Why do people record their live-action online game sessions? How can we benefit from such recordings, aka Actual Plays? What is their history and how would we define some of the basic concepts?

Adrian Hermann and I wrote an article about these topics for the annual conference book accompanying the Knutepunkt / Solmukohta conference. It can now be found pre-published on Nordic Larp.

https://nordiclarp.org/2024/02/29/actual-plays-of-live-action-online-games-laogs/

#actualPlay #LAOG #larp #ttrpg #indieRPG #nordicLarp #solmukohta #knutepunkt #knudepunkt #onlineLarp #digitalLarp #rpg #academicRPG

Actual Plays of Live-Action Online Games (LAOGs) – Nordic Larp

Why make recordings of larps played online? Read about the reasons for doing so, the history of the activity, and the considerations involved.

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Gestern habe ich eine Runde After Dark gespielt.
Wir haben eine Familie gespielt, die sich ein letztes mal in einem Textchat getroffen hat. Da Geräusche und Licht angeblich die Graue Pest anziehen, eine tödliche Seuche.

Dieser Setup in einer zugrunde gehenden Welt noch mal eine schöne Familienzusammenkunft zu haben hat mich total fasziniert. Diese Kombination aus Verzweiflung und Hoffnung war echt stark.

Grosse Empfehlung. Auch als Kontrast zu Alice is Missing.

#pnpde #bleed #laog

13. larp: I was about to say I’ve never done a larp, but more like I’ve never done a LARP - running around in a field and so on.

I’ve done real time freeform scenes, Alice is Missing (media as message makes it a stealth larp, right?), Fiasco plays that were almost entirely in-character, and facilitated some #LAOG (live action online games).

My favourite among those: *Long Time Listener, Last Time Caller* where you’re on mic as a radio call in host during an emerging apocalypse.

I haven't done an #introduction since the latest wave of new people here.

I'm Gerrit, living in #Bonn, #Germany. I enjoy #TTRPG and #LAOG (live-action online games). My games can be found here: https://alles-ist-zahl.blogspot.com/2022/09/my-rpg-work.html

I'm a #SocialDemocrat, and as such member of the Integrationsrat of Bonn.

I live with my family in a 20 people community housing project where we live as sustainable and resource efficient as possible. #mietshäusersyndikat

I consider myself #feminist and #ClimateCrisis aware

My RPG work

A blog mainly about roleplaying games and subculture, mostly in German.