Things I Love Thursday: Now With 100% More Bow Tie

I’d Love To Play This Between Mods, In the Tavern ~ Ephemeral Spats ~ Girl Scouts Game Design Patch ~ So You Want To Be A Cosplayer ~ Tea Cup Lights 

Video Source. I’d like to throw in my own two cents about what I view as some of the ways larps aren’t inclusive, and why people might not choose to change that. Larps take time; boffer larps often last two whole days from start to finish. That choice will have an exclusionary effect on people who can’t take off the two days you pick- so your options are to have a shorter game, or alternative dates, or some other thing. You can also choose to organize your game so that the majority of the players you already have can make it, but new players who aren’t free on those dates will still be SOL.

But you as group might not have the funds to reserve a site multiple times, or the time to run the game several weekends. And you as a group might want to experience the immersion of a days-long game, so shortening the time period will fundamentally change the nature of the experience. Shortening it will also be somewhat exclusionary to people who have a hard time role-playing and need the time to get into character and really experience the game.

The point being that nearly every design choice will affect someone negatively. You can’t get away from that, so make those choices carefully and thoughtfully.

larpbitches:

This is the “first” episode of LARP Bitches. We’ll be posting every week to two weeks. 

Emergency addition to this week’s Things I Love Thursday. I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about this, and then I heard: “Never run a mod that requires a greased pig.”

I think you and I are gonna get along, ladies.

Things I Love Thursday: Now With More Bear Fights

Consider the Cup Game (Princess Bride) ~ Throne of the Crescent Moon Chapter 1 ~ Group Sex in the Animal Kingdom (NSFW) ~ Scientists Test Hypothesis, Learn New Things (Specifically, Americans are Weird) ~ Speaking of Which, Do Nouns or Verbs Come First? ~ The Ballad of Robert Charles, or How Anti-Heroes Are Born ~ Japanese  Celtic Steampunk ~ An Old Brothel Menu (NSFW, unless you work in a brothel, I suppose) ~ Dense & Difficult