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Joined: Jul 07, 2003 Posts: 606 Location: Mikkeli, Finland
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: Jupe's back, well at least updating his things
Been a long while since I last visited. Had my hands full of our organization's 10th Anniversary. Like year and a half full of larp's. Next weekend will be the last one, the actual gala, which is currently late by few months, but I really don't care.
Last year had some crazy experiences. Skalds singing adapted Beowulf about the deeds of some player heroes. Scifi larps with computers malfunctioning for real and programs disintegrating few hours before the game. Lot's of Lovecraftian mythology. Endless finnish aftergame parties with sauna, booze and wrestling in the snow. Pretty young maidens and bottles of scotch for old dm's like yours truly. And of course, the amazing food our Guild has to offer. I achieved kind of seniority by joining the few finnish DM's that have organized more than 50 larp events during the past 15-20 years or so (mine came in just about 10).
Now, things are moving on. Writing the next true epic campaign, this time visiting my dear HârnWorld. Chronicles of the Lourney Family will begin next may. Another project is kind of Wasted West / Fallout / Paranoia style game called Vault 22, with around 300-400 players. And our fourth medieval Cthulhu game with about 150-200 players. So the future looks nice for the Guild and me.
Now, I would like to hear from you guys since I've been away too long to read all the new posts _________________ Very few rules, very good games and ... Awesome food.
Joined: Jul 12, 2002 Posts: 1060 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject:
Hey Jupe, nice to hear from you. That computer meltdown sounds painful, definitely one of the dangers of a high-tech larp.
I'm not doing as much larping or forum-whoring as usual since Mordavia finished in 2006, focusing on real life for a while but still have a lot of larp projects ideas bubbling away.
Joined: Jul 07, 2003 Posts: 606 Location: Mikkeli, Finland
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:03 am Post subject:
Well, all good things come to an end. I managed to kill my Druid-campaign (finally) even though there has been nightmares about hosting one more event...
Work and studies take a ton of my time, but then again, I kind of cherish the moments when I have time to do some serious writing. It has also forced me to work with realistic deadlines. Players seem to appreciate that _________________ Very few rules, very good games and ... Awesome food.
Joined: Jul 12, 2002 Posts: 1060 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject:
Yeah, coming to an end had been the plan for years and it was just a matter of the course of play reaching a natural conclusion. It was a classic "big bad enemy wants to destroy the world" setting, so the natural end came when the enemy was defeated. I would have been equally happy if it had ended with the world being destroyed, though.
Funny you should mention nightmares. I don't think I've had any about the end of Mordavia, but when we were starting it I had nightmares about running really bad games. Good motivation to do them well! I don't think those dreams are much use to you now that you've finished Druid though.
I think I need some downtime after five years of running a campaign, it's not just that I have a lot on in real life (although I do), I need some time to not be trying to entertain a hundred-odd people for a while.
Joined: Jul 07, 2003 Posts: 606 Location: Mikkeli, Finland
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:59 am Post subject:
Heh. I had down time few years ago. Now back in business. Endless projects... Luckily I am strong enough to dictate my own schedule _________________ Very few rules, very good games and ... Awesome food.
Joined: Jan 15, 2002 Posts: 337 Location: Virginia, USA
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:09 am Post subject:
I've been working on a trio of LARPs based on Broadway Musicals. The first one was an amazing success and I'm hip deep in writing for the second one. And then, after the third one, I'm semi-retiring. No more big, weekend long, 70+ player larps for me.
Joined: Jul 12, 2002 Posts: 1060 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject:
That's not retirement, that's just a late onset of sanity. Organising big weekend games for fun is like running marathons: it's as much a mental illness as a pastime.
Joined: Jul 07, 2003 Posts: 606 Location: Mikkeli, Finland
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:19 am Post subject:
Damn. I am so long behind Ryan and Eldrad in my posting totals. I need to start spamming again.
Update on Jupe :
Got engaged year ago, the big day is in 2011.
Still writing larp's, currently running HârnWorld based campaign (low fantasy) , still building Vault 22 (see before) and lot's of one shots (just to mention a few : Ars Magica, Hobbits, WW2-Ravenloft crossover) ...
Just spent 4.5 months this spring as a social worker in a boarding school that teaches via larping (in Denmark), visited Knutepunkt 2009 in Norway and Festeval 2009 & European LARP Convention 2009 in Denmark, thinking of going to Germany for Mittelpunk 2010. Lot's of Conventions.
I am also thinking of creating a LARP about problems that disabled people have in Belarus (to be played in Belarus), making this project with the local human's right group.
That's the update. Now more posts to take back my posting King status _________________ Very few rules, very good games and ... Awesome food.
Joined: Aug 24, 2002 Posts: 746 Location: New England
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:48 am Post subject:
The day I lose interest in LRP/LARP is the day I shuffle off the mortal coil as it were. Sure whne I get up there in years I might not be able to participate in a physical level. But wouldn't stop me from running or helping out.
Ryan as far as sanity goes. Only if LRP/LARP has made your mundne life a mess. There is a happy medium where both can exist.
Jupe great to see you have returned.
Now as far as LRP/LARPS based on broadway shows. Nope not gonna touch them. If I was going to base off anything.. It would be off of Shakespeare plays.. Or for a more modern style.. A Alice in wonderland kind of LRP/LARP. _________________ Just when you thought the worse was over. Here I am. :0)
Joined: Dec 14, 2005 Posts: 90 Location: Aalborg, Denmark
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject:
European larp convention...
yes, it would be nice to get some info about how it went.
(the organizes did way to little work on getting particepans in my opinion... at least here in DK)
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