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The judgemental mirror | The workshop handbook

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Methods for larp workshops. This exercise experiments with a characters perception of how others perceive him or her. The group writes down around seven actions that can be taken in social situations, which the person later has to perform nonverbally in front of them. While this is going on, the person playing the character should leave the group. This should take a maximum of five minutes. Smiling at the family. Looking serious in front of the family. Kneeling and asking her to marry him. When all the n...

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Slow-mo fight sequence | The workshop handbook

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Methods for larp workshops. Creating group background, collective memories. Fun. Divide players in groups of 5-10 with a GM for each group. Briefly, sort out character relations. Instruct the players to agree on a point in their group background where fighting was about to occur. The scene is played in ultra rapid slow motion. The GM plays all antagonistic forces. The GM helps to stimulate the narrative, but whenever the players take control the GM can let go of telling the story. Enter your comment here.

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svejdemo | The workshop handbook

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Methods for larp workshops. Constructive Bickering as a larp technique. Get participants comfortable with screaming and arguing with each other; get them to understand how easy it is to change the atmosphere of a group when other players are good at listening. Make small slips of paper with the bickering instructions. Give two each to the players and tell them to not show the others. Let the players know that they have to try to get the group, at one point or other, to turn towards fulfilling the...Durat...

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Samurais and ninjas | The workshop handbook

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Methods for larp workshops. Fun, concentration, communication, working with core. Instruct the players to stand in a circle and instruct them in the three movements and sounds they can make. 1) Samurai: Sound = Haa’a ; Movement = lift folded hands over head (as if they were a sword). 2) Ninjas: Sound = Ho ; Movement = chop with folded hands towards the belly of the samurai. 3) Samurai: Sound = Hai ; Movement = Point to another person in the circle with your folded hands. Describe in detail →. You are com...

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Peter Munthe-Kaas | The workshop handbook

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Methods for larp workshops. Workshop Practice, in Practice. Mo Holkar has written a piece on the elements of a larp workshop. Check it out. Workshop Practice, in Practice A Functional Workshop Structure Method. Instruct the players to stand in a circle, with the left foot towards the center. Then instruct them to rub their hands together until they are nice and warm (energized). Then instruct them to slowly bring the top hand up above their heads. It end when you have done it🙂. 2) Ninjas: Sound = Ho ; M...

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Hugs! | The workshop handbook

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Methods for larp workshops. Establishing physical connection between players. Illustrating personal boundaries. Tell the players that they are going to hug. Help them pair up in an inclusive fashion. Have them to stand facing each other at arms length. Tell them to look each other in the eyes. Tell them to wrap their arms around each other and hug. When every last player has called the safe word. Or, something like 10 minutes of hugging (if they keep hugging). Culture calibration in pre-larp workshops.

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jonatangedda | The workshop handbook

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Methods for larp workshops. Creating group background, collective memories. Fun. Divide players in groups of 5-10 with a GM for each group. Briefly, sort out character relations. Instruct the players to agree on a point in their group background where fighting was about to occur. The scene is played in ultra rapid slow motion. The GM plays all antagonistic forces. The GM helps to stimulate the narrative, but whenever the players take control the GM can let go of telling the story. Instead of hugging, hav...

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Confessing, Gossipping and Confronting as conscious tools for a better larp. | The workshop handbook

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Methods for larp workshops. Confessing, Gossipping and Confronting as conscious tools for a better larp. NB: If you are familiar with the term narrativist larping style, this fits into that style. If not, don’t worry about it. Duration: 30 minutes to 60 minutes, depending on the tim you have. Goal: Get participants to think consciously about how social interactions like confessions, spreading rumors and confronting other players in interventions makes sure more people get in on the fun of social larping.

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Flow | The workshop handbook

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Methods for larp workshops. Is the mental state of operation in which a person in an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. Proposed by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, the positive psychology concept has been widely referenced across a variety of fields. It is important that the workshop feels like a safe space for the players and as an organizer you need to be attentive to the needs of both the group as a whole and specific play...