As you may have noticed, I haven’t been able to post so much on the blog lately. This is because I’ve had one of the busiest summers and falls of my life. In addition to visiting several conventions this summer–such
New in Larp: June 25, 2013
The larp world in the US and beyond is exploding with awesome art-larpy goodness. Here’s a massive list of all the new cons, larps, and thought pieces you’ve just got to check out.
My Knutepunkt 2013
All the best stuff I experienced at Knutepunkt 2013, from rituals to shocking revelations about US larpers, to black box larp as a new medium. Plus, I pick a team to back in the Nordic thunderdome.
Dilemmas of the Lady Game Designer
Some thoughts and dilemmas around being a woman writer. Of games.
Nordic Larp: Designers Talk at NYU
The Mad About the Boy creators talked about Nordic larp, game design, and more last week at the NYU Game Center. Here’s the tape, in case you missed it…
Mad About the Boy Sign-Up
Nordic larp comes to America. Sign-up for an all-women run of the dystopian future larp Mad About the Boy in October 2012 in Connecticut.
Fastavaling
The first stop on my crazy Nordic tour was Fastaval, a convention devoted to board-gaming, larps, and freeform games. What are freeform games, you ask? No one knows for sure. They are sort of like tabletop games, except you sometimes