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"Pace yourself and pace your design. Intense emotional experiences become more available to you and more sustainable if you have variety to the intensity of your play, both as a designer and as an individual player."| Nordic Larp
"In adapting larp practices to be suitable for artistic spaces and audiences, embodiment, and player agency is susceptible to compromise – potentially sacrificing the artistic essence of larp itself," says Alex Brown.| Nordic Larp
"If larp is a co-creative practice, one that cannot exist without its players, what do we call larps that were never played? And what do we do with them? Can we still give them a life outside of ourselves, and enjoy their unpredictability?"| Nordic Larp
"I went to the place where the larp would take place. And now I had a new story in my head, one that carried a lot of meaning. I had reconnected with my father. And on top of that, I had received a very valuable gift, one of those that cannot be bought."| Nordic Larp
When a larp is designed based on historical sources and research, it adds to its authenticity – not just about material culture, but also about actions, experiences, and mentalities, which larp is a good tool for reenacting.| Nordic Larp
The interaction between Richard Schechner and Victor Turner and how their experiments align with larp.| Nordic Larp
There are some activities that can, and as far as possible should, be taken by individuals to help improve the larp community as a whole.| Nordic Larp
What is magic? From our perspective, at its core, magic is a form of manifestation: the ability to alter the self and the world around us through the power of intentional thought, force of will, and creative action.[1]Mat Auryn, Psychic Witch: A Metaphysical Guide to Meditation, Magick & Manifestation (Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2020). At the root of this magic is the power of transformation — and the collective agreement within the community to support it.[2]Bowman, Sarah Lynne,...| Nordic Larp
"Never, before the recent re-run of the larp Snapphaneland, had I had religious play as deeply immersive and moving." The post Christianity is an Immersion Closet appeared first on Nordic Larp.| Nordic Larp
River Rafting design can help create a more engaging and dynamic player experience from the very beginning of a larp, with a higher chance of many moments of emotional impact, instead of very few towards the end. The post River Rafting Design appeared first on Nordic Larp.| Nordic Larp
How you can learn from bleed yourself, and how you design a larp in such a way that your participants can learn from their bleed, if they want to. The post Learning from Bleed appeared first on Nordic Larp.| Nordic Larp
European sources from the 18th and 19th centuries describe phenomena occurring during, or as a result of roleplaying, that we might now recognize as bleed. The post Bleed Before it was Cool: Early descriptions of dissimulative pretense, their unintended effects, and their impact on the evolution of roleplaying appeared first on Nordic Larp.| Nordic Larp
A summary of the history of larping and the current larp scene in three European countries, as learned from local larpers, taken from the author's collection of articles on larping around the world. The post Larp in Greece, Romania, and Switzerland appeared first on Nordic Larp.| Nordic Larp
Knowing the answers to what motivates adults to spend time, money, and emotional energy on a game seemingly not valued, may provide insights into developing roleplay further as pedagogy beyond recreation. The post What Do Adult Participants Get Out of Larp? A qualitative survey based on SWORDCRAFT Australia appeared first on Nordic Larp.| Nordic Larp
By weaving empathy, safety, and self-awareness into the fabric of larp, participants can transform grief from an overwhelming experience to an opportunity for collective healing and deeper connection, says Lyssa Greywood.| Nordic Larp
Online magazine about Nordic style larp| Nordic Larp
Participants often engage in role-playing in order to step inside the shoes of another person in a fictional reality that they consider “consequence-free.” However, role-players sometimes experience moments where their real life feelings, thoughts, relationships, and physical states spill over into their characters’ and vice versa. In role-playing studies, we call this phenomenon bleed.[1]Markus Montola, “The Positive Negative Experience in Extreme Role-playing.” Proceedings of Di...| Nordic Larp
