sometimes are better larpers than super experienced players.

    Jana Pouchlá is a professional lecturer of larp and soft skills. Her favourite challenge is to connect these two worlds as larp is a great way to guide adults towards participation and active learning. Pouchla has an education from theatre university and currently works in the larp company Court of Moravia.

    Here is the movie Jana shows in her presentation. Make sure to turn on the English captions if you don’t speak Czech:

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  • Nordic Larp Talks 2013: What does Nordic Larp mean?

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    Now there is something at stake. In this talk one of the editors of the Nordic Larp book explains what he thinks the term means, where it came from, who gets to define it, and what is so damn special about it anyway.

    Jaakko Stenros (M.Soc.Sc.) is a game researcher at the Game Research Lab at the University of Tampere, Finland. Currently he is working on a dissertation on the limits of games. Together with Markus Montola, Jaakkohas edited three books on larp, Playground Worlds (2008), Beyond Role and Play (2004) Nordic Larp (2010). They are also authors of Pervasive Games: Theory and Design (2009).

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  • Nordic Larp Talks 2013: Knutepunkt 2013 Book Project Presentation

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    Larps, people, theories and ideas are crossing international borders, and we want to know what it’s like! In what ways is it encouraging us to explore our own, personal preconceptions and habits? What does it all look like? The two editors will be interviewed by Johanna Koljonen, explaining what kind of book they set out to do – and showing what it has become.

    Karete Jacobsen Meland is a larper, organizer and now editor, from Oslo. Currently living in Trondheim, she is supposed to be studying towards becoming a clinical psychologist, while being a part of “the gaffa” (organizer crew) at the Larp Factory in Trondheim, an actress at the students’ theatre and writing a play for the student festival UKA-13.

    Katrine Øverlie Svela is the other editor and the graphic designer of this year’s book. She comes from Oslo, but studies industrial design in Trondheim, where she also is one of the organizers at the Larp Factory. Currently Katti writes a children’s play for the student festival UKA-13, organizes seks:førti about design and architecture, and dreams of a larpful summer.

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  • Nordic Larp Talks 2013

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    Soon it’s time for this years edition of the Nordic Larp Talks. They will be held during the event A Week in Norway which is an extended part of the Knutepunkt 2013 conference.

    The organisers describe the talks like this:

    Nordic Larp Talks is a series of short, entertaining, thought-provoking and mind-boggling lectures about projects and ideas from the Nordic tradition of live action roleplaying games.

    The talks will be held on Wednesday April 17 at Litteraturhuset Wergelandsveien 29 in Oslo.

    You can read more about the individual talks and see them streamed lived here:
    http://nordiclarptalks.org/

    The starting time for the live stream will be the following for different time zones:

    20:00 CEST (UTC+2 hours)
    Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Czech republic, France

    21:00 EEST (UTC+3 hours)
    Finland, Palestine, Israel

    22:00 MSK (UTC+4 hours)
    Russia – Moscow

    19:00 BST (UTC+1 hour)
    United Kingdom

    14:00 EDT (UTC-4 hours)
    U.S.A. – New York

    11:00 PDT (UTC-7 hours)
    U.S.A. – California

  • Knutepunkt 2013 Book Preview

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    This years Knutepunkt book is available in a preview format without final layout. The production team has this to say on the matter:

    Finally! The texts from the four anthologies that together constitute this year’s Knutepunkt book project are now available through knutepunkt.org. They have been edited by Karete J. Meland and Katrine Ø. Svela, and are published by Fantasiforbundet.

    The published file is a layoutless version of the final books. All the texts can now be read and explored, enabling you to prepare questions and input for our contributors, before Knutepunkt hits us all. On April 17th, the same day as Nordic Larp Talks and the official book launch, the complete and final version of the books will be made available as well. They are filled with small surprises and editorial choices that we hope will please all of you. The graphic design is by Katrine Ø. Svela, and the beautiful illustrations are made by Rebecca Egebjerg.

    The books hold papers on visions, reflections, design choices and experiences. With contributions from large parts of Europe, the US and even Brazil, all we can do is watch, share and enjoy how larp is crossing borders. We hope that the texts included this year will help us move even further, and that you will continue to keep the ball rolling.

