Thinking about stories and games and larp
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.
First sight of our university... I honestly can't remember why I signed up to Chaos League's Miskatonic University. Some combination of my weakness for Polish castles, I'd heard it trailed at Knutpunkt, the character outlines appealed, and a friend I'd never met in the flesh said they were going, I think? Anyway. I did, and... Continue Reading →
Daemon was a larp set in the world of Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, after the events of the books. There’s heavy spoilers in the post, which might matter because there will be re-runs, and you might not want to know much of Professor Rowan McMillen; with Cecilia his snake daemon. There’s more at the... Continue Reading →
Last night was "Meet at the Graveyard" an online roleplay thingy from Omen Star, held over Discord video call. The character brief had Caprizant the Hungry Ghoul as a chef who seasons with extracted emotions, rather than some beast who eats the dead. "You distil the fear, the hopelessness and the despair into a fine... Continue Reading →
It's a very familiar fantasy trope. There's an isolated tavern in an isolated village and you're there to adventure. I think the first time I stepped in the door of somewhere like this, it was December 1979, the tavern was in a keep on the borderlands, and the point was we are all off to... Continue Reading →
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