A bunch of years ago I was given the best larp advice I have heard so far. Today I’ll pass it on. ”Involve other people. Involve them, involve them, involve them.” – Henrik Thurfjäll That’s it. The best larp advice I have to offer. The advice might not look like much, and I wasn’t very...
Read more →Standard Action is a live-action online webseries currently Kickstarting their third season. The show is about a motley crew and their adventures, including a barbarian elf and halfling bard. I had the opportunity to interview the women involved with Standard Action and learn more about their work on the show and their gaming backgrounds!...
Read more →For more information on Mad About the Boy check out Lizzie Stark’s blog and my previous posts on Gaming as Women. It’s been about a month since I’ve played Mad About the Boy, and I’m still debriefing. I know that it’s an intended part of the process, and that makes me feel more...
Read more →Lucia (Lucy) Maria Ramirez (October 6, 1987 – November 5, 2011) This is a true character arc that I went through in NWoD Geist. It was a deeply emotional journey up through death with a character that I became very attached to by the end. I couldn’t have done it without a wonderful Storyteller...
Read more →The larp Mad About the Boy seems to work on many meta levels. At least, that’s my impression of it the more I think about it, having yet to experience it. I recently talked about my thoughts on my character and what I’m expecting to happen in the game on Tuesday. One of these...
Read more →There’s almost too much for me to love about the Mad About the Boy LARP that I’m going to be playing this weekend. Organized by author of Leaving Mundania Lizzie Stark and the Norwegian creators of the game, this event is strictly for women identified players, takes place in the post apocalypse, and is...
Read more →Monsters and Manuals has a piece of advice that can make gaming experiences a lot more fun: Don’t be a dickhead. -Brie GameKnightReviews has a post by The Gassy Gnoll about social networking for adventures, and discusses using mind maps for RPGs. Do you use these techniques or any social networking tools to run...
Read more →Role-playing games can be powerful. They can make you feel, think and change. To get those kind of powerful experiences, you need to be bold. Bold enough to act and not pick the safe path. Bold enough to let yourself be vulnerable and to let yourself be moved by the expedience. This a philosophy...
Read more →I’m not a Abba fan, but feel free to listen to Abba’s old hit single Money Money Money while reading this article. Because in Sweden, gaming gets funding from the government. This article is about how it works and how it has helped the gaming hobby in Sweden.1 In this example a gaming group with...
Read more →It was recently announced that an all female run of LARP ”Mad About the Boy” was being set up in the US, bringing Nordic LARP across the pond for the first time. Gaming as Women decided to interview Lizzie Stark, organizer of the game and author of the book ”Leaving Mundania”. Hey, Lizzie, could you...
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