Thinking about stories and games and larp
Another crew experience….
“It is a Thursday afternoon, sunny, warm. I am not outside soaking it up, instead I’m elbows deep in a suitcase, rummaging through someone’s underwear looking for chocolate and hard drugs.”
Continue reading “Crewing The Quota: guest post by Erin Marsh”
Another view from the crew: Dani Mines this time.
“A LRP set in a detention centre sat on the border between England and Wales for those trying to leave England. There were attendees from 12 countries, and 70 participants overall.”
Continue reading “Crewing The Quota: Guest post by Dani Mines.”
First post I’ve seen from the player perspective.
“So, the Quota… it was a very interesting experience. Type 2 fun indeed.”
Continue reading “Playing the Quota: guest post by Julian Lynch”
Another set of Facebook posts, this time by Charlie Holdway. Starting with this, written during the event, which I absolutely love…
“Crewing Quota. Report so far.
Intense.
Holy shit some people play hard.
Further info later. May video journal.”
Continue reading “Crewing The Quota: guest post by Charlie Holdway”
This is a couple of posts by Sarah Cook on her experiences of crewing The Quota which I’ve nailed together.
Continue reading “Crewing The Quota: guest post by Sarah Cook.”
Helly and Rob came for dinner and we talked about bleak Nordic prison larps. I said “shall we do one?” and Helly said “Actually, I have this idea…”
So said Simon Brind.
The Quota was “a live role-play experience designed to explore some of the pressures and crisis points experienced by refugees and migrants”
Another bit of wisdom from Facebook. I’ve been thinking much more about accessibility at larp recently – on account of being a bit more responsible for it than previous at Wing and a Prayer and All For One. There’s so much I don’t know. Wiser heads were clear on how accessible Wing And A Prayer is: much of the action is entirely accessible sitting down, for example. For All For One, where what started as a straight “The event is not accessible. We’re sorry.” got much more granular about how the event was inaccessible, thanks to some overheard wisdom from Emma Round. As a result we hope more folk might consider it could be for them.
Anyway. More wisdom below.
Continue reading “Access and Aspirations: clashing philosophies for larp and life: guest post by Jessie Cattes”
Another pearl from Zuckerberg’s trough… Formal military “downtime” is one of UK fest lrp Empire’s design decisions. It’s very lightweight: one button click for those who opt-in. It’s heavily impacted by play at events: every battle and skirmish has some degree of impact, as do the decisions of politicians and military leaders. It’s all about making uptime drama out of an off-stage campaign, and how it’s impacted and affected by actions at the events.
Here, PD employee Andy Raff explains how it’s delivered to players, in a set of wiki pages called the Winds Of War. (Example here….)
That said – this is the one to read. That’s the food for roleplay good downtime gives you.
Continue reading “Writing the winds of war: guest post by Andy Raff.”
Two big fears for organisers.
