Not a real doctor
@simonb.bsky.social
Lapsed-writer, ex-DJ, wants to be an academic again (is, in fact a real doctor) , old goth, larp designer, neurodiverse like light through a prism, poet before sunrise. Poster-child for burnout (Complex, Brooding, Challenging)
A photo taken at Conscience. It was a difficult larp for me to play but I learned so much from it. (There's pretty much a chapter on it in my thesis.) It contained one of the best and one of the worst scenes of my 40+ year larping career.
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A photo taken at Conscience. It was a difficult larp for me to play but I learned so much from it. (There's pretty much a chapter on it in my thesis.) It contained one of the best and one of the worst scenes of my 40+ year larping career.
Happy Halloween.
One day remaining for a chance to get a physical copy of the Scriptbook for the larp Gothic for only €22
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
One day remaining for a chance to get a physical copy of the Scriptbook for the larp Gothic for only €22
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Happy Halloween.
One day remaining for a chance to get a physical copy of the Scriptbook for the larp Gothic for only €22
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
One day remaining for a chance to get a physical copy of the Scriptbook for the larp Gothic for only €22
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
offered without context
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
offered without context
One of the scenography twists from Gothic was replacing some of the props with others when the players were not looking. Everything here is edible, including the worms!
October 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
One of the scenography twists from Gothic was replacing some of the props with others when the players were not looking. Everything here is edible, including the worms!
We've cut the price of the the script book for Gothic to approx €22 (that is €10 off) until November 1st. In order to get a copy though you have to perform a strange ritual. This involves being signed in to DriveThruRPG AND setting the sinister sigil that shows adult content.
October 4, 2025 at 5:39 AM
We've cut the price of the the script book for Gothic to approx €22 (that is €10 off) until November 1st. In order to get a copy though you have to perform a strange ritual. This involves being signed in to DriveThruRPG AND setting the sinister sigil that shows adult content.
There is only one week left to sign-up for the B Movie larp. Come and make movie magic with us next summer.
www.bmovie.org
www.bmovie.org
August 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There is only one week left to sign-up for the B Movie larp. Come and make movie magic with us next summer.
www.bmovie.org
www.bmovie.org
The KP Book 2026 needs you!
We’re seeking contributions for the book that will accompany this year’s Knutpunkt conference, and we need your help!
(KP is the annual Nordic larp gathering, this year it will be hosted in Sweden)
We’re seeking contributions for the book that will accompany this year’s Knutpunkt conference, and we need your help!
(KP is the annual Nordic larp gathering, this year it will be hosted in Sweden)
August 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The KP Book 2026 needs you!
We’re seeking contributions for the book that will accompany this year’s Knutpunkt conference, and we need your help!
(KP is the annual Nordic larp gathering, this year it will be hosted in Sweden)
We’re seeking contributions for the book that will accompany this year’s Knutpunkt conference, and we need your help!
(KP is the annual Nordic larp gathering, this year it will be hosted in Sweden)
Larper bookshelves, a study in storage and taxonomy
August 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Larper bookshelves, a study in storage and taxonomy
Happy Star Trek Day!
May 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Happy Star Trek Day!
The
@avalonlarpstudio.bsky.social
crew are heading to Poland next month to meet up with our friends at
@wonderlarp.bsky.social
to start work on a new project for next year! We've actually been working on it since 2020!
@avalonlarpstudio.bsky.social
crew are heading to Poland next month to meet up with our friends at
@wonderlarp.bsky.social
to start work on a new project for next year! We've actually been working on it since 2020!
April 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The
@avalonlarpstudio.bsky.social
crew are heading to Poland next month to meet up with our friends at
@wonderlarp.bsky.social
to start work on a new project for next year! We've actually been working on it since 2020!
@avalonlarpstudio.bsky.social
crew are heading to Poland next month to meet up with our friends at
@wonderlarp.bsky.social
to start work on a new project for next year! We've actually been working on it since 2020!
In parallel we are looking for locations in Scandinavia (ideally Sweden) that would work as a 360° representation of a detention centre. Somewhere with a bleak institutional vibe. I'm not sure if we can find anywhere like the Gaol in the UK though
April 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In parallel we are looking for locations in Scandinavia (ideally Sweden) that would work as a 360° representation of a detention centre. Somewhere with a bleak institutional vibe. I'm not sure if we can find anywhere like the Gaol in the UK though
details of props and scenography, and this one even has poetry, and recipies for the food we served for the original runs based on Regency-era dishes.
More than anything though, I kind of want to play this game; it looked pretty awesome.
More than anything though, I kind of want to play this game; it looked pretty awesome.
