Lizzie Stark

Why on earth do people larp? Lots of reasons. Hear them from the giant, animatronic horses' mouths.

Stop reading this post right now and head over to Gaming As Women, one of my favorite new reads, where  bevy of incisive women gamers write about gender representation in D&D, crossplay, game design, and more. You’ll never ask, “where are the awesome women gamers?” or “am I the only one who gets annoyed about [...]... Read More

Interested in costuming and propping? Head over to Larp Couture and check out American (?) Caroline E. Willis’s lively writing on the topic, from information about codpieces to gender-related musings on harem pants to historical research on real smugglers, helpful for rolling up that rogue you’ve been meaning to.... Read More

The experts risk potential hate mail by describing which types of games they find unappealing.

It’s a little like Highlander – there can be only one! Tomorrow I’m competing in Literary Death Match, the storied reading series/happening in which four writers enter, but only one may leave. In honor of the literary throwdown, Chicago Review Press has released Leaving Mundania via Net Galley for all you reviewers and libriarians. The Death Match is both [...]... Read More

A fast rundown of my zippy trip to Intercon L.

How was Dreamation? Awesome. Just, awesome.

Do you prefer one-shot or campaign larps? The experts weigh in on what they like and why.

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

Lonely this Valentine’s Day? Or maybe you have a date but don’t know where to bring him? Live near New York City? Come to <3 Do You Love Me <3, a free series of short talks about love and gaming put on by the indie video game design collective Babycastles. It runs from 7-9 pm [...]... Read More