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{{Infobox larp design<br />
|name=Häxorna på Ästad Gård<br />
|english_name=Witches of Ästad Farm<br />
|duration=43 hours<br />
|website={{URL|witchesofastadfarm.wordpress.com/english}}<br />
|designers={{Unbulleted list|[[Karin Edman]]|[[Alfhild Thörner]]}}<br />
|techniques={{Unbulleted list|[[Tap Out]]|[[Safewords]]|[[Slow landing]]|[[Theme song]]|[[Pre-larp workshop]]|[[Playing to lose]]|[[NPC]]s|[[Lookdown]]|[[Zoning]]}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Witches of Ästad Farm''' was a larp about interned witches in an alternate history Swedish world war II.<br />
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==Setting and Themes==<br />
Lesbianism, witches and prison in a kitchen-sink magical setting.<br />
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===Background===<br />
[[Karin Edman]] had a vivid dream in 2015 that she described to the Facebook group [[Larp Women Unite]]. Members of the group encouraged her to make the dreamed larp into a real larp and in November 2016 that happened.<br />
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===Music===<br />
The larp has had different theme songs, in 2016 and it was a cover of <nowiki>''Creep,'' recorded by Post Modern Jukebox, in 2017 an artist was paid to record a cover of Leonard Cohens song ''You Want it Darker''</nowiki> and in 2018 the event paid the musicians of [[Mary Read]] to write them the song <nowiki>''Truth to Tell''</nowiki>.<br />
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==Runs==<br />
{{Infobox larp run<br />
|date={{start date|2016}}<br />
|larp=[[Witches of Ästad Farm]]<br />
|location=Ästad 4H Farm, Sweden<br />
|name=Häxorna på Ästad Gård (2016)<br />
|english_name=Witches of Ästad Farm (2016)<br />
|participants=40?<br />
|budget=~{{currency|5030|EUR}}<br />
|participation_fee={{currency|92|EUR}}<br />
|crew={{unbulleted list|[[Agnes Hultén]]|[[Myke Ripa]]|[[Martina Jansson]]|[[Siri Arvidsson]]|Klara Ryberg|Atle Ryberg|[[Carl Nordblom]]}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Infobox larp run<br />
|date={{start date|2017}}<br />
|larp=[[Witches of Ästad Farm]]<br />
|location=Ästad 4H Farm, Sweden<br />
|name=Häxorna på Ästad Gård (2017)<br />
|english_name=Witches of Ästad Farm (2017)<br />
|participants=40?<br />
|budget=~{{currency|5030|EUR}}<br />
|participation_fee={{currency|100|EUR}}<br />
|crew={{unbulleted list|[[Myke Ripa]]|[[Emma Kleviam]]|[[Siri Arvidsson]]|[[Frida Laestander]]|[[Emma Öhrström Wedberg]]|[[Anders Edgar]]}}<br />
}}<br />
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{{Infobox larp run<br />
|date={{start date|2018}}<br />
|larp=[[Witches of Ästad Farm]]<br />
|location=Ästad 4H Farm, Sweden<br />
|name=Häxorna på Ästad Gård (2018)<br />
|english_name=Witches of Ästad Farm (2018)<br />
|participants=40?<br />
|budget=~{{currency|5030|EUR}}<br />
|participation_fee={{currency|120|EUR}}<br />
|crew={{unbulleted list|[[Emma Kleviam]]|[[Mattias Tauson]]|[[Myke Ripa]]|[[Emma Öhrström Wedberg]]|[[Elli Garperian]]|[[Peter Hansson Silva]]|[[Anna Lyppert]]|[[Frida Lestander]]}}<br />
}}<br />
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The larp has been run three times: In 2016, 2017 and 2018.<br />
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[[Category:Larp runs]]<br />
[[Category:Larp runs in Sweden]]<br />
[[Category:2016 larp runs]]<br />
[[Category:2017 larp runs]]<br />
[[Category:2018 larp runs]]<br />
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