Shout out to some of the world’s larp conventions. This list would be way longer if I included all the general gaming conventions that offer larp as part of the fun; I tried to keep it to just the larp cons here. Conventions for talking about larp, meeting larpers, and occasionally larping: Mittelpunkt — The [...]... Read More
Women of the larp scene: run more games! Men of the larp scene: encourage women to run more games!
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A thrilling compendium of larp magazines the world over. By which I mean live European magazines, and dead American ones.
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Does the historical inaccuracy of boffer larps reflect America's truncated past? Plus, I finally find a way to use the words "simulacrum" and "hyperreality." Come for the theory, stay for the shameless jargon-usage!
Lessons learned from a stateside Ars Amandi workshop. Six brave gamers tried out this Nordic mechanic for simulating romance and sex in larp, and raised a number of interesting questions about the technique.
... Read MoreScandinavians get handsy at larps, while Americans don't touch each other (for the most part). I say a cultural tendency toward lawsuits should take part of the blame.
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