Larp Alchemy Training Course #3

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 GOALS

- Explore advanced levels and new trends in the LARP (Live Action Role Play) design;

- Play, share, test, create, and adapt various LARP scenarios;

- Analyze the learning potential and social impact of LARP;

- Empower the larping community and connections across European countries.

 THEME: “CONFLICT”

In the next chapter of our alchemist’ journals, we want to go further and more in depth of the four elements we distilled at the first gathering. 

Our main focus this time will be CONFLICT. 

We will try to find the recipes for good conflicts to fuel our storylines. We will unfold what makes larp character a good antagonist. We will look closer at the mechanics for causing and resolving conflicts. And we will think how to amplify in-game conflict in practical design like scenography and costumes.

Why CONFLICT?

Because LARP is a wonderful tool which enables the players to engage in various strifes (physical, psychological, political, symbolic) within the safe environment of a game. The experience of conflict, as long as it stays between the role-played characters and does not emerge between the players themselves, has a deep learning and transformative potential, which we intend to explore during the 7 days of this unique training.

After all, we want to empower an even more loving and supporting international community of gamers and educators, ready to implement together LARP as tool for social change in various places and contexts.

TRAINERS

Marcin “Słowik” Słowikowski

Culture expert, communication specialist, larp designer, promoter, and critic based in Poland. Co-founder of LubLarp and LarpVenture, Co-organizer of Kola and Portal 10 conference, TEDx speaker. Author of award-winning larps System and Nightclub. He loves character and story-driven designs, heavy plots with twists and ambiguities, playing on characters’ relations and emotions. He thinks larps have a great impact on people and can bring a lot of valuable life lessons about ourselves and the world around us.

Patrycja Paula Gas

Anthropologist, lecturer, youth worker, trainer in the field of social and intercultural competencies. Co-founder of Nausika Educational Foundation. Passionate about non-formal learning approach, especially using LARP as a transformative and educational tool. Co-organizer of 7 years of Gimle Larp in Sweden http://gimlelarp.com/ and of Portal 10th Larp Conference in Poland http://www.portal10.pl/. Her motto: Flow - Unlearn - Revolve.

Wojciech Nowak

Member of Nausika team: volunteer coordinator and Hub keeper. LARP and workshop facilitator. Translator of “Fortitude” - Nausika’s eduLARP about climate change, which was played in many places from Polish high schools to Columbia. One of his goals is to explore games as a tool for personal development and community building. 

Zbyszek Janczukowicz

Founder of Nausika Educational Foundation. Coordinator of various European LARP projects, including Portal Larp Conference, Larp For Climate project, Forgotten Gods urban game. Teacher of philosophy and ethics by education. Collector of historical board games and weird chess variants. Tirelessly exploring LARP as a tool of social change and personal development. 

LOCAL LARPs

The participants from each country must organize 1 LARP event in their country within 4 months after the Training. 

We will assist and support you online with this task. This time, there is no budget provided for this from the project, so you’re encouraged to look for economical yet impactful games.