Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Short Thoughts: Emotional Work in LARP Running

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I frequently get requests as part of LARP running to socially intervene in uncomfortable situations and disinvite people from game. And in t...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Playing the Fog of War: Narrating an Uncertain World

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What to Do When the Story is the Uncertainty Some stories are about the actions we take when we have incomplete information.  This is somet...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

Adding Characters Mid Game

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Stories often need new characters.  Sometimes the directions a story needs to take requires someone to take it in that direction.  Sometimes...
Friday, September 28, 2018

For Everything a Season: Act Breaks in Campaign Games

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One thing I love about serialized storytelling, in terms of television, comic books, movie franchises, etc., is the existence of story struc...
Friday, July 20, 2018

Secrets and Mysteries: Information Differential in LARP

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Drama almost always involves information differential, some situation where some people know something and others do not.  Dramatic tension ...
Friday, June 15, 2018

First Games and Pilots

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The first game of an ongoing LARP is an experience both exhilarating and anxiety producing.  After months of preparation, the day approaches...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

LARP worldbuilding I

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With a new LARP coming up, it's inevitable that I return here.  Today, it is to talk about worldbuilding.  Worldbuilding for a LARP is d...