Aug 4, 2017
In this episode, Mo Turkington from Unruly Designs joins Dirk and
Kathryn to discuss LARPs and specifically chamber LARPs focused on
women in WWII. The conversation also touches on the roles LARPs can
have in understanding social privilege. --------------------- Mo
Turkington - unrulydesigns.com, moyra@unrulydesigns.com Dirk
Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, artana.com, dirk@artana.com Kathryn Hymes -
@chicalashaw, thornygames.com --------------------- Episode Outline
0:14 Mo introduced and background 0:49 What is a LARP? 2:02 How
does the idea of a LARP fit into Nightingales? 4:18 What attracts
Mo to the subject of historical LARP? 8:53 As a designer how do you
approach the historical details? 11:43 What are the concrete goals
a LARP player has? 17:20 Are LARP games meant to be replayed? 19:51
Differences between LARP and tabletop games 20:40 Onboarding and
Offboarding mechanics 25:54 Privilege Lines 29:51 Debreifs 35:12
The changing narratives of LARP, RPG and tabletop games 40:17
What's the right way to play a LARP for the uninitiated? 44:00 Wrap
up and contact information