Women of the larp scene: run more games! Men of the larp scene: encourage women to run more games!
How To Develop Your Character In Game
So, you’ve created a character and rolled up to your local larp: what then? Experts from the U.S. and beyond talk about how to create a satisfying character arc.
Link Love: Larp Magazines
A thrilling compendium of larp magazines the world over. By which I mean live European magazines, and dead American ones.
How To Find the Right Game
Tips on how to find the right larp for you.
The Three-fold Theories
There are infinity-jillion roleplaying games, but you can talk about all of them using just three words: gamism, simulationism, narrativism. Find out what these mean and more in the first post in my “Larp Theory for Laypeople” series, in which I read the classics so you don’t have to.
How To Create A Fun Larp Character
The experts guide you through the sticky wicket of character creation in this first-timers guide.
Why My Family Treasures Culinary Heirlooms
My grandmother has a 149-year old piece of cheese. This, and other tales of culinary heirlooms and the agrarian utopias they evoke, at least for the Stark household.
In Defense of “Larp”
“Larp” sounds weird and gets a bum rap from pop culture. But you should use it anyway. Viva la “larp”!
Advice For First-Time Larp Scholars
If you’re writing about larp, Finnish game researchers are your new best friend. Oh, and you do know other people have written about roleplay, right? A first-timers’ guide.
I Caught a Fish THIS BIG: Realism, Tall Tales & American Larp
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!