Larp Review: Skoro Rassvet
Foreword : this article is a loose translation of an article that was originally written in French with the French-speaking audience it mind. It establishes comparisons with a sub-genre of historically inspired Larps that have been called “romanesque” in our own gaming culture. Romanesque means literally “that would have its place in a novel”, especially something emotional or very dramatic.
As Larp goes, frenchstyle Romanesque larps have focused on character-based stories, 360...
Larp Review: Ash wedding
Original post: http://www.electro-gn.com/461-critique-lesnocesdecendre
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The LARP « Les Noces de Cendre » (Ash wedding) takes place in 1945 in Argentina with its troubled politic events. Two sessions have been organized by the association Rôle, in april and may 2012[1]. Véronique Gresset, who signed here her first game, worked during three years to achieve this result. The writing was long; the fictionalized character sheets let us see complex characters mixed up in many plots; the...
Review – Mad About The Boy – Part 3 and the end
Original post: http://www.electro-gn.com/6194-critique-mad-about-the-boy-partie-3-et-fin
Translation: Leïla Teteau-Surel
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Mad about the boy is a game of Grandeur Nature Nordic role in which a disaster has struck the men of the land surface. Women survived and a pilot program will allow some of them to carry a child, through the government that controls sperm banks. Find the previous parts of this article here.
Part 1
Part 2
In this final section, we will focus on the use...
Review – Mad About The Boy – Part 2
Original post: http://www.electro-gn.com/6192-critique-mad-about-the-boy-partie-2
Translation: Leïla Teteau-Surel
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Mad about the boy is a Nordic larp in which a disaster wiped the men off the Earth. Women survived and a pilot program will allow some of them to get the permission to carry a child through the government that controls sperm banks. Find the first part of this article here.
We will talk in the second part about game design, workshops, and the issue of transparency in larp....
Review – Mad About The Boy – Part 1
Original post: http://www.electro-gn.com/6189-critique-mad-about-the-boy-partie-1
Translation: Leïla Teteau-Surel
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Between the 24th to the 30th of June 2013 two sessions of the larp Mad About The Boy were organized in Sweden. A game in which all (except THE boy) the characters are women but which is sometimes run with some men (mixed run). A review of my poor attempt to turn into a woman and of the design of this incredible Nordic Larp.
This article is divided into 3 parts. This first...
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