An extended season

Before I continue reviewing our summer of LARP, let me just tell you that LARP season in Croatia has been seriously extended this year. While there aren't any classic big LARPs in store this month, there are two very interesting weekends.

Next weekend is the first one. On Saturday, October 8th, we're organizing our 50th Maksimir LARP. It's the longest continuously running short LARP in Croatia (couple of hours of playing in Maksimir park) so we're now making a bigger one to celebrate. While they usually last from 2-3 PM until 5-6 PM, this one will last from 3 PM until 10 PM.

And the next day, Ivo Turk is restarting his Krvomeđe events, with a similar philosophy to Maksimir events - actually, Krvomeđe was there first, but it simply ceased to happen couple of years ago. It's gonna be south of the Savica Šanci lake in Zagreb, at the bank of the Sava river. It's gonna be shorter, like regular Maksimir length (from 2:30 PM until 6 PM).

Krvomeđe event couple of years ago

Last, but not the least, there will be a dinner (offgame) at Ognjeni Mač's headquarters. Very reasonably priced food for all LARPers.

And two weeks after (Oct 22nd), there will be... Jaska 9! It's gonna be shorter than regular Jaska event, playtime will be 24 hours, and it's unlikely that anyone will sleep in the tents during that time... And we'll see how well autumn event can work :)

Coming back to you in a few days with Jaska 8 review...

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