Mad About the Debrief
Early in October, I helped coordinate the Nordic-style Mad About the Boy larp in Connecticut, and I ended up playing too. Here’s how it came out.
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Nordic Larp: Designers Talk at NYU
The Mad About the Boy creators talked about Nordic larp, game design, and more last week at the NYU Game Center. Here’s the tape, in case you missed it…
Info for Mad About the Boy Participants
Want all the info in one place? Here’s a summation of the Mad About the Boy informational emails, from the organizers and a player or two, collected in one place for participants Continue Reading →
Jeepform for Noobs
They’re not larps, they come from coldest Nordica, and they’ll make you bleed. Jeepform games, explained for rookie roleplayers.
New in Larp: September 10, 2012
The newest in larp, from doctoral dissertations on BDSM to deconstructions of the “gamer wife” trope to a sweet sweet smackdown of the dude who posted that inane thing about booth babes on CNN.
Press Tips for Larp Groups
Tips for larp organizers on how to treat members of the media.
Engaging with Games at Babycastles Summit
The Babycastles’ game summit sparked thoughts on Nietzsche, larp, and games in public spaces. And the Ars Amandi workshop was unexpectedly intense.
My Gen Con Pilgrimage
Gen Con is big. Really, really big. Bigger than any other convention I’ve been to. And although I walked around the convention center and at least four hotels over my Continue Reading →
New in Larp: August 13
Gender, and race, and religion, oh my! What’s new in larp on the web, from a must-watch talk on larp safety to a Swiss larper’s explanation of the US scene.
Nordic Larp for Noobs
In light of the upcoming all-women run of the Nordic larp Mad About the Boy (October 5-8, Orange, CT, register here), here’s a primer on Nordic larp and its ilk Continue Reading →