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Vivien Grimm

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[[File:VivienGrimm.jpg|thumb|Photo of Vivien Grimm]]
Vivien Grimm (she/they) is a queer larpwright and producer based in Chicago, Illinois. She is the director of [[Grimmoire Productions]].

Her first independent blockbuster larp was [[Lies & Liability]], but she's written and worked on several other projects. The IDGN Award Nominated A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Toontown, Golden Cobra game Good Morning, as well as dozens of games at conventions such as InterCon, GenCon, and BeCon. She has staffed [[New World Magischola]], [[Uncanny Valley]], and [[Project Ascension]]. She is Communications Chair for [[BeCon]] and on the programming panel for [[InterCon]]. She is a cosplayer by night and a museum director by day.<ref>https://grimmoire.productions/about/</ref>
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== Larps ==

* [[Lies & Liability]]
* [[Hawkins]]

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Event Calendars

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Calendars of upcoming Larps and related events, maintained by third parties. Oftentimes country-specific.You can find a [[List of Larp Event Calendars|list of Larp Event Calendars here.]]

Katrine Wind

2025-10-25T00:44:03Z

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|nationality=Denmark
|organization={{Unbulleted list|[[Narrators Inc.]]}}
|birth_date={{Birth year and age|1988}}
}}
'''Katrine Wind''' is a Copenhagen-based writer and Larp designer. In 2019, she founded the independent and voluntary based Danish Larp organisation Narrators Inc. So far, the organisation only consists of her, but it has supported other larps in the larp community.

Complex and meaningful characters as well as many opportunities for emotional impact is in the core of all of Katrine's larps in a framework she calls ''[https://nordiclarp.org/2025/07/29/river-rafting-design/ River Rafting Design]'' (published in the 2025 Knutepunkt book ''[[Anatomy of Larp Thoughts: a breathing corpus]])''.

Katrine insists on a community of kindness, tolerance and respect for cultural differences in the larps she is responsible for. Concepts like ''"The House of Bravery"'' is core to all her projects. She exercises a strict time management policy at her larps and aims for clear communication as well as predictability both for participants and crew.

She has helped as a consultant on many international larps from other designers and offers this especially to newer organisers. <br />
==Larps==
''[[Epos Daimon]]'' (2025-) Designer, Setting, Character writing, Workshop design, Casting, NPC-coordination. One run in the Czech Republic for the Danish larp boarding school Epos. It will be redesigned and re-run in 2026 for the new students.

''[[Helicon]]'' (2024-) Designer, Setting, Character writing, Workshop design, Casting, Logistics (with Maria Pettersson). Four runs so far in Denmark and two in the US produced by Journeys and Tales LLC. Two more in Denmark in 2026. Website: [https://helicon.narrators.eu/ Helicon Larp]

''[[Daemon]]'' (2021-) Designer, Setting, Character writing, Workshop design, Casting. 14 runs so far in Denmark, the US (produced by Journeys and Tales LLC), the UK (produced by Harry Harrold) and Belgium (produced by Sandy Bailly) Website: [https://daemon.narrators.eu/live/ Daemon Larp]

''[[Spoils of War]]'' (2019-) Designer, Setting, Character writing, Workshop design, Casting, Podcasting. Five runs so far in Denmark. Website: [https://spoilsofwar.narrators.eu/ Spoils of War]

''[http://kalkrollespil.dk/victorious/ Victorious 2]'' (2017) Designer, Character writing, Logistics (co-creation with Alexander Bakkensen)

''[http://kalkrollespil.dk/victorious/ Victorious]'' (2016) Designer, Character writing, Logistics (co-creation with Alexander Bakkensen)

''Lost in Dublin - 1899 (Triology)'' (2014) Designer, Character writing, Logistics

''City of Kings'' (2010–2013) Plot designer, NPC-coordinator, NPC

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==Freeform scenario==
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AKkZtAKArZ_rjIXQmCr2mkaop98znpxZ/view?usp=sharing 2028]

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==Articles on Larp==
''[https://nordiclarp.org/2025/06/18/together-apart-dyadic-play-in-larp/ Together, Apart: Dyadic Play in Larp] (2025)''

[https://nordiclarp.org/2025/07/29/river-rafting-design/ ''River Rafting Design''] (2025)

''[https://nordiclarp.org/2024/09/12/dinner-warfare/ Dinner Warfare]'' (2024) [https://nordiclarp.org/2024/09/12/dinner-warfare/ /]

''[https://nordiclarp.org/2020/09/24/playing-an-engaging-victim/ Playing an Engaging Victim]'' (2020) (with [[Karijn van der Heij]]) in ''[[What Do We Do When We Play?|What Do We Do When We Play? .]]''

