Final Playtest: Cruising for Sex in a Burning Building

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“I walked in there and I was absolutely terrified because everyone was in leather, head to toe. And I was the only one who was wearing Levis and a regular shirt. []…I was terrified, visually, at what I was seeing, excited at the same timetremendously excited…”
–Ellis Chan on July 19 1996, recalling The Brig

Cruising for Sex in a Burning Building is a larp about intimacy and community connection through kink, set in the underground gay men’s leather scene in the 1980s under the shadow of the AIDS epidemic. Continue reading “Final Playtest: Cruising for Sex in a Burning Building”

Salon du Larp House: Cruising for Sex in a Burning Building

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Join us on September 20, 2025

“I walked in there and I was absolutely terrified because everyone was in leather, head to toe. And I was the only one who was wearing Levis and a regular shirt. []…I was terrified, visually, at what I was seeing, excited at the same timetremendously excited…”
–Ellis Chan on July 19 1996, recalling The Brig

Cruising for Sex in a Burning Building is a larp about intimacy and community connection through kink, set in the underground gay men’s leather scene in the 1980s under the shadow of the AIDS epidemic. Continue reading “Salon du Larp House: Cruising for Sex in a Burning Building”

Larp House Presents: POP!

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Update: Sorry to burst your balloon, but this event has been cancelled.

The warm hum of a CRT monitor is drowned out by the scream of a dial-up modem. As Internet access becomes ubiquitous, people with obscure sexual interests are beginning to find one another in anonymous forums. A cursor floats over a hyperlink to looner-landing private forums 18+ only.

On one bulletin board service, a group of people connect over their common sexual interest in balloons. Who are the people behind the keyboard? What nascent community do they form, and how does it change when they meet in person for the first time?

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