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Solmukohta 2012 – A subjective recap – Part 3
OK, we’re nearly there. You’re probably just as tired reading this as I am writing this, but I need to get all those impressions down in writing. We all need closure, right? Breaking the ice: the...
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Solmukohta 2012 – A subjective recap – Part 4
This is the final struggle! The Practical Stuff I’ve already mentioned that Solmukohta isn’t the best convention for practical, hands-on stuff, but here are the most down to earth program items I...
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Lacuna with the in-laws
Few things are cooler than having a gamer girlfriend, but having a gamer girlfriend and gamer in-laws is one of them. After several tabletop roleplaying games with her as GM for the postmodern Unknown...
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Franco-Swiss Sensory Overload: The Menu served at Solmukohta 2012
That’s right, now you can watch most of the French and Swiss larp videos and pics we showed at Solmukhota 2012. And you get to drool at all the cool food and drinks you missed! The 1-page pdf can be...
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Badass Swiss larp makeup tutorial – in English
A slight case of blisters Marc “Bomber” Lauper is one of those gifted Swiss larpers who not only create really cool stuff, but don’t mind sharing it during local larp conventions (yay GN’Idée!). He...
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Leaving Mundania
Lizzie Stark blew my mind. I used to say that Nordic Larp was the best book about larp and Organiser une murder party en 6 étapes the best pdf (how to organize a small one-shot larp). I just finished...
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You know what they call Dungeons & Dragons in Paris?
This is the English original version of my article on the French tabletop rpg scene, published in Finnish rpg magazine Roolipelaaja a few years ago. It is a bit dated, but still useful for scholars and...
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And they piss like I cry over unfaithful women
One thing I’ve never understood is why, for many English-speakers, the combination of French and song somewhat evokes carefree 1960s and 1970s musicals. I love Flight of the Conchords and the following...
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Larp in the USA , as seen through the eyes of a Frenchman larping in Switzerland
In 2010, before going to Knudepunkt, before going to Solmukohta, before starting this blog, and even before reading Leaving Mundania, I talked to the French audience of Les GNiales about my experience...
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Larp critique: The Monitor Celestra Battlestar Galactica larp
Warning: this piece is longer and even more «me, myself and I» than my previous larp critiques (click here for demonic, post-apocalyptic and steampunk examples). Photos are copyright (their authors)....
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Larp critique: Mad about the Boy
Game site Most of my exposure to Nordic larp goodness comes from attending Knutepunkt, and Mad about the Boy (MatB) is no exception. I remember a presentation in 2011, and a quick chat with Trine Lise...
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Slaaneshifying Sornob: a corset for Conquest ( Mythodea 2013 recap, part 1 of...
Some members of the Ost Noir at CoM 2012 With 6000 players and 1500 NPCs, Conquest of Mythodea is the largest larp event in the world, held every August in Brokeloh, Germany. It features several...
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NSFW – Slaaneshifying Sornob: boobs for the boob god!* ( Mythodea 2013 recap...
Since 2011, part of the Slaaneshi brainstorming included how to incorporate «gifts» from our Chaos god, body mutations ranging from tentacles to crab arms. Our priestess once considered extra rows of...
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Afroasiatik – a kung-fu hip-hop larp – recap part 1
Warning: long posts ahead. Read the short version here. Afroasiatik was a French-Swiss larp run in the zen garden of Aigle, Switzerland on Sunday 25th August 2013 with pre-game workshops on Saturday...
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Afroasiatik – a kung-fu hip-hop larp – recap part 2
Warning: long posts ahead. Read the short version here. Part 1: the original reason for the game, a history of French hip-hop and its Asian influences Part 2: how inspiration sources were used to build...
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Afroasiatik – a kung-fu hip-hop larp – recap part 3
Warning: long post ahead. Read the short version here. Part 1: the original reason for the game, a history of French hip-hop and its Asian influences Part 2: how inspiration sources were used to build...
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Peak larp: lessons learned from a year of monthly larp events
In 2013, my motto was “try new and weird things”. Here are a few things I learned on the way thanks to larp-related events, in chronological order. “La croisière s’accuse” was my first larp on a...
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Afroasiatik – A kung-fu hip-hop, chambarap and samurasta larp
Is hip-hop still about peace, unity, love & havin’ fun? And can larpers actually rap? (Photo © Valérie Bauwens) Afroasiatik was a French-Swiss larp run in the zen garden of Aigle, Switzerland, in...
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Knutpunkt 2014: a quick & dirty subjective recap
Knutpunkt is an international conference about Nordic style larp, held this year in Gullbrannagården, Sweden. In the spirit of “focus in 2014“, my recap is much shorter than last year’s. Gothenburg by...
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Closing the English part of this blog and see you in Mythodea!
As already explained back in December, documenting larps in English is work. It’s work because of the expected quality standards, and I am neither a native speaker nor a humanities major. But it’s even...
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