13. 04. 2013
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I hit it with my axe – Approaches to LARP

There are three forms of LARP, traditionally. Or three approaches. They are: Narrativist: I hit it with my axe because for generations before me, my ancestors have hit things with axes. This axe...

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02. 04. 2013
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Empire One, Weather Nil

So that was our show. Or, rather, this was: (Photos in this post by Tom Garnett, reproduced under a CC-A licence, more available on Facebook) I’m told that was the coldest Easter for...

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14. 08. 2012
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A Personal Odyssey

People of the civilized world, listen, for your gods speak! Alexander of Macedon, he whom you called Great, is dead. He shall not be remembered as the king who united the Greeks, nor...

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20. 04. 2012
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A Maelstrom moment

Someone on Reddit asked for “Your best/worst larp stories ever”. Now, most of my best moments larping need to be secret for a little while longer, I think, but I posted one of...

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01. 04. 2012
Larp 101

Larp 101

One of the LARP events I was at last year had a documentary crew wandering around, and they’ve produced this, which serves as a useful introduction to LARP as a concept: In general...

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15. 11. 2011
Today

Today

And thus ends the week of Thailand. You might have missed the second to last episode “One day in Bangkok” because I managed to schedule it the same day as the Entertainment one. Well...

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09. 09. 2011
Fields

Fields

Things that are happening: I’m playing Deus Ex, still, but currently short-term distracted by Rock of Ages, which is what happens if you drop a Tower Defence game into Marble Madness, and then...

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16. 08. 2011
Odyssey

Odyssey

So, I went to ref Odyssey again. Odyssey is a bit like this: Odyssey Champions from bill thomas on Vimeo. Only with also religion and philosophy at the same contrast level. It’s quite...

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19. 04. 2010
Life Imitates Roleplay

Life Imitates Roleplay

Easter weekend, as I said, I was at a LARP Event. At that event, there was a central plot point of a volcano that could erupt at any moment, causing chaos and confusion....

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05. 04. 2010
Outstanding in my field

Outstanding in my field

I am back from Maelstrom. The weather was horrid. The fact that the longest event of the year – four days, Friday to Monday, rather than the Friday to Sunday of most events...

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