Category: beginners
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Random Larping Encounters
Some people run into dragons or the undead or random postapocalyptic tribes at larps. As I find myself slowly coming back from vacation, easing into everyday schedules and work (always work), getting mentally ready for the fall larping season (and the huge amount of effort necessary to finish preparing and start running our Astra larp […]
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Playing Weak Characters
Being weak is one of the many taboos in our modern, hi-tech western civilization, especially if you – for goodness’ sake – do it intentionally. Everybody wants to rule the world – not be the one ruled over, which is a common part of our everyday experience. It’s no wonder traditional larping is full of […]
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Put Your Pack In a Tent And You’ll Be Fine (Five by Five #4)
For some reason, quite a few of my fellow larpers seem totally lost when it comes to getting and setting up a tent. While I’m by no means an expert, I do boast with an eye for correctly strung guy lines and an deeply ingrown allergy to touching the sides of your tent at any […]
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Larping And Reading And Theory, Oh My
Why would anyone read about larps, you ask? Larping is one of those things which have to be seen before you believe them. In other words – reading about larps is the same as reading about chocolate; you will probably get an idea about what it is, but there’s no way in hell for you […]
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A Quintet of Larping Prejudice (Five by Five #3)
Fighting prejudice about larp is something I never intended to do quite so obviously – but shit adds up. Three years of hearing and reading shit about larp – from muggles and larpers alike – is a lot of shit. So enjoy this monday roundup of – you know. Maybe a bit of it sticks if […]
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The Wolf Book of Larping for Couples (Three Years of Full Moons)
updated Oct 14th, 2017 The pack I used to belong to was a larping one through to its core, along with quite a few others among our friends, and that brought us both excitement and challenges unimaginable in our everyday lives. In this short ebook – a roundup of the Skirts ‘n’ Wolves first article […]
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Lovers, Friends and Foes (Larping for Couples #6)
There are couples who always play tightly connected lovers at larps, and couples who regularly end up on opposite sides in an ingame conflict. And then there are couples for which you can never guess what they’ll play on the next event. Nevermind which group you belong to, there are a few things to consider when preparing […]
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Larping for Couples #4: The Heavy Stuff – Immersion, Bleed and PLD as a Shared Experience
Not everyone plays on the same emotional level. Stuff written here is just my take, since both the co-alpha and I like to play on deeper layers – but there’s differences even between the two of us. I really wouldn’t like anyone to get the wrong impression of larping because of something I wrote – […]
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Roleplaying Spiritual And Religious Characters (Full Moon Special #4)
Please note that the post comes from a slightly spiritual and totally non religious person – and that my views might differ from someone who participates in a religious or spiritual practice. I mean no disrespect whatsoever. Photo (featured) by Martina Šestić. (Terra Nova, spring 2013, Croatia) Happy Full Moon! Today’s topic can actually be […]
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Five Quick Notes on Realistic Character Names
It counts for literature as well as larping – although larping does have it’s own, specific requirements. #1 Realistic names are pronounceable. I’ve read once that Frank Herbert (not a fan) knew what he was doing when he named his leading character “Paul”. You can always try with the “but my character’s culture likes long […]
Vesna Kurilic 