Tag: debriefing
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Our Bodies Know What’s Real
(Featured Photo by Ardian Lumi on Unsplash) “Your body doesn’t know that was pretend.” If you have ever been in one of my debriefs or spoken to me after a game, it’s likely you have heard some version of this. While our minds know we were just playing characters and nothing happened in the game…
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Larping Can Be Addictive
Like any form of gaming, larping can be as addictive as gambling. Learn to recognize the symptoms of addiction to larping in yourself and others.
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Permission to Grieve (in Gaming…)
(Cover photo by Bret Lehne at Inside Hamlet 2017, Run 2.) This blog is a touch more personal than I usually write, but sometimes the personal can help you reflect on things professionally. I hope people take the lesson from this that I did, and my own reflections help others see their work and ability…
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The Debrief Toolbox
Debriefing after an intense game is both difficult and essential for a variety of reasons. To those unfamiliar with the concept of a debrief, it is an exercise in separating a player’s mindset from the game world. Sometimes it discusses events of the game, favorite character moments, how to separate oneself as a player from…
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(Negative) Bleed & You…
Someone asked if I’d put up a post about bleed so here it goes. A lot of wise posts have been made before which I will link in the comments but here are my personal thoughts. Bleed, much like meta, is neither good nor bad. It just is. It is something that almost every LARPer…
The Space Between Stories 