Thinking about stories and games and larp
I'd had a black-and-white, plain text, presentation "What is larp" kicking around unfinished for ages.Then yesterday Elina Gouliou wanted one, so I scrambled for images, and here it is.It won't make much sense without this speaker notes. I try and follow the precepts of Russell Davies - he's written a great book. These are slides... Continue Reading →
Mike Pohjola posed a question on the Facebook group "Edu-larp - sharing is caring.", and it's adjacent to my interests with Game of Roses, so I was interested in an excellent answer by Charles Bo NielsenMike said "I've test-run my new edularp a couple of times at schools and either the topic or the method... Continue Reading →
Another post made for Facebook, a bit of a stream of consciousness from UK larp orga Pixie Noir, who helps Susannah Noir run her Pieces of Eight larp. Any remaining spelling mistakes my own. There's a lot here that's UK-specific, or at least UK leaning, but I had to repeat this (which in his original... Continue Reading →
Laura Sirola is the president of the Witchards' Society, who look after the universe where College of Wizardry - next run in December! Tickets here! - Bothwell - which I loved playing - and a slew of community events happen. Notably, in the next four weeks - like Liminal Domain, where your witchard is dead,... Continue Reading →
Someone posted this to the Bothwell Discord after B7, and I asked if I could post it here... This is verbatim, and any or all of it might be useful to someone.
Just back from Bothwell, and really so impressed. Thank to all - players and crew - because it really doesn't get that good very often. First things first - they keep their promises. I got the themes and experience I read about.
Voidspace 2025 is a yearly immersive arts weekender run by Katy Joyce Naylor. There's shows, and installations, and work in progress, and space to chat. I was not the best of attendees. I only got to half of it, only went to two shows, and spent the rest of the time talking to anyone who... Continue Reading →
The 3rd run of Wing and a Prayer ran 9-11 May 2025. Like the first two runs, it was at Stow Maries Aerodrome, Essex. I have to start with the good. We had 28 unsolicited reviews on Facebook, all were - essentially - positive. So I have to say - we did good. The writing... Continue Reading →
A little doggerel by Sarah Clelland and me, after William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act II, Scene VII.
So I love reading anything by Sally. She's just fabulous. But it's always on Facebook, and sometimes I need to stash it where I can link to it later. From here on - this is all her, and entirely verbatim. The seven nations of Empire. So, I half mentioned this yesterday, but it's been my... Continue Reading →
Firecat Masquerade were a marvellous collective of creatives who ran pervasive games, immersive experiences and the like. They had the utterly fabulous idea of "What if wind in the willows, but post-apocalypse"? I can't find much about it, but... I can remember our group concept was a group of weasels who'd escaped from prison dressed... Continue Reading →
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