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LARPBook Show Episode 57: Feed the Baby to the Demon, What?
It’s show 57 and we talk about out UK bank holiday experiences. Thom talks extensively about what happens when the plot forces players to change how they play their characters. Stuart and I love Curious Pastimes. We also start a new project to understand downtime
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Curious Pastimes – Renewal 2017
An complete overview of our journey to Curious Pastimes Renewal 2017. We had someone there from start to finish and ended up with a great view of a first class event.
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Curious Pastimes Renewal 2017. Event Diary – Day 4: Monday
Its our fourth and final Day at Curious Pastimes – Renewal 2017. The day of the big battle. So we explore the conflict in some detail.
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Curious Pastimes Renewal 2017. Event Diary – Day 3: Sunday
It's Sunday and by this point I can't get over how busy the ritual circle has been. Rituals are an important part of this event; after all it's full title is not Renewal. It is Renewal of Magic. Where the peoples of the world seek to perpetuate the continuation of...
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Curious Pastimes Renewal 2017. Event Diary – Day 2: Saturday
Our first full day of role playing at Renewal. We get explore the world a little more, go shopping, and talk such things as larp weapon testing.
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Curious Pastimes Renewal 2017. Event Diary – Day 1: Friday
We’re spending time larping with Curious Pastimes. This is the first diary entry for the event. This diary was written during day 1 and posted on day 2 of the event.
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Preparing For A Larp
Ideas, and thoughts on preparing and packing for a larp event. What should you bring and what not to forget.
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LARPBook Show Episode 56: The Flem Paradox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jwORvdHCDc A couple of things to note here - first of all we have a new audio streamer that will allow you to play not just this podcast but others as well. Enjoy the back catalogue! The Flem Paradox is not about weird things in...
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A Return to Fest Larps
This is not a how to article. It really isn't about the best way to do anything. Instead I thought it might be interesting to talk about getting ready to go back to large Fest Larps. Once upon a time (back in the dimly remembered 90's), I started larping. A few years...
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Physical Contact in LARP: The Larpers BFF Edition
This is the third part in of our series about handling physical action and content in a larp. This is dedicated to responses from the Facebook Group Larpers BFF,
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Contact and Physicality in LARP: The UK LRP Digest
In our continuing investigation into physical action in larp we present views of our first article from the Facebook group UK LRP. This points raised are valid, interesting and I believe represent a spectrum of points of view that I’ve seen expressed in the UK.
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LARPBook Show Episode 55: The Flying Gimp
We dedicated this episode to a discussion of physical interaction in larp.
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