"I'll drown you in the malmsey-butt within." The Life and Death of Richard the Third (I.3) I promised myself I'd blog the process of developing the game; a promise that didn't last as long as it might have done. However, I do have some drafts - these are verbatim from earlier this year, and mainly... Continue Reading →
The Game of Roses 5: A month of troublesome Tudors
But shall we wear these glories for a day? Or shall they last, and we rejoice in them? The Life and Death of Richard the Third (IV.2) Poor form, really... We've had three meetings and not a blog post to record them. I'll get the current state of the game notes from Duncan and stick... Continue Reading →
The Game Of Roses 3: People and goals
"I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days." The Life and Death of Richard the Third (I.1) Below are some very early thoughts on victory conditions for the different factions and which historical characters we might use - I think this is from Mid-March or thereabouts. Factions and... Continue Reading →
The beginning of The Game of Roses: “1483: an educational lrp”
"Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York." The Life and Death of Richard the Third (1.1) I've known Duncan Rowe for years, and early this year something we'd been kicking around for some time crystalised: an educational lrp for his sixth form students, teaching them about the Wars... Continue Reading →
The Game Of Roses 0: After-event report
"I personally thought that the War of the Roses trip was probably the best school trip I had ever been on." I've just got back from running a lrp event unlike any other I've been involved in*. Please excuse the purple prose in the next bit - it's from the event pitch and it's a... Continue Reading →
The Game of Roses 2: Early post-its and call for crew
Long live Edward, 4th of that name. Crowned today, 1461. A York, a York! The die is well and truly cast now. Another meeting with Duncan last week, firming up a budget, and getting a list of crew roles together. One for each of the factions we think we'll be using, one for each of... Continue Reading →
Odyssey advice: guest post by John ‘FearMeForIAmPink’ Franglen
Ladies and Gentlemen of Odyssey Year Four: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for events, sunscreen would be it. If you don't wear sunscreen, the First Aiders will glare at you whilst they give you aftersun, whereas the rest of my advice has no more basis more reliable than my meandering... Continue Reading →
God Rest Ye Merry Catering
I spent quite a chunk of last weekend working as hard as I have in years to provide the catering for a 1950s Christmas themed ghost-splattered-murder-mystery-social-catharsis larp-event. It was - simply - a stunning effort by Crooked House. Many words have been written about its writing, plotting, props and stories from it will live a long... Continue Reading →
Odyssey in images…
My favourites from Odyssey One and Two, I think. Over here on Flickr...
My current machine: a bit of a paean.
Hi, I'm Harry and it's been six months since I last helped make stories. Stories about victory Stories about defeat Stories about loss Stories about journeys Even a few stories with an Epic Win at the end. Or in the middle. Or, on at least one occasion, at the beginning. 600 or so of them,... Continue Reading →
LARP experience 