Thinking about stories and games and larp
I'm not myself a fan of the term "stab safe". Nothing is really safe, but it's usage makes it so. Nothing need be dangerous, if handled correctly. I've had fights that felt perfectly safe using metal weapons, I've seen concussion delivered by a badly used latex/foam thing. But... But some things are safer than others, and... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
The Peckforten Papers is a collection of writing about UK larp published by the Wychwood Press. You can buy it on Lulu should you wish, or get the pdf here. I wrote a bit for it in a stream-of-conscious sort of way, and it's down here so I don't lose it... I am sat where... Continue Reading →
Another jewel plucked from Zuckerberg's gutter, is this. Every word below here is by Sarah Cook. I read this as a more poetic articulation of "win by losing", and all the better for it. (On that, once you're done here, go read susanne vejdemo's lovely "Play to lift" too.) I said somewhere that no one wants... Continue Reading →
Something I don't do enough of is to watch alertly while good words wander past me on Facebook, and then grab them for later linking. They'll only end up in Zuckerberg's content graveyard otherwise. Everything below this line is his. 1) JUST WRITE IT: No job takes as long to finish as the one that... Continue Reading →
I found this the other day, and I'm just sticking it here to see how far we've come... I *think* it's a submission and response for a "downtime", the period between events in a long-running lrp system, Omega in the UK. Yes, the numbers in the submission are line numbers. Like in old computer code.... Continue Reading →
It seems that every two years or so, I'm unable to resist the need to do something ridiculous in the line of catering, and the last couple of times it's been for lrp events. In 2015, Rupert Redington, Pru Greenwood and I did a 50s themed Christmas for Crooked House, and this year Megan Lloyd... Continue Reading →
In the UK, there is a long tradition of ‘fest’ games. Larp games of this sort are designed for hundreds of players in a continuing campaign, with the majority of significant interactions expected to be between player character and player character, rather than between player character and non-player character. Odyssey was a fest game set... Continue Reading →
