Someone online asked for some detail on how QR codes were used in Amber's birthday larp. I thought that I might record that information here as well. So this is a description and evaluation of how we used some two-dimensional barcodes and a free smartphone app to simulate unusual senses and Doctor Who's sonic screwdriver ( Read more... )

I can't believe I didn't mention this in the last post, because it's really important. Like, "the key to making my larps work" important. And it really is relevant to how you write characters for a larp game. at least, for the sorts of games I write and run. In other fields of larping/roleplaying, this advice may be less crucial ( Read more... )

While going over how my Origins went (just fine, now that you ask), Matthew asked me for my thoughts on a specific matter: how to write a good larp character.

( Long thoughts about larpwriting )

There's been a murder committed. One player is the detective: his job is to 'solve" the murder ( Read more... )

Last night we had the fourth annual First Friday Of Lent giant cavalcade of meat, in celebration of our apostatic nature. As always, the Green Forest restaurant provided us with sufficient quantities of cooked animals, on swords. The swords is a clear bonus ( Read more... )

I set up a separate blog over here to write about the monthly LARP project. We'll see how that turns out: it might just be a repository for the LARP documents as they get written. Hopefully it becomes something more, though. I plan to write a second post for it soon, as I forgot my notes on the February Larp(s).

( What it looked like in my head )

Didn't make it to the Bank Robbery LARP? Did make it, but wanted to see what everyone else was told ahead of time? Want to run the game yourself, for some other people? Just want to see how these things go, so you know what to expect for the inevitable next game?

Then click this link to see everything I wrote for the LARP and get a fuller

The first of the Larp-A-Month events went off pretty well, or so it seemed to me. Everyone who has said anything to me about it said they had fun and looked forward to the next LARP.

There was some panic when theadana and her guests were late because of some confusion (and my inability to directly contact her, now fixed). If they hadn't arrived ( Read more... )

I've decided that I want to run more LARPs. Rather a lot more than I have been doing. Specifically, I'm going to aim for a rather ambitious goal of writing from the ground up and running a LARP per month throughout 2009. If I fall behind in writing, I may use prewriten LARPs from sources on the internet. Or include running old LARPs for new ( Read more... )