April 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
details of props and scenography, and this one even has poetry, and recipies for the food we served for the original runs based on Regency-era dishes.
More than anything though, I kind of want to play this game; it looked pretty awesome.
More than anything though, I kind of want to play this game; it looked pretty awesome.
One of the programme items at KP25 was a showing of the Documentary film 'Remember That Time' which was about grief but made use of the larp of the same name by @martinemonster.bsky.social - it was the first time many of the cast had seen it. I cried
March 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
One of the programme items at KP25 was a showing of the Documentary film 'Remember That Time' which was about grief but made use of the larp of the same name by @martinemonster.bsky.social - it was the first time many of the cast had seen it. I cried
This is concise compared to some legacy systems from the 80s. Our roots in TRPGs were very clearly on display
March 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This is concise compared to some legacy systems from the 80s. Our roots in TRPGs were very clearly on display
I have spent the weekend with the @avalonlarpstudio.bsky.social collective, doing creative things snd reconnecting with everyone. At one point we had to go out into the snow to track a strange animal. We think it is a fox footprint, but it was 10cm long at least
February 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I have spent the weekend with the @avalonlarpstudio.bsky.social collective, doing creative things snd reconnecting with everyone. At one point we had to go out into the snow to track a strange animal. We think it is a fox footprint, but it was 10cm long at least
So what if Jane Austen was the leader of a Diabolic cult. Madder, Badder, and far more dangerous to know than Byron? Dark secrets hidden beneath a mask of manners.
January 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
So what if Jane Austen was the leader of a Diabolic cult. Madder, Badder, and far more dangerous to know than Byron? Dark secrets hidden beneath a mask of manners.
[Knutepunkt Journal 25 “Anatomy of Larp Thoughts: a Breathing Corpus”
- Pre-ordered books and the PoD-version]
fantasiforbundet.hoopla.no/event/144468...
The journal features a variety of thought-provoking articles ...
- Pre-ordered books and the PoD-version]
fantasiforbundet.hoopla.no/event/144468...
The journal features a variety of thought-provoking articles ...
January 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
[Knutepunkt Journal 25 “Anatomy of Larp Thoughts: a Breathing Corpus”
- Pre-ordered books and the PoD-version]
fantasiforbundet.hoopla.no/event/144468...
The journal features a variety of thought-provoking articles ...
- Pre-ordered books and the PoD-version]
fantasiforbundet.hoopla.no/event/144468...
The journal features a variety of thought-provoking articles ...
and Avalon, ran half way up a mountain in Poland on a site that had a replica medieval village and a genuine neolithic stone circle!
(Photo by Nadina Dobrowolska)
(Photo by Nadina Dobrowolska)
January 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
and Avalon, ran half way up a mountain in Poland on a site that had a replica medieval village and a genuine neolithic stone circle!
(Photo by Nadina Dobrowolska)
(Photo by Nadina Dobrowolska)
Gothic in a 19th Century Manor House - a little later than 1816, but the interiors needed hardly anything to make them fit the aesthetic
January 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Gothic in a 19th Century Manor House - a little later than 1816, but the interiors needed hardly anything to make them fit the aesthetic
The Last Song ran at Yxengaard, a replica viking-era village built out in the woods of Northern Denmark
January 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The Last Song ran at Yxengaard, a replica viking-era village built out in the woods of Northern Denmark
The Quota ran in a disused prison outside of Leicester; as the location had actually been used as a refugee detention centre in its past it was horribly perfect. (Photo by Oliver Facey)
January 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The Quota ran in a disused prison outside of Leicester; as the location had actually been used as a refugee detention centre in its past it was horribly perfect. (Photo by Oliver Facey)
[26th January, 2018, London City Airport, England]
“I had previously acknowledged that the replica cap gun purchased for Conscience had the weight and heft of the real thing. Enough so that I contacted the airline to ensure I would be permitted to travel with it.
“I had previously acknowledged that the replica cap gun purchased for Conscience had the weight and heft of the real thing. Enough so that I contacted the airline to ensure I would be permitted to travel with it.
January 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
[26th January, 2018, London City Airport, England]
“I had previously acknowledged that the replica cap gun purchased for Conscience had the weight and heft of the real thing. Enough so that I contacted the airline to ensure I would be permitted to travel with it.
“I had previously acknowledged that the replica cap gun purchased for Conscience had the weight and heft of the real thing. Enough so that I contacted the airline to ensure I would be permitted to travel with it.
I have found some of the early design sketches that feed into some of the photos. These are by Charlie Ashby. In the end we made the guns in Christmas Camo
January 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I have found some of the early design sketches that feed into some of the photos. These are by Charlie Ashby. In the end we made the guns in Christmas Camo