==Talks on Larp==
''How to play to lift,'' a brainstorm with best practices from Katrine and the participants, Knutepunkt 2024

''Writing highly playable characters,'' a brainstorm with best practices from Katrine and the participants, Knutepunkt 2022

''Playing to parts of the same character,'' a keynote talk at Knutepunkt 2021

''Playing an engaging victim'', a brainstorm to expand the article about the subject with [[Karijn van der Heij]]

[https://www.facebook.com/larpingoutloud/ Larping Out Loud] (2019-) Podcast in Danish about Larp design, player skills and often with guests from the Danish Larp community.

Orkerne Kommer Sommerskole (2020–2022) Teaching "Visions" and "Casting processes" at the Bifrost Larp Summer School in Denmark.

''Toolbox of the drama designers'' with Alexander Bakkensen, [[Knudepunkt 2019]]
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Mads Havshøj

2025-10-25T00:43:48Z

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|years_active = 2001–present
|organization={{Unbulleted list|[[Fastaval]]|[[A New Hope]]}}
|birth_date=
}}

'''Mads Havshøj''' is a Danish larper and organizer.
Outside of larp he is an electronic engineer, working with railroad security.

===Larps Organized===

*Star Wars I (2001) En mands production.
*Star Wars II (2002) To mands production.
*Society 41 (2005) Props
*[[1945]] a cthulhu horror larp (2005) - Props and effects.
*Arven efter Onkel Doom (2006)- http://alexandria.dk/data?scenarie=3286
*[[Persona]] (2006) - Rerun - Practical and props.
*[[Cotillion]] (2007) - practical, props and location
*[[Afrikas Arv]] a cthulhu horror larp (2008) - Props and effects.
*[[Babylon]] (2010) - Props, lights and sound.
*[[Gibberish]] (2013) Rerun LARP Virkend, Brno i Tjekkiet - Practical and workshop.
*[[Tusmørkets by]] (2014) - 360° Dresden files larp - concept test.
*[[Brudpris]] (2016) English language run. Producer
*[[Brudpris]] (2016) Scandinavian language run. Producer
*[[Lindängens_Riksinternat]] (2017) Writer of a few of the new roles - Producer
*[[Brudpris A Few Years Later]] (2018) Writer and producer
*Glarbolund (2021) Writer and producer
*Winter Tradition (2021) Writer and producer
*Høstspillet (2023) Writer and producer - 2 runs
*Sunkissed Affairs (2024) Writer and producer
*Sensommerstævnet (2025) Writer and producer

===Conventions Organized===

*[[Knudepunkt 2007]] - Information
*[[Knudepunkt 2011]] - Information
*[[Knudepunkt 2015]] - Spatial Design, (El support) & Information
*[[Solmukohta 2016]] - Stand-in main organizer, while the real organizers went to the Sauna together. (a 2-hour job, but heck, it looks good on the larper CV ;-) )
*[[Knudepunkt 2019]] - Support to the space design group on electricity.
*[[Fastaval]] (2005–2024) - Main organizer(general) (2019), Main organizer group (2012 and 2013) other years: Party, Information, Practical, Power and Board games.
*[[Hyggecon]] (2005–2011) - Practical organizer, setup and clean up.
*[[Krikkit con]] (2004–2010) - Practical organizer, setup and clean up.

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[[Category:Danish people]]
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[[Category:Larp community builders]]

Use the Hand

2025-10-25T00:43:38Z

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Use the hand, or Fuck the hand

Text taken from "Distance of Touch", the KP magazine from 2022, this article was written by Juhana Pettersson.

Using the hand as the focus of sexual play allows for a wider range of interactions. Miming out sex theatre-style is limited when it comes to larping nonpenetrative, queer, and particularly lesbian sex. The purpose of “The Hand Technique” for sex is to allow for a wider expression of different types of sexual interactions in larp. Your hand is used to show what kind of genitals are being displayed - outstretched fingers (curved or straight depending on depicted arousal), or fingers in a V-shape, for penis and vagina respectively.

The way the technique works for interaction is that when you want to perform a sexual act on your partner, they place their hand near their crotch or on their thigh, and you focus your actions on their hand. If you kiss the hand, that suggests oral sex. If you kneel, look up at your partner and touch the hand gently with your fingers, that means pleasuring them using your hands.

The technique allows for subtle and not-so-subtle off-game consent negotiations. For example, inside the fiction, you're giving oral sex. However, as a player you're not comfortable miming oral sex on a hand that's placed directly above your partner's genitals. To make the scene comfortable for you, you move their hand so it's on their thigh. This small but important difference makes the scene possible for you to act out.

During play, you can experiment with the technique for different types of sex acts beyond just oral sex. The recipient whose hand is being acted upon can also convey emotional dynamics by being passive or active. As the sex scene becomes more complex, it's also possible to switch whose hand is being acted upon.