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Make a Scene! Scenario Festival

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North America’s European-style larp festival returns on August 22 - 24, 2025 in Minneapolis. Make a Scene is the only stand-alone festival this side of the Atlantic that premieres brand new larps organized around a bespoke theme. www.makeascenemn.org

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Make a Scene! Scenario Festival @makeascenemn.bsky.social · Mar 27

We are thrilled to announce the scenarios that will world-premiere at our festival! Our festival’s theme is Under the Surface, and the scenario authors offer many different interpretations of it. Start your own investigation using the link below!

A human figure stands over a box, having just opened it. Within the box is something glowing and energy and wind are rushing out of it. 2025 Scenarios Revealed! Make a Scene!

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Ellarion Tales @ellariontales.bsky.social · 9d

Welcome to follow Ellarion Tales, the new home of Odysseus and beyond! Odysseus is returning as a recurring event with an upgraded permanent spaceship through crowdfunding.

Read our full blog post: ellariontales.com/blog/blog1-b...
Join our mailing list at ellariontales.com/newsletter

Back to the Stars: Odysseus Awaits

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Markus Montola @montola.bsky.social · 2d

I wish there was a Facebook-like social media, where you could write shortish larp reports and discuss with right people.

I would basically that the most things that were not great in Odysseus were great in Eclipse, and most things that were not great in Eclipse were great in Odysseus. And why.

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Dr. July Pilowsky @pilowsky.me · 3d

Decorating my apartment with signed posters of the larps I’ve written for @makeascenemn.bsky.social

A white hallway with posters for the larps Desaparecides and The Language of Bones.

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MaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · 4d

“Since I realize that I'm hardly unique, I mask to prevent spreading anything I might pick up to those who may be vulnerable or have vulnerable loved ones.”—Jon @dabunny42.bsky.social recently got the vax & posed for @msjulieslam.bsky.social #MaskTogetherAmerica at a @makeascenemn.bsky.social event

Jon, wearing glasses, a @3m Aura N95 respirator, a brown T-shirt with Cookie Monster cartoon inside a circular frame made out of illustration of ribbons and text that saya “Cookies - Gratia - Cookies” and “Tasty” on the left side and “Om Nom Nom Nom” on the top, and an illustration of a chocolate chip cookie at the bottom.

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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 8d

"Cosplaying" and "larping" are real activities done by real people, and using these terms as slang for "pretending to be someone you're not, for political purposes" does indeed alienate those of us who take part in these activities.

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Tabletop Arts Fund @tabletopartsfund.org · 16d

Previous winners have received more than 100 nominations and three dozen awards at festivals on four continents. Now it's your turn! The Tabletop Arts Fund is proud to announce our 2026 Actual Play Grants.

📅 Submissions close October 31, 2025.
👉 Apply now: apply.tabletoparts.fund/ActualPlay2026

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 16d

one more game project would fix me

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Alex Roberts @helloalexroberts.bsky.social · 18d

Can't overstate this! It feels wonderful to know that someone had a good time with your game. It's not just that they appreciate your work. Someone's day, maybe a day with their friends, got better because of something you put into the world. It's a special feeling.

momatoes @momatoes.com · 18d

If you enjoyed a game on Itch, leave a comment!

Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.

Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.

Like a game? Comment away!

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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 19d

At @qgcon.bsky.social for like one whole hour this weekend and managed to catch this amazingly titled @lackingceremony.bsky.social talk which unlike her I am 100% certain also applies to boardgames (and 45% sure for digital experiences)

Slide: loose touchable design for leaky, excitable creature - strategies for tabletop roleplaying game design that stays embodied and immersive (Avery Alder)

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Minicon @minicon-mnstf.bsky.social · 22d

Now would be a good time to remind you all that Minicon 59 is Easter 2026 - mnstf.org/minicon59/ -
and Minicon 60 will be Easter 2027

Minicon 59: April 2½ – 5, 2026

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Kathryn Yu @kathrynyu.com · 23d

Nathan Fielder is actually a master at creating immersive theatre

No I will not be taking any questions

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Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social · 25d

Did you know? Talking about games and thinking about games and writing about games are all cool but are still way less cool than playing games?

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Make a Scene! Scenario Festival @makeascenemn.bsky.social · 27d

We were so happy to have your scenario premiere at our festival! Good luck at @omenstar.bsky.social's The Smoke!

