Pourquoi vous ne devriez pas utiliser d’IA pour vos jeux
(In French)The use of LLMs is growing in society, and all the more so in the world of LARP. But this use is not without its problems, be they social, environmental, technical or otherwise. Here's a brief overview of why...
Sculpter les histoires : le GN en tant qu’objet culturel et artistique
(In French)Life-size role-playing has always been at the heart of a wide range of artistic practices, from writing to set design, costume design to music. It is, by its very nature, on the borderline between improvisational theater and identification play....
Designing for hope in a hopeless world
When we're talking about larping for transformation, it feels like the focus is far too often on the experiences lived through suffering. We change perspectives by embodying stories that give us insights in why people commit horrible acts, in how...
La langue des signes : une langue vivante en transformation perpétuelle !
(In French)With the ultimate aim of making LARP accessible to deaf signers, I invite you to transform your view of sign language and start learning it through this participatory conference! Everyone's heard of sign language. But do you know the...
Produire de la fête, de la violence, de l’intimité : une diatribe sur le travail invisible
(In French) En Anglais, on appelle ça un « pet peeve » : un sujet duquel on ne résiste jamais à se plaindre. Moi, c’est la production d’affects en GN. On dit qu’on veut une fête; mais qui >produit< la fête ?...
Larp and intimacy : transformative play in sex larps
I'll be presenting a collection of testimonials and feedback from participants and organizers of events combining larp with sensuality and/or sexuality. Mystery, and often rejection, surrounds these events, which are often organized on a confidential basis. Many people talk about...
What if ? Deux runs d’un GN – deux ambiances
(In French)Have you ever finished a LARP and thought “What if I'd done it differently...?” Or “Why did the group go off in this direction?” “At what point did the collective scenario branch off this way?” Have you ever rewatched...
Playrasmus : sois le héros de ta propre histoire !
(In French) This is feedback on an Erasmus + project carried out at the secondary school in the Paris suburbs where I teach French. The initial idea was to enable pupils who had more or less broken away from the...
Et si j’ai pas envie d’être le héros de ma propre histoire ?
(In French)We've all heard it, everywhere and at every moment, in the world of role-playing, whether on the table or in one LARP: every PC must be the hero/heroine of his/her own story! And why not, the good guy of...
De l’usage du meme pour transformer le blues post-GN en fun post-GN
(In French) The use of LARP server discords has become widespread, and with it a certain pre- and post-LARP community life, often much more so than on Facebook. And what happens in a community? Memes! Funny, tragic, acidic, or sometimes...
“On-Site Player Support”, un modèle pour les safers et les safe rooms
(In Fench)In Belgium, we call them “Safers” and say that their role is “emotional security”. But in truth, Safers often find themselves taking on a multiplicity of roles: there's emotional support, of course, but they'll also find menstrual protection or...
Introduction à l’antifascisme pour la communauté GNiste
(In French)We're in a complex political situation, whether in France or Belgium, with the rise of fascism. What is fascism? What is anti-fascism? How do you implement this in your organizations? In your games? Here's an overview of what we're...
