If all the world’s a stage, identity is nothing but a costume.” -Lana Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski, Sense8 “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person; give him a mask, and he’ll tell you the truth.” -Maxwell Demon, fictionalized glam-rock persona from Velvet Goldmine, paraphrasing Oscar Wilde At an after-school program at […]
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Alchemical Gaming: A New (Old) Vision for Positive Bleed
(Note: This article is a draft, intended for eventual publication on nordiclarp.org. It has been edited by me, but not by one of their editors yet, so it may differ from the final version. I decided it was time to post it, because it represents the most complete and concise presentation of these ideas that […]
The Power of Positive Bleed
Originally posted at The Space Between Stories. I’ve spent a lot of time on this blog discussing the negative bleed and how players can cope with it (the most prominent blog here); I suggest giving it a read in conjunction with this blog. However, I believe one of the most powerful, wonderful things about LARP is […]
A Preliminary Toolkit, from Living Games 2018
For anyone who missed my workshop on Alchemical Gaming at Living Games Conference 2018 and wanted to be there, here are the worksheet and handouts that we used. I revised them a bit in response to feedback from the participants. This is by far the most concisely and clearly I’ve ever been able to present this material, […]
The Alchemical Gaming Manifesto
Originally published on Chance’s personal blog, Boundary Crosser. It’s mind-boggling to me that I’ve been playing role-playing games for 20 years now – about two thirds of my life – but when I stop to think about it, it’s really not that surprising. I was the kind of kid who had a very active fantasy […]