Larp House

19 May 201424 July 2018

Larp House Presents: Family Business (run 3)

LARP HOUSE RE-PRESENTS: FAMILY BUSINESS

What:

Family Business is an American Freeform about a family of con artists in the 1980s. The family’s leader has just been arrested so the members of the gang have to make sense of their changing relationships as the law breathes down their neck.

This larp was presented by the Larp House in 2013 and has been polished for a second run.

When:

6:30pm-12am Saturday June 7th

depending on interest, there may be a second run in the afternoon or evening of Saturday June 14th

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12 May 201424 July 2018

Family Business

10 April 201424 July 2018

Larp House Presents: Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai

The Phantom of Kohada Koheiji Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Ukiyo-e - color woodblock print, 1831

Played in the summertime, when the sky stays lit well into the night and the air is stiflingly humid, Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai is a simple storytelling parlor game with an evocation ritual reminiscent of “Bloody Mary.” In a mythic imagining of Edo period Japan, a gracious host has invited villagers to improvise stories. The host lights a dozen candles, and characters take turns telling strange and grotesque stories, folktales, and ghost stories.

At the end of each story, the teller of the tale extinguishes a candle. The room darkens at the conclusion of each story, the fading light calls upon the spirits and creatures of the stories. When the final candle goes out, something monstrous may fill the darkness.

WHAT GENRE: telling ghost stories, Japanese folk tale, creepy ritual

HOW MANY: 6 – 12 players.

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20 March 201423 July 2018

Survey on Photos, Video, and Privacy

The purpose of this survey is to collect information and attitudes concerning documentation of larps, particularly in photo and video form. As larp, particularly Nordic Larp, gains ground as a cultural activity, the desire to document these events becomes more prominent, while the ability to document them is assisted by the ease of photographic devices and a general culture of constant documentation and dissemination of photo and video material. At the same time, many players raise concerns about how the presence of recording devices can affect them as characters and as players, affecting their in-game experience or their real lives after the larp. There are a few smaller parts of the questionnaire, followed by a 50-question section on players’ feelings on larps and photographic documentation. Part of the aim of this survey is to develop a community-led photo and video policy document that can be used by organizers for future projects. Thanks for your participation. All answers are anonymous.

This results will be publicly available, please help the larp community learn more about itself.

14 March 201424 July 2018

Hug Street

thejhyde:

First up, here is some video from the recent LARP HOUSE play of Hug Street. Below the read more, some quick comments about my experience running the game.

http://thejhyde.tumblr.com/post/79337722272/first-up-here-is-some-video-from-the-recent-larp

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(Source: http://thejhyde.tumblr.com/)

7 March 201424 July 2018