Melissa Song Loong @melissasl.bsky.social · 27d

Seriously moved to have received this larp poster from Make A Scene

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jay Dragon is away from keyboard @jdragsky.bsky.social · Sep 16

i think a lot of conversations about whether or not a game "is safe" would be more productively shaped by:

- how risky is this game
- are players aware of and consenting to this risk
- what are tools players can use to mitigate risk

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The Forge VTT @forgevtt.bsky.social · Sep 9

📣 We heard your questions after our recent ToS update, and we’ve published a clarification to clear things up.

📝 A new FAQ is now live, addressing the most common concerns and providing transparency about recent sanctions changes.

We strongly encourage all users to review it. 👇

#update #theforge

Israel Sanctions Q&A

Hi everyone, Following our announcement on August 20th 2025 of adding Israel to the list of sanctioned countries in our Terms of Service, we've received a large number of user questions and some hate ...

blog.forge-vtt.com

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Graham Walmsley @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here's a thread on how to win a Golden Cobra. I've won it twice and judged it once, not that that's any guarantee.

(Golden Cobra is a larp competition, which launched today, and you should totally enter).

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The Golden Cobra Challenge @goldencobra.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Golden Cobra Challenge 2025 is NOW LIVE!

Get your gamesss in by October 13th!

goldencobra.org

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Make a Scene! Scenario Festival @makeascenemn.bsky.social · Sep 8

As an exciting bonus, Make a Scene alumi Kat Jones and Margo Gray are judges!

Make a Scene! Scenario Festival @makeascenemn.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Golden Cobras are live! This month-long larp-writing competition produces weird and wonderful stuff every year. Will something you write be amongst the contenders?

Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social · Sep 8

Theme: Connection & Community. A game that makes you feel a lasting sense of connection, makes you feel capable of working with others, rekindles your faith in other humans, leaves players feeling empowered, and/or leaves you feeling seen and connected, be that socially, intimately, or spiritually.

The Golden Cobra Challenge @goldencobra.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Golden Cobra Challenge 2025 is NOW LIVE!

Get your gamesss in by October 13th!

goldencobra.org

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The Golden Cobra Challenge @goldencobra.bsky.social · Sep 4

Ssssssseptember 8

SSSOON

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Chronic Insanity @chronicinsanity.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is a first for us!

We are incredibly happy to announce All Falls Down: Sorroborough, our latest play-at-home experience based on our critically acclaimed immersive show of the same name :)

All Falls Down: Sorroborough

A play-at-home English-language Jubensha where your friends are both your allies… and your suspects.

www.kickstarter.com

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · Aug 30

A website that lets you select a country or state and move it around a Mercator projection map to yield better size comparisons.

thetruesize.com, created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice

Five rescaled maps of Minnesota on a Mercator projection map, covering 1) a large part of northern Greenland, 2) a large part of northern Scandinavia, 3) a part of central Europe, 4) a region of southern India, 5) a region of southeastern Australia.

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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · Aug 31

Despite decades of talking about agency in gaming, our discussions remain in their infancy *precisely* because no off-the-shelf taxonomy can capture the liberation some players feel while being directed down a narrow lane with a forced decision, or the andiety some feel when co-creating.

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MaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · Aug 31

“As a sex educator, I know that using barrier methods are key tools for preventing the spread of epidemic HIV. COVID is a pandemic, so you better believe I keep masks with me.” — Jon Cole, organizer of the Make a Scene Festival in MN. @Makeascenemn.bsky.social follows anti-COVID protocols.

Behind the 3M V-flex N95 respirator installed with a sip valve is Jon Cole, who is wearing glasses and a T-shirt that shows a black and white illustration of a head breaking apart, and Make a Scene’s roleplay festival’s theme: “Under the Surface”.

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Make a Scene! Scenario Festival @makeascenemn.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Erratic Tachyon Staccatoe by Jae Krehbiel

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Make a Scene! Scenario Festival @makeascenemn.bsky.social · Aug 28

Jae Krehbiel just premiered a scenario at our festival, and they also released a new micro-game called Erratic Tachyon Staccatoe. This fifteen minute diversion is a sci-fi epic about warring empires claiming territory in a new subspace fold. Be sure to mark X or O to claim sector of space!