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Tag Archives: Rules

Intro To Ars Amandi

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Lizzie Stark

A talk with Emma Wieslander, creator of Ars Amandi — a Nordic mechanic for representing romance/sex in larp — on the origins of the technique, and why larpers should make love, not war.

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Posted in Blog, Features, Larp | Tagged Ars Amandi, Between Heaven and Sea, Emma Wieslander, game design, Larp, larp theory, METATOPIA, nordic larp, Rules, women gamers

I Hate Rules

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Lizzie Stark

I love the idea behind LARP and tabletop role-playing — that a group of people are getting together to collaboratively tell a story. But whenever someone explains the mechanics of a game to me, my eyes glaze over in seconds and I start thinking about what kind of hat my character would wear. Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog, Larp | Tagged Knight Realms, Larp, Rules, tableop RPG, The Avatar System

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