Sv. Helena, Highland Games, Hangout and Krvomeđe

Tomorrow is when the biggest Croatian reenactment / living history event starts, the tournament of Sv. Helena - it's a huge tournament which draws in many medieval groups from Croatia and the surrounding countries, and many visitors too. The attendees will also see great visuals... which sometimes remind me of big German larps, such as Drachenfest and ConQuest. There's just something about that level of organisation, size, visuals and equipment standards which brings back memories, and desire to bring Croatian larp closer to that visual level.

Tomorrow is also when I'll do another Hangout by larping.org's The Larp Group. It will start in its usual time, at 5 PM CET, and it will be about love and relationships at larps. If you miss the live stream, you'll be able to see the video on the youtube channel, as usual.

Highland games is a larp that will happen tomorrow - in-character highlander and celtic games, with lots of song and partying to boot. It will attempt to unify characters from several larp settings in its own, timeless place, and using nordic-style minimalist "no rules" approach. It will last for 24 hours.

And at last, Sunday will give us Krvomeđe battlegames, from 3 to 5 PM. I'll probably miss them due to Sv. Helena, which will also last on Sunday.

A busy and a fun weekend - can't wait for it to start :)

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