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Larp House Presents: See Me Now

Larp House Presents: See Me Now

It was one of those small towns where everybody knew everybody. We were pretty close. But I haven’t seen Z in ages…

 

See Me Now tells the story of six friends by flashing through key moments in their shared childhood and adolescence, with an emphasis on the formation of their gender identities. Throughout the scenario, players choose from an array of scenes that will allow them to either conform to the gender assigned to them or cross its boundaries to other identities. The scenario culminates with the crew coming together as adults at their first high school reunion, to explore how they, and their relationships, have changed.

A freeform larp for 6 players
Written by Liz Gorinsky and Sara Williamson
Organized by Jon Cole

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Larp House Presents: Villa Air-Bel

Marseille, late fall, 1940.

France has been occupied by the Germans and the collaborationist Vichy regime has been allowed to exist in the south. American liberals are stunned at the fall of France and horrified by German (and now French) anti-intellectualism and anti-Semitic brutality. These liberals form the Emergency Rescue Committee hope to spirit away as many European artists and intellectuals as they can manage.

​Villa Air-Bel is about documentation, virtue, and desperation. It is a small, intense live action game about staplers and hard choices.

WHAT:A larp playtest for 5 players
Written by Jason Morningstar
Organized by Jon Cole
WHEN:
7:00 pm — 11pm on Friday, February 19th

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Larp House Presents: Top Secret Admirer

Top Secret Admirer is a [redacted] freeform larp about looking for love and intrigue in the intelligence community. The game is set at an exclusive singles event in Reston, Virginia.  Everyone attending has at least a Top Secret-level security clearance. Here, you might discover a little Nicholas Sparks or E.L. James in your usual Tom Clancy lives.

WHAT:A freeform larp for 3-8 players
Written by Daniel Eison and Sam Zeitlin
Organized by Arnold Cassell, Jon Cole, and Rebecca Gold

Presented by Larp House in partnership with the Macalester Gaming Society
WHEN:
7:00 pm — 9pm on Friday, February 12th
GENRE:
Light-hearted, dating, spy stuff

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Larp House Presents: Games Within Games

“When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage against him, your punishment will be that you find your suspicions true.”

—Elbert Hubbard

Two spies in Cold War Berlin circle each other in a mole-hunt. They betray each other’s trust and struggle with their inner demons.

Games Within Games centers on the fear and anxiety of two people who depend on anonymity and deception to avoid being killed. The two spies have the most to fear from each other. The person who they depend on most is the person whose betrayal would be the most shattering. This scenario is about vulnerable people concealing their weaknesses, and failing.

WHAT:A freeform larp playtest for 4 players

Written by Jon Cole and Kevin McIntyre

Organized by Jon Cole and Kevin McIntyre

Presented by the Larp House in partnership with the Geek Partnership Society

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Larp House Presents: Imposter Syndrome Workshop

Impostor Syndrome is the feeling that you’re a fraud, that you’re not skilled enough for a career, and that you will be found out and exposed as an impostor. More people than you realize–including experts you know and respect–have impostor syndrome.

In the Impostor Syndrome Workshop you will learn how impostor syndrome may be affecting your ambitions in the world of larp and the professional world. You will also learn what you can do individually and collectively to combat impostor syndrome in our gaming community.

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Larp House Presents: Golden Cobra LarpJam 2015

Larp House Presents: Golden Cobra LarpJam 2015

LarpJam is a lightning-fast larp design workshop where people with no experience can create fully-playable larps in hours.

WHAT: A larp design workshop for 5-20 people
WHO: Have you played in a larp before? If so, you have enough experience to enjoy LarpJam. Anyone with an interest in role-playing can get something out of LarpJam.
WHEN: 1:00 pm — 5:00 pm on Sunday October 11th
WHERE: Macalester College Campus Center, Saint Paul MN  USA

LarpJam is the Iron Chef of game design: Each team has to cook up a larp using the Secret Ingredient. Half-way through the “dishes” are rotated between teams of chefs, who have to keeping working on a “meal” they didn’t start.

A winner of last year’s Golden Cobra competition was created by Larp House members using LarpJam. Join the tradition this year!

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Larp House Presents: Beyond Boffers Workshop

The padded foam sword, called a boffer, has an honored place in larp as a safer way to simulate combat with weapons. For weaponless combat, such as wrestling or martial arts, other larp traditions have developed their own styles to fill the void. The Beyond Boffers workshop will teach these “boffer martial arts” techniques in a friendly learning environment.

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Larp House Presents: ’Terps

‘Terps is a live action role-playing game about combat interpreters – people who volunteer for extremely dangerous duty in the service of a foreign power, motivated by a desire to improve both their war-torn nation and their own lot in life. It is about commitments made and ignored, and brave allies abandoned. It is inspired by the ongoing tragedy of America’s withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan.

A freeform larp for 2-4 players
Written by Jason Morningstar
Organized by Arnold Cassell, Jon Cole, and Kelley Vanda

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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

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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].