Election Time

It’s Election Time.  If you want to get involved you should nominate yourself for a position.  Here’s how:

Larp House Elections
The Larp House will be holding elections for officer positions this July. This means that leadership for the Larp House will be composed of elected officials who have been chosen by the community.

Who can vote?
Anyone who has ever been to a Larp House event. If you are getting this email you can almost certainly vote.

Who can run for office?
Anyone who can vote can run for any office. If you have a passion for larp, or an idea for what you want to see the Larp House become, please consider nominating yourself!

How do nominations work?
You nominate yourself by sending an email to [email protected] with the subject line “NOMINATION.” In the email include:
The name you would like to be listed under on the ballot.
The position(s) you want to nominate yourself for.
For each position, a description of your platform. This might include a description of how you will help the Larp House fulfill it’s Values Statement, what you hope to accomplish, or why you think you will do a good job in the role. This information will be shared next to your name on the ballot. Maximum of two paragraphs per position.
A person can be on a maximum of two committees. The Creative Director cannot be on any Committees. No one may nominate themselves for more positions than they can fulfill. Nominations will close on Sunday, July 12th, and voting will begin later that week. The people we elect will assume their positions in the middle of July.

Available Positions
Outreach Committee (up to 6 seats)
Members of the Outreach committee are on the front line of growing and sustaining the Larp House’s membership. They will be on the hunt for new people we can play with and new places to play. They will also monitor the community we already have and bring feedback to decision-makers. Finally, Outreach Committee will develop a media strategy for the Larp House and execute it–stuff like building a website, using social media, and whatever else their creative minds can imagine!

Term Limit: 6 months, with the ability to run for consecutive terms.

Education Committee (up to 6 seats)
The Education Committee turns excited larpers into experienced larp organizers. They oversee the Mentorship Program, which pairs folks new to larp with experienced organizers that they can work with and learn from. This committee also organizes workshops on larp techniques for the community and the public. Lastly, they will maintain a library of larps and larp theory that any community member can draw upon.

Term Limit: 6 months, with the ability to run for consecutive terms.

Harassment Committee (3 to 6 seats)
The Harassment Committee works to create and maintain a safe and welcoming environment at Larp House events and in our community. The members oversee the Harassment Policy and act as emotional support staff at events. If harassment does occur, this Committee will provide support for the people involved and decide what consequences to give harassers. Right now the Harassment Policy that this committee will use is still being written; those who become members of the Harassment Committee will have a significant voice in ensuring that the Larp House has a strong and well-implemented tools to make our community a welcoming place.

Term Limit: 6 months, with the ability to run for consecutive terms.

(Note: Anyone who is currently a member of a committee and would like to retain their position must run for re-election.)

 

Larp House Presents: Still Life

Rock out with Still Life

Sorry for the late notice, but I have one question for you larpers.  Do you want to rock?  Do you want to have an inability to move on your own and be plagued with an existential question?  Do you believe me when I say this is more fun fun than it might sound.  Well you NEED to play Still Life, the award winning larp written by our own , , and .  Below is our event details.

Still LifeStill Life is a game about relationships and their inherent instability due to forces beyond our control. Also, rocks. You play as a rock, contemplating the meaning of its existence though introspection and discussions with other rocks. As your position changes, so too does your perspective, which may lead you to your answer or only to more questions.
Still Life will run from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm on Saturday, July 11. It’s being held at Linwood Park, next to the Linwood Community Recreation Center.
If transportation is an issue, e-mail the Outreach Committee at [email protected] with what area you are in and we will try to find somebody you can ride with.
If you are interested in playing, fill out our Still Life Registration Form before 11:59 pm on Saturday, July 4th. You should know if you are in or our of the larp by Monday, July 6th.

To sign up click on this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sKzfAc_qqZu4BbJBJnHrgf-c2kJyriLypUFE1KNqtEI/viewform?c=0&w=1&fbzx=418190663053326043

Larp House Presents: LarpJam

Game Chef is an annual
role-playing game design competition, where participants have one week
to create a game. It is the Grand Prix of game design competitions, and
winners of this event have routinely published profitable games. This
year the competition is being held June 13-21st. To kick it off the Larp House is hosting a LarpJam.

