Minnesota roleplay collective
Content warning should include: may involve actual crying
Documentation for Gone, a role-playing scenario about loss, grief, and family
Designed by Klaus Meier Olsen
Organized by TLS
30 June 2019
Four players + a facilitator
Minneapolis
Meg talks about her first time larping at our recent Larp House Presents: The Hirelings!
The Hirelings, a live-action spoof of fantasy role-playing games
Designed by Håken Lid and Ole Peder Giæver.
Organized by Shawn Stokes
9 June 2019
Minneapolis
Ten players
In a world of perilous adventure and dark dungeons filled with precious riches, one group of aspiring adventurers are having their first day in a new job, and it’s not quite working out as planned.
The Hirelings is a role-playing game in which you play out the preparations and the aftermath of a failed dungeon crawl.
It draws heavily upon clichés from fantasy role playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, video games, comics, and fantasy literature. In addition there are also elements from modern life, like job interviews, group therapy, sports, and team building. The characters in the game are all novice adventurers, who are preparing to head out on their first real quest.
The Hirelings, a live-action fantasy comedy role-playing game for three to ten players (The more the merrier!)
Designed by Håken Lid and Ole Peder Giæver.
Organized by Shawn Stokes
Sunday, 9 June 2019 from 3 pm to 6 pm
A North Minneapolis nonprofit located near Broadway and Emerson. Players will be given details after they are registered.
Parking on site. Metro Transit lines 5, 14, 30, and 32 stop nearby.
If you are interested in playing, fill out our The Hirelings Sign-Up Form by Sunday, 2 June 11:59 pm. This larp will run as long as we have a minimum player count by this deadline, so please register by or before June 2nd if possible!
UPDATE: This event has been re-scheduled to May 22. Registration is live!
“I think it is about time something was done about the filthy road signs in the neighborhood. I think it’s a bloody disgrace.”
“One might say that one should leave such things to the proper authorities since they have the responsibility.”
“You could pay some of the adorable children from the neighborhood to sweep the area with a nice bucket of soapy water and a sponge; then you would have it fixed in a jiffy.”
“We will get to all that later, surely, but first we have some more important things to discuss.”
The Homeowners Association is at once a humorous caricature of those embroiled in a petty bid for power and a personal drama in which those same people struggle with the demands of their personal lives.
Each board member is defined by their particular manner of phrasing and use of body language, which makes them look rather ridiculous to one another, especially in the board meetings where tempers run high. What begins as a mutual attempt by the board members to desperately try to impose their will on the board meetings and by extension their neighborhood becomes something different as they get to know each other outside of board meetings. What will happen to all of their plans, ideals, and conflicts when they suddenly know their opponents on a personal level?
The Homeowners Association is a comedic live-action scenario about low-stakes high-drama arguments for four players.
Designed by Marie Skouenborg
Organized by TLS
Winner: Otto Award for Best Characters, Fastaval 2017
Winner: Otto Award for Best Scenario, Fastaval 2017
Updated: 22 May 2019 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Updated: Minneapolis Central Library at 300 Nicollet Mall
Paid parking is available; we encourage a car pool or transit!
There is no cost for admission to this event.
If you are interested in playing, fill out our The Homeowners Association sign-up form before Tuesday, 14 May 11:59 pm. This larp will run as long as we have a minimum player count by May 14, so please register by or before then if possible!
Continue reading “Larp House Presents: The Homeowners Association”
Documentation for My Jam
A live-action game about music, magic, and high school drama
Designed by Jeff Dieterle and Eric Mersmann
Organized by Cat Stuntebeck, Jon Cole, and Katherine Shane
Photography by l.p.lade
19 August 2018
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Eight players
The Creative Director is now accepting submissions for fourth-quarter programming.
The connecting theme for this season (October to December) will be:
Festival: Coming together in fading light
Use of the theme is encouraged (although not mandatory). You may interpret the theme literally or figuratively. This is a good opportunity to run larps that tie-in with any of the many holidays that occur during this time period.
Please note it may be difficult to get people together the week of Thanksgiving or Christmas.
We are especially interested in getting submissions from women, LGBTQIA folx, and people of color.
As always, no prior larp organizing is necessary. We will connect you with a member of the Education Committee for help with running a great larp.
If you have an idea for an event you’d like to run, please fill out our handy event submission form by September 16. The Creative Director will review the pitches, and will announce our fall schedule by the end of September.
Photo credit: l.p.lade
Five gay men live together in a shared apartment in New York City. We follow this group of friends over a couple of years in the early 1980s when the AIDS epidemic hit gay communities hard. These men will be personally affected by the AIDS crisis over the course of play.
This larp is a condensed version of the internationally acclaimed Nordic larp Just a Little Lovin’, run in Minnesota last year. The themes of friendship, desire, and death are universal ones. We hope to offer participants new insight on an often overlooked part of US history through this event.
I Say a Little Prayer, a freeform Nordic larp scenario for five players.
Designed by Tor Kjetil Edland
Organized by Jon Cole and l.p.lade
Saturday, 22 September 2018 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
The larp will be held at a private residence in Minneapolis or St. Paul (TBD)
If you are interested in playing, fill out our I Say a Little Prayer sign-up form before 11:59 pm on Wednesday, September 12th. You should know if you are in or out of the larp by Tuesday, September 18th.
We encourage you to sign-up promptly! If we see there are sufficient sign-ups, we may consider adding additional runs. If way way too many people sign up, attendance in the multiple runs will be decided by weighted lottery.
Continue reading “Larp House Presents: I Say a Little Prayer”
We can still handle more players for My Jam on August 19! Late registrations should email larphouse@gmail.com to get the details.
A Combine Citizenship & Immigration Services (COMCIS) agent interviews a refugee at the Immigration and Customs Processing Facility at Camp Marol, planet Sirai.
From Larp House Presents: The Line, July 2018, Minneapolis
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