The Beginnings The Drinklings started life in a Facebook thread just about a year ago. I was thinking about the historic Inklings sitting around their table in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford, discussing the progress of their current work. It struck me that this setup might make for an interesting and/or fun larp. Read the full article…
Experimental Findings is not exactly a chamber larp, because you’re supposed to run it out of doors, preferably in a bleak and deserted landscape. But it’s for a small number of players in a short period of time, so it’s chamber-larp-like in that sense. Introduction Experimental Findings came about at a weekend larp retreat that Read the full article…
Playground was a series of workshops run by Jamie Harper, on the use of play in participatory performance. It took place at Theatre Delicatessen in Broadgate, London – the same venue that we used for The Smoke 2018 – and here’s a bit of video of Jamie talking about it. The playtest So I went Read the full article…
This is still January, but we’re getting a bit closer. I got the Eurostar to Brussels and had a lovely weekend with friends! Kessel Run IX The ninth in a series of day-long house cons run in Kessel-Lo, Leuven – but the first that I had made it to. It was great to see good Read the full article…
Ok, so my next bit of catching up is the larp Conscience, which took place in Spain in January. It was designed and organized by the NotOnlyLarp group, across two runs for 85 players each on consecutive weekends. Conscience is a larp inspired by the film and TV show Westworld – the setting is a Read the full article…
Last year was the first year of The Smoke: London’s International Larp Festival, which I wrote about here. And this year was the second year! And again I was one of the organizers (together with Dominika Kovacova, Jamie Harper, Jost L Hansen, Karolina Soɫtys, Laura Wood, Michael Such, and with the wonderful help of Jim Read the full article…
On Location was a weekend larp that ran in December 2017, at The 1908 Lodge in Gosport, UK. I was one of the designers and organizers, together with Kate Bennett, Laura Wood, Michael Such, Will Osmond, and Karolina Soɫtys. What was it? The setting was a film location in 1932 – players took the roles Read the full article…
This year was the eleventh edition of Consequences, the UK’s national chamber larp convention. As ever, it was a lot of fun! One innovation this year was a support programme for new attenders – to help them find their feet, learn the unwritten social conventions, meet other newcomers, and so on. I was very keen Read the full article…
Under Angmar’s Shadow (formerly known as The Cardolani Succession) is a 39-player larp in the uk-freeform style, written by Brian Williams – one of the pioneers of this form of larp, who’s written a fascinating account of the origins of his involvement. Despite being 15 years old, Under Angmar’s Shadow had its first UK run last Read the full article…
De la Bête is a Czech larp, for about 100 players, which has run eight times over the last few years. I attended the first international run, a couple of weeks ago. The organizers, Rolling, had tried for an international run in 2015, but couldn’t get enough interest: it shows how rapidly and how recently Read the full article…