LarpJam is a round-robin larp design workshop. Players make larps in small groups and trade them around. Each larp is expanded on by each subsequent group, becoming stronger as it comes into contact with more designers. In a matter of hours people with no larp design experience can create awesome, fully-playable larps!

Even if you can’t attend this LarpJam, you are encouraged to design something for Game Chef and plan to attend a future jam.

WHO:

Anyone with interest in games can LarpJam. In fact, people with little or no larp experience are more qualified to create larps in LarpJam. Experienced larpers and game creators are also, of course, welcome.

WHAT:

A larp design workshop for 5-25 participants

Written by Jon ColeOrganized by Jon Cole

WHEN:

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm on Saturday, June 13th, 2015.

WHERE:

Geek Partnership Society

If transportation is an issue, e-mail the Outreach Committee at [email protected] with what area you are in and we will try to find somebody you can ride with.

WHAT GENRE:

game jam, larp design, exquisite corpse, playstorm
Larpjam is a collaborative game design workshop. Participants make their wildest larp dreams come true by working in small groups.

HOW DO I SIGN UP:

If you are interested in playing, register for our event on meetup.com. This event is free and open to the public, so invite your friends and forward this email widely!

ACCESSIBILITY:

The
event takes place in a public building, with both handicap and
non-handicap off-street parking spaces available. The event space is
accessible by public transit, with around 1 block of walking from the
nearest bus stop.

Participants will be randomly assigned into design groups. Play will include talking and writing in small groups. If you have any question about this content warning please email [email protected].

CONTACT THE ORGANIZERS:
For more information about this event email [email protected]. Your inquiry will be forwarded to the organizer best suited to answer it.

WAYS TO HELP:

Jon is looking for someone to help organize this event. He has run many LarpJams and would love the opportunity to teach someone The Way of the LarpJam. If you are interested, send an email to [email protected].

Cooking up some Larps

Heya folks,

Do you like cooking up some tasty games?  Well Game Chef 2015 starts soon (June 13) and in honor of that event, our good friend +Jon Cole with the help of the United Geeks of Gaming (http://www.geekpartnership.org/clubs/united-geeks-of-gaming/) will be offering the always tasty Larp Jam.  You can read more about the event and sign up right here http://www.meetup.com/geekgaming/events/222661312/.  You need no experience to design a delicious game, so join us at 6:00 pm on June 13th.

 

Oh What a Day, What a Lovely Day!

So we have been challenged to run a post apocalyptic larp in honor of the new Mad Max movie.  I can’t think of anything already made, so it looks like somebody will have to write it.  I’m thinking something Hillfolky would fit well.  So now the question is who will pick up the ball and give us an excuse to dress in rags and ammo?

-Dave

Larp House Presents:  The attempt to find $30, a totally official Larp House Event.

Ok, event might be a stretch.  The general committee has voted that we want to preserve our web domain of www.larphouse.org as well as expanding the site to be a functional tool for our organization.  Features we would like to have on the site would include:

-A calendar of events and meetings
-A place to archive our events
-Easy access for anybody to view all of our current policies
-If possible, added features with social media including auto updating to our social media site (that would be extremely cool)

The always impressive Ben Francis has agreed to build our site, but we need to pay for a year’s worth of web hosting with a new company (since WordPress doesn’t support these features and our subscription is almost up anyhow).  This will cost the organization a whopping $30 for this first year.  If you can spare a few dollars to let our community have nice things, it would be a completely awesome thing to do.  If you do then you can unofficially be the director nice things.  At Larp House we like having nice things.  Help us have nice things.  If you can donate, please e-mail use at [email protected] and we’ll work out a way to pick up your generous donation (please no credit cards, checks, pay pal, bit coins, or rupees at this time).

Thanks for being awesome,

-Dave