Category: larp
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The Wolf on Larping in the Great Outdoors
Since this winter seems to be a time of awful weather, unexpected temperature shifts and general emotional blahs, thinking back on the pleasure of outdoor larping seems to be the only logical thing to do. Sure, I like chamber larps and urban pervasive larping as much as the next larper, but there’s just something about going…
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Making Your First Larp Outfit (5×5 #13)
You’ve already been larping for a while, you’ve had your fill of improvised larping outfits, you’re ready for something more… something bigger… handmade outfits! Made by you, of course. What are you waiting for? One / The bare necessities #1 Dare, time and patience While starting out in making your larp outfits yourself, a step…
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9 Reasons to Larp Before You Run a Larp
There are still instances (remote areas, countries without larping traditions) which require of larp enthusiasts to organize events before they larp themselves. This post is not for them. This post is for all of those who say “oh, but 100km is too far to travel just to try larping” and “but I can’t afford a…
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Year’s End Favourites – SnW in 2014
The year’s almost gone, celebrating twelve full months of the Skirts’n’Wolves blog! While I prep stuff for the next twelve months (and trust me – you wouldn’t believe me if I told you how frakkin’ much there is to prepare), let’s sit back, relax with a cup of your favourite winter beverage (mine’s currently awesome Turkish coffee –…
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When Things Go Boom in Larp (5×5 #8)
(Yeah, yeah, now I’ve got Leelo’s Badda Big Boom! in my head too, thank you very much.) The three weeks I’ve not written a word for the SnW blog had me writing 3-4 articles for work per week, on average, prepping and playing the second TESC larp event, sewing absolutely no seam I can recall and…
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Surviving the Experience of Running a Pervasive Larp (5×5 #7)
New month, new Monday – new compilation of 25 hints, tips and tricks about larping. Before we dig in, though, let’s just keep in mind that I’ve only played two pervasive larps so far and co-GMed one (Astra Larp) – so this is definitely just a start. Still, while the Astra experience is fresh, I…
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Sky Full of Astra – 7 Things I’ve Enjoyed the Most as a Co-GM in Astra Larp
A week ago, the co-alpha and I’s twelve day long pervasive larp Astra ended with a ceremony promoting the spy recruits into apprentice agents in our fictional secret agency, “Astra”. For twelve whole days (well, the second Wednesday was a bit slow) we’ve co-GMed this incredible crew of players, both experienced larpers and total beginners,…
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Imagine, Build, Create Together – Getting Ready for Astra Larp (Full Moon Special #10)
Astra Larp, a twelve day pervasive larp designed and run by the co-alpha and I, starts in exactly seven days, on Wednesday, October 15th. As we near launch time (on the 15th, sometime during the morning), wrap everything that’s left to wrap (err… many things), the Full Moon will slowly start to wane and hide…
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Let Your Outfit Collection Grow (5×5 #6)
Outfit collections for larping need love, lots and lots of love, and not a small amount of storage space. Once you’re slowly going to more events, and your first outfit doesn’t fit the characters you play any more, what are you going to do..? The approach to fantasy outdoor larping, or costume genre larping overall is as…
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How to Pack (Almost) Anything Like A Wolf
Summer’s almost gone, and with it the last chance for me to pack for anything other than a larp, every odd weekend or so. Still, a summer gone means a summer of lessons learned – in drying stuff as well as packing it, this year. It should probably be noted that packing and larp packing are, unfortunately,…
Vesna Kurilic 