Skip to main content

Larp autumn


The second part of Croatian summer season was a bit slow this year. With most larps scheduled in June - July, there were fewer larps than expected in August and early September - also, Majčin Gaj got cancelled and Rajski Vrhovi XVII got cut short due to rain.

This will turn around now, giving us possibly the biggest streak of "Larp every week" that ever happened in Croatian autumn. We really do a lot of larps for our population...


Krvomeđe will open the season on Sunday, September 16. A series of battlegames for those who like some action and fighting. This one will be organized by me, and I'm planning to do some new stuff.


It will continue the next weekend, September 22-23 with Sven Nemet's Steampunk - Para pokreće svijet series, third larp: Gates of war. There has been so far a great ammount of pre-game effort put into preparation for this game, and if it's going to be similar to the previous event.


There was supposed to be a second Krvomeđe on Sunday, September 30th, but it was cancelled in favor of Maksimir 61, returning on September 29th after a three-month break in doing Maksimir events (I think it's one of the biggest breaks so far). The story of Maksimir 61 will be an intro to Jaska 11, both events done by Ognjeni Mač.


First weekend of October will be Tragači zore (Seekers of the Dawn) by Lateralus. Sign-ups ended today, and so far 48 people signed up - many of them first time larpers. Like Terra Nova, Tragači zore will also be multilingual, as there will be a group of Italian players. It looks like it will be quite an interesting event, and the place to be on October 6-7.

Weekend after (Oct 13 - 14), it's gonna be Jaska 11. It's expected to be a shorter event than regular Jaska, and an event much like last year's Jaska 9. There's still no official announcement around, so this is still subject to change.


The next weekend (Oct 19 - 21) there's officially no larp in Croatia. But a lot of us are going to Hungary, to Chronicles of Demgard to visit our Hungarian friends who came to see us on Terra Nova.

October 28 is the last event scheduled in the long line. Like the first event of the group, it will be battlegames on Krvomeđe.

Whether something's planned for November is not yet known at this time. But there will probably be at least one Maksimir and Krvomeđe. Maybe an indoor event by Gaia like last year? It still remains to be seen. December will have Rajski Vrhovi feast on December 15-16 (still awaiting to be announced) and the only larp scheduled so far for the next year is Terra Nova: Zimograd on January 11-13.


So far it looks like an exciting schedule.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The 15 rules of larp

The following 15 rules (warning: strong language) were written some years ago in Great Britain, and have been pretty much generally accepted on the British larp scene. Especially popular is rule 7 - widely known by its number and commonly considered to be the most imortant rule of all (and I agree). Even the biggest British larp forum has taken Rule7 as its name. The rules have been originally created by the Drunken Monkeys and edited by Rick Wynne who added some extra stuff in the explanations to make them more understandable to international audience (it still contains some British larp lingo though), more work-safe and to throw in his two cents. (copy of the original wording is available here ) 1. Don’t play a mighty warrior; play a warrior and be mighty. Don’t label your character. As soon as you say that you are the best swordsman in the land someone will come along and kick your ass. Just get into the mindset of the person and role-play it out. 2. No one cares about you...
6 comments
Read more

LARPs: The Series interview

One of the most expected new projects in the English-speaking larp world has been the recently announced webseries, called simply "LARPs: The Series". It's not hard to understand why - the "Episode 0" they released has shown a pretty good portrayal of several fantasy larping elements. If you're wondering at the release date of the series, the answer is... today! Episodes 1 and 2 have been released a couple of hours ago, and you'll find them below in the article (and also on the project's website and youtube channel  - the entire first season will be released in the next couple of weeks). However, I had the opportunity to interview several cast and crew members of LARPs: The Series about their project - Jon Verrall, the series writer (who also plays Evan, the GM in the series), and the actors Scott Humphrey (Will), Elizabeth Neale (Shane), Jonathan Silver (Arthur) and Charlotte Rogers (Brittany). This is their story, of how this series came to b...
Post a Comment
Read more

Interview with Michael A Ventrella, Alliance larp

I've covered non-Croatian stuff on this blog before. Drachenfest, Mythodea, news from the regional larp scene (Serbia, Hungary, Slovenia), Nordic larp theories, Petra's interview with Claus Raasted, etc. Today we're having an interview with Michael A Ventrella, who's one of the people who basically invented American larp (which is not SCA or a battlegame group). Personally, I'm fascinated by just hearing all the different viewpoints and experiences. Anyways, there are really few people who've either been into larp as long as Michael or worked as hard making larp happen. An experienced role-player and GM and one of the founders of NERO, Michael is the owner of Alliance larp (formerly NERO Alliance), probably the largest group which split from NERO and one of the most significant USA larps. He's got lots of information and tips to share, so here it goes. 1. Thank you for your time! Could you tell us a bit about yourself and Alliance larp? I was one ...
1 comment
Read more