New in larp: The Norwegians organize a larpwriter summer school in Lithuania; Annika Waern wonders whether stories emerge out of video games in the dope-est blog entry I've read in a long time, and Leaving Mundania ends up in The Daily Beast and Washington Post!
It's wise to give your players snacks, and let them talk about their feelings after a freeform game. Some thoughts from experienced freeform GMs on what a debrief should do and how to do it.
Hey there, Gen Connites! This year, I’m attending my first Gen Con, and am looking for suggestions on what awesome stuff I simply cannot miss. Friday is my big day; I’m talking ’bout love in larp, D&D and its larp…
DEXCON 15 ruled. I played some awesome new games, learned a lot about GMing, and enjoyed many conversations about Nordic larp.
I head to DEXCON, and larpers across the world release books, comics, columns, and series.
Casting a freeform game isn't easy. All a game master can rely on is her acute social observation and her secret bag of Jedi mind tricks. Why the aggressive dude should play the femme fatale, and other tips from experienced GMs.
At Wyrd Con, I learned about transmedia, alternate reality games, and hobnobbed with the west coast's finest larpers and game designers.
AIDS, a 30-year-old corn curl, and eternal friendship. My new nonfiction essay in The Good Men Project.
Larp is blowing UP y’all. Two new webseries have arrived. Realm of LARP is a reality series released via the Nerdist YouTube channel, and will launch next week. In the meantime, they’ve got a teaser that explains what larp is:…
In a sure sign that all of the world will larp at least once before the apocalypse, I recently learned that muggle quidditch may be played alongside more quote-unquote ‘normal’ sports at the 2012 summer Olympics in London. How do…