Two hundredth post!

Two hundred! We're at two hundred posts now! ...wow. The second hundred posts had gone much faster than the first - first took 14 months, second only six and a half.

A list of top posts ever has changed somewhat:
1. Drachenfest 2012
2. A hundredth post!
3. Interview with the Larp Girl: Kaza Marie Ayersman, Avegost larp
4. ConQuest of Mythodea 2012
5. Smrt japanskog cara - Death of the Japanese Emperor

6. Terra Nova: Zimograd - how it was
7. Crolarp 2012 review
8. Tragači zore review
9. Fallout larp 2012 review
10. Immersion in larp

Croatian scene had grown and developed in that time - larp is getting into media a lot recently. Yesterday I was at a discussion in Booksa by the Croatian SF author, Aleksandar Žiljak - the guest was Ana Rajner, and many people were exposed to larp. I gave an interview to the Croatian national radio (together with some other larpers who were present) that should be on air somewhere March 12th (I guess I'll find out the details in the meanwhile). That's together with the TV special that will also get played, and the first Croatian larp convention PoRtaL in two days (by the way, program and sign-ups are up) which will also have media coverage.

The media has picked up on larp, and people are getting interested about what's possible - are we on a treshold of the explosion of larp population in Croatia and new interest in larp? Or is it already happening?

We'll know. Soon.

And now dear readers, like I did a hundred posts ago I'm gonna ask you for some feedback on this blog. Tell me what you like about it, what you don't, what you enjoy reading about and what would you enjoy reading about even more. Drop in to say hi.

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