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Kaleidoscopic Consequences

Published by Mo on December 7, 2017 | Leave a response

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…

Posted in Conventions, Larp | Tagged Consequences, Dulce et Decorum Est, Marinara, Picking up the Pieces, The Life of Mermaids, Volcano's Edge

Under Angmar’s Shadow: shady business

Published by Mo on November 14, 2017 | Leave a response

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…

Posted in Larp | Tagged Shadows over Angmar

The Beast and the Beauty: De la Bête

Published by Mo on October 15, 2017 | Leave a response
(photo by Willy Vinka)

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…

Posted in Larp | Tagged De la Bête

Chamber larps roundup

Published by Mo on September 1, 2017 | Leave a response

This post is to round up a bunch of chamber larps that I’ve played in recently. Great variety of cool stuff: thanks to all the organizers and GMs! (And the designers of course 🙂 Previous Occupants written by Frederik Berg Østergaard and Tobias Wrigstad, as part of the Vi åker jeep group; organized by Laura Read the full article…

Posted in Larp | Tagged Anything for N., First Blast of the Trumpet, Inside, Parmiddag, Previous Occupants

Dawnstone – letting in the co-creative light

Published by Mo on August 14, 2017 | 1 Response
The Delkin family, about to do their worst. Photo: Andy Tatton.

Dawnstone was a one-off 16-player larp, lasting about 20 hours all in, which took place in Cambridgeshire a few weeks ago. Designed and organized by Joanna Piancastelli with the help of Andy Tatton, it was based upon her tabletop RPG Before the Storm, in Pelgrane Press’s Seven Wonders collection. What’s Dawnstone about? The setting is Read the full article…

Posted in Larp | Tagged Dawnstone

A week of new games!

Published by Mo on July 3, 2017 | 2 Responses
The ship's locations, coming together.

Last week I was away at an informal roleplaying con with a group of old friends. There were a couple of dozen of us in total, and 18 different games (mostly playtests) were run – an impressive variety and range. Games that I played Bluestockings is designed and was run by Liz Lovegrove, of Rise Read the full article…

Posted in Board games, Conventions, Larp, Tabletop role-playing | Tagged Bluestockings, Closing Doors, Haunted House, Little Grey Cells, The Best Medicine

Harem Son Saat: The Last Days of the Harem

Published by Mo on May 25, 2017 | 5 Responses
Me as Sultan Murat Halil (photo by Jerome Verdier)

Last weekend I was at this larp in France. Designed and organized by Muriel Algayres, supported by Association Rôle, it was for 26 players and was set in 1913 during the decline of the Ottoman Empire. This was the third run. Life and death in Morta Siyah The setting was a small (fictional) vassal sultanate Read the full article…

Posted in Larp | Tagged Harem Son Saat

The Smoke – London’s International Larp Festival

Published by Mo on April 4, 2017 | 1 Response
Shuttling between the two venues

The Smoke, London’s International Larp Festival, was a weekend of shortform larp (blackbox, freeform, and so on) held in London at the beginning of January. I was on the organizing team, together with Dominika Kovacova, Jamie Harper, Jost L Hansen, Karolina Sołtys and Michael Such. (We’ve since been joined by Laura Wood.) No Smoke without Read the full article…

Posted in Conventions, Larp | Tagged Old and Wise, The Smoke

Tallinn Larp Festival

Published by Mo on April 4, 2017 | 1 Response
Assortment of town-building materials, from Welcome to Hard Times

I went to the second Tallinn Larp Festival! It happens in a community centre not far from the historic part of the city, and it had about 40 people – a nice mix of Estonians and internationals – playing 14 different larps across four slots. Larps at Tallinn I ran Real Men, the co-created larp Read the full article…

Posted in Conventions, Larp | Tagged Creator's Fair, Mono, Real Men, Tallinn Larp Festival, Welcome to Hard Times

Knutepunkt 2017

Published by Mo on March 3, 2017 | 1 Response

This year’s annual nordic larp conference was Knutepunkt 2017, in Norway, just on the edge of Oslo. It was my fourth time of attending, which means that I’ve now completed the cycle around the four host countries – which is probably some sort of level-up. The venue was a comfortable hotel, the food was all Read the full article…

Posted in Conventions, Larp | Tagged Knutepunkt

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