Table of Contents
August 2001, Volume 1, Issue 2
In Features:
- Sex and the Interactive Drama: Issues of Consent and Harrassment by Brian David Phillips, Ph.D.
Well, it had to happen sometime or another...groups of longtime roleplayers fascinated with the idea of living alternate lives (if only for an afternoon) start getting the itch to taste a little bit more of those alternate lives... More...
- The Carrot, the Stick, and the Box by Dave Coleman
Interesting games usually involve conflict. And for millions of years, give or take, the human species has been working on a pretty good method of conflict resolution. Running the hell away. This is a problem for your average put-upon game writer... More...
- Scenario o1 by Ulf Staflund
Scenario making used to be a solitary process. Scenario o1 puts an end to that. Creative unit: Kalliope, is launching their first annual gathering for Larp- and freeform writers... More...
- El Tanque by Cheryl Costa, Gordon Olmstead-Dean, Rebecca Proch, Anita Szostak
Almost all LARPs have props of some sort. But occasionally the need comes down the pike to build a really big prop. Something you can't throw together in the living room on Friday night... More...
- Ooops!!! by Jim MacDougal
The character Sagittarius Firestar has gifted all the other characters with crystals which she insists must be worn at all times. Unfortunately, only about half the characters have this explained to them... More...
- Playing Nicely by Laura Quimby
For those readers who may not have noticed yet, the Forums area of The LARPer is now alive, well, and available for posting and discussions... More...
In Genres:
- Guns and Death in Tombstone
by Steve Hatherley
I'm currently co-writing a weekend-long Western freeform (which is how we refer to interactive theatre LARPing here in the United Kingdom) in the style of the Cruel Hoax games such as Café Casablanca and The King's Musketeers... More...
- One Writer's View by Stephen McCann
It started, as most games do, with one small idea. I read a book years ago that I really liked -- Silverlock, by John Myers Myers. I remember thinking at the time that the world of Silverlock would be a great place in which to set a game, and I carried that thought with me for a long time.... More...
In Reviews:
- Rules To Live By by Scott Mohnkern
Rules To Live By (RTLB) is an effort to provide a generic gaming system for Live Action Role Playing, or LARPing, similar to what GURPSŪ has done for the table top role playing game. After having used this system for the last 4 years, RTLB makes a valiant effort, and in many times succeeds, in providing a rules system that can be used and modified for almost any LARPing environment... More...
In Editorial:
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