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 →
#kp2018 liveblog: how might we test it?
Two big fears for organisers. No-one will show up Lots of people will show up and they will hate it Solution for 1 - not today. Solution for 2 - test and iterate. Yes, it's Learn-Build-Measure, it's lean, it's agile, it's testing assumption - and it's really tough to do in larp. How do you... Continue Reading →
#kp2018 liveblog: Spatial design on the move
Iva Vávrová again - this time she's "The Legion girl" not the dancing person. This is about walking in the snow. Legion explores an episode in Czech history, of volunteers who had to fight their way home through Russia. It's walking while playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3eZu5CxRfs To simulate marching 25 kilometres in the snow, we march them... Continue Reading →
#kp2018 liveblog: Deconstructing Hamlet
A larp based on "The Marxist burlesque" interpretation of Hamlet. Inside Hamlet is almost now a series of larps, a tradition of larps based on the tale of Hamlet, with a design that lurches from theft and plagiarism of design ideas from earlier incarnations and other larps. This is as much of its story as... Continue Reading →
#kp2018 liveblog: The lie of immersion
Day 2, and I've already missed one of the sessions I came here for. But this is two guys who are agile and lean startup coaches talking about the "lie of immersion". I mean, what's not to like. (Well, apart from the fact I use "immersion" to mean something entirely different to everyone else here...)... Continue Reading →
Immersive, interactive, in-character: larp edges into mainstream entertainment
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 →
#kp2018: “Larp as a design tool…”
A side-conversation with a psychologist, a designer and a couple of other folk, which hit my professional life so directly, I wonder how much of my airfare I can get on to work's training budget... Maybe if I finish these scribblings into something coherent. Be there: ask the questions. "How are you feeling?" To use... Continue Reading →
#kp2018 liveblog: The literal mixing desk of larp.
Using sound and music in interesting fashions, we can tap into reactions and produce feelings in ways other media cannot. The design element of it is about the creation of these feelings intentionally. Anni Tolvanen talks about sound design in larp. Lack of design its *itself* a design choice, because your larp will have sounds.... Continue Reading →
#kp2018 liveblog: The costume grinch
This one I am here for on purpose. It's "How to hack for costume larps" - a cheat sheet for accessible costume larps. One of the speakers here is wearing layered black and a headscarf. *Now* I feel at home. Their disclaimers: Costuming is not reenactment. Costuming for larping is impression not accuracy Costuming is... Continue Reading →
