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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Psychodramtic scenarios are a form of scenario, connected to jeepform, fastaval scenarios and black box games.<br /> <br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Psychodramatic scenarios were developed by [[Nathan Hook]] after being influenced by jeepform ideas, particularly a presentation in the Knutpunkt pre-week in 2009 in Norway. He combined these ideas with his psychology backgrond and immersionist leanings to develop psychodrama scenarios.<br /> <br /> Psychodrama is used here in the literary sense, meaning &#039;fiction concerned with psychological forces,&#039; rather than the therapy sense.<br /> <br /> The first scenario in this tradition was Passion fruit, launched at Fastaval 2010. Currently there are a total of 9 scenario in this tradition, 8 by [[Nathan Hook]] and one by Taisia Kann. These are published in the Green Book series (3 books to date), available on lulu.com. The first book is also available on Amazon.com.<br /> <br /> [[Nathan Hook]] does regard these scenarios as larps, in the broad sense, but others may consider them &#039;freeforms&#039; or &#039;semi-live.&#039;<br /> <br /> == Features ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Psychodrama scenarios (the term &#039;game&#039; is rejected as inaccurate) generally have the following features:<br /> <br /> - generally designed for around 3-6 players <br /> <br /> - short, generally played in 1–3 hours <br /> <br /> - playable in one room <br /> <br /> - Most do not require an organiser to play (but can be run with one to present the material)<br /> <br /> - Play with strong emotional content<br /> <br /> - often draw inspiration in design either for psychological models (e.g. the five stages of grief) or more general paradigms taught in psychology (e.g. social identity theory, social constructionism)<br /> <br /> - are replayable, and thus do not depend on design secrecy. <br /> <br /> - are scene based<br /> <br /> Because replayability is a feature, this scenarios do not have preset characters. Character creation is included as a warm-up exercise, but scenarios also include example characters.<br /> <br /> Psychodrama scenarios use a variety of meta-techniques appropriate to each scenario, such as pre-game guided mediation, card mechanics to control scene flow, and phantom players. More invasive meta-techniques, such as breaking a scene for a monologue are generally not used.<br /> <br /> [[Nathan Hook]] discussed the second scenario [[Black Dog]] in the Nordic Larp Talks 2014 http://nordiclarptalks.org/post/87238078318/identity-crafting-keeping-the-black-dog-at-bay<br /> <br /> [[Category:Concepts]]</div>

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