    We are looking forward to hear your comments and reactions, and to meet a lot of you in just a few days.

    Read the book preview here:
    http://www.knutepunkt.org/page/book/

    Read more about earlier Knutepunkt books in the Nordic Larp Wiki:
    http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Knutepunkt-books

  • Knutepunkt 2013 Program Meeting Livetweets

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    You can follow tonights program meeting for Knutepunkt 2013 live on twitter!

    The hashtag is:
    #KPprogram

    There are still some tickets left, they can be bought on the Knutepunkt 2013 sign up page:
    http://www.knutepunkt.org/signup/

    Read more about Knutepunkt in the Nordic Larp Wiki:
    http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Knutepunkt

    Discuss Knutepunkt 2013 on the Nordic Larp Forum:
    http://nordiclarp.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

  • Life is Cheap

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    Life is Cheap is a Norwegian larp set in the Firefly-universe.

    On a secret location each year, there is held an auction. This auction deals not in food, spice, spacecrafts, or weapons. No… This auction deals in live flesh… Do you need to restock your bordel? Or maybe you are a wealthy mine owner who intends to stay wealthy by buying cheap labor. Perhaps you need someone to fight in your arena, or you are looking for a translator. Or maybe you just get a kick out of these event. The verse is a wretched hive of scum and villainy after all. Or perhaps you are on the wrong side of the bars? Maybe you were adrift in space and were picked up by some “helpful” people. Or you were taken from your home by force? Or maybe, just maybe, you want to be here as a slave? Who knows…

    Where: Fjøløy Fort at Rennesøy right outside Stavanger, Norway.
    When: June 28-30, 2013
    Cost: 200/300 NOK (approximately 27/40 Euro or 35/52 USD), the lower price is if you pay before April 15th.
    Language: The game will be played in mixed languages, Norwegian and English are both okay.

    Watch a teaser for the larp here:

    Read more about and sign up for the larp on the website:
    http://lifeischeap.no/

  • Reminder, Second Round of Knutepunkt 2013 Tickets Go on Sale Today

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    Tonight you can buy tickets in the second round of sales for Knutepunkt 2013. At 20:00 CET/GMT+1 the page opens.

    Tickets are bought on the Knutepunkt 2013 sign up page:
    http://www.knutepunkt.org/signup/

    Read more about Knutepunkt in the Nordic Larp Wiki:
    http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Knutepunkt

    Discuss Knutepunkt 2013 on the Nordic Larp Forum:
    http://nordiclarp.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

  • Larpwriter Summer School 2013

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    Last year Norwegian non-profit organisation Fantasiforbundet and Belarusian Public Union Education Center “POST” hosted the Larp Writer Summer School near Vilnius in Lithuania. They have just announced that they will reprise it again 2013.

    It’s a week long course in writing and organising larps with some of the world top minds in the field there to teach the participants. Last years attendees where both newcomers and old timers in the Nordic larp community and the course was very appreciated and highly praised.

    This is what Fantasiforbundet has to say about this years school:

    The summer school will take place close to Vilnius, Lithuania in july 2013, and we’re ready to once again provide one of the most comprehensive larp organizers seminars that the larp scene has to offer. If you want to learn how to make your own larps in a magical summer camp environment this summer, the Summer school is for you.

    Read more and sign up here:
    http://larpschool.blogspot.com

  • Second Round of Knutepunkt 2013 Tickets

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    As most interested parties know by know, the tickets for Knutepunkt sold out on the first day of ticket sales. Soon the payment deadline for those tickets run out and a second round of ticket sales will begin.

    We expect to have around 50 tickets available in the second round.
    The tickets will be made available on the website on

    Monday, March 4 at 20:00 CET/GMT+1 (Oslo time)

    Tickets are bought on the Knutepunkt 2013 sign up page:
    http://www.knutepunkt.org/signup/

    Read more about Knutepunkt in the Nordic Larp Wiki:
    http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Knutepunkt

    Discuss Knutepunkt 2013 on the Nordic Larp Forum:
    http://nordiclarp.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=6