Why ‘Nordic Larp’ Is Confusing
Sometimes terminology is just confusing. One of the questions I’m most often asked during panels or at conventions is, “What is Nordic larp?” It’s hard to answer this question because Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Features
American Jerkform: There’s No Negotiating with Bees
American Jerkform, a new school of bee-filled gaming is back, with a brand new set of completely unplayable games.
Top 5 Blog Posts of 2012
A year of Twilight snark, Nordic larp, and Jerkform. Here are my top 5 posts of 2012.
GMing Nordic Freeform: A Beginners’ Guide
In a nutshell: set the tone and let the game unfurl, and use your GM tools to manage the interpersonal dynamics between people and make sure no one is left out.
Here’s how.
American Jerkform: A Manifesto
There’s a new school of highly conceptual gaming in town, and it wants to make you cry. Meet American Jerkform.
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.
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…
New in Larp: September 24, 2012
What’s new in larp? As usual, the world’s gaming enthusiasts have been busy podcasting, theorizing, and filming themselves for your pleasure. Here’s what I’ve been enjoying: Paul Graham Raven has the Continue Reading →
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.