Larp in NYC and September 11
While I was in Finland, I had the pleasure of participating in the Nordic Larp Talks, a yearly series of short talks on larp and larp design modeled on the Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Features
Player Safety in Nordic Games
Notes I took during the player safety panel at Solmukohta 2012.
The Solmukohta Culture Report
I’ve written about the programming that I enjoyed at Solmukohta, but I’ve got more observations scrambling to escape my noggin. Here they are, in no particular order: Travel Fatigue Foreign Continue Reading →
Solmukohta Ahoy
After my stop in Denmark for Fastaval, I headed to Helsinki to participate in Solmukohta, the Finnish installation of the Knutepunkt conference that rotates its way around the Nordic capitals, Continue Reading →
Five Things US Conventions Could Steal From Fastaval
Yesterday, I riffed on Fastaval, an awesome Danish roleplay convention I attended as part of my two-week Nordic roleplay junket. Today, I want to talk about a few favorite elements of Continue Reading →
Fastavaling
The first stop on my crazy Nordic tour was Fastaval, a convention devoted to board-gaming, larps, and freeform games. What are freeform games, you ask? No one knows for sure. Continue Reading →
Eight Humbling Lessons I Learned From Writing a Book
With the publication of Leaving Mundania imminent (May 1 is the official pub date, but a few large online retailers already have it in stock!), I wanted to share a Continue Reading →
Why They Larp
Why on earth do people larp? Lots of reasons. Hear them from the giant, animatronic horses’ mouths.
Gaming Read: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Ready Player One: An exhilarating novel about gaming and 1980s nostalgia, but don’t expect too much.
Larp Likes and Dislikes
The experts risk potential hate mail by describing which types of games they find unappealing.