Now, I love the unconference format so I'm always more likely to like an event which uses it. I love the serendipity, love the involvement, and love the way the format shares knowledge and experience so much more effectively than a traditional "Moses from the Mountaintop" style event. But I do admit that there are... Continue Reading →
Odyssey in images…
My favourites from Odyssey One and Two, I think. Over here on Flickr...
Thinking about crewing…
Just so I can always find and add to it, here's an answer to the question: "I'm turning up to crew an event, what do I need..." Mostly from a list HarryW started on the Death Unto Darkness forum, as follows: I would suggest as basic crew kit: Black / plain dark top Black /... Continue Reading →
Bruce Sterling is brilliant. He really is. It's not specifically about larp, but it is about experience design. And much of what I come to larp design with comes from the player experience. Thought-provoking and well worth the time. And it's over here...
Classes and archetypes and combined arms…
It's a safe bet that most folk who turn up to larp events are gamers. I'd love there to be more people coming from different backgrounds, there's some "gateway larps" that are more appealing to them, but that's where we are right now. Zombie LARP is just such a gateway larp. Mary Hamilton spoke to... Continue Reading →
A thought on fest LRP design…
I've been a huge fan of the idea of fest larp since I first knew they existed. Hundreds or thousands of characters in a field. The spectacle of all those costumed characters. The crunchy tactical delight of playing general to an unscripted army of hundreds. The social gamishness of politics played out with blocks of... Continue Reading →
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 →
Products of the story making machine…
This was sparked off by a question from Mary Hamilton over at Quora.There's me banging on about games and story, and she asks what in retrospect is a bleedin' obvious question. If I think stories are what LARP is all about, (and I do - and I'd expect a few more do too.) what do I... Continue Reading →
LARP?
Live action roleplaying. It's not about the costume, it's not about the combat, it's not even about the characterisation. It's about the stories. Much like any other field of human endeavour, larp has Internet forums. And these forums have flamewars. "What is larp?" is a regular starting point. I'm not going to attempt to produce the... Continue Reading →
Hello world!
I'm a larper. I play and (help) design and run live action roleplaying games. I've been meaning to blog about this for ages. Just to empty some of my brain out, so I organise and structure some of how I think about larp a bit. I'm no writer. But I've written a few bits I'll... Continue Reading →
LARP experience 