December 2012 in Croatian larp

Krvomeđe will be both first and the last larp of December. The next Krvomeđe battlegame is planned this Sunday (December 9th), from 2 PM until 4 PM. Sunday, December 30th in the same timeslot will be the last Krvomeđe of the year, and the last larp of 2012.

On Saturday the 15th, I'll run a short larp "Death of a Japanese Emperor" as I announced in the previous post, as part of the ZaKon Dalekog Istoka convention. It's possible that the last Ognjeni Mač event of the year - Sowa's Wedding - will be held on the same day or on Sunday after - to provide closure for this year's OzOI - but I'll update you with the exact date, time and details once they're decided on. It will be set at Fran's basement like the Wake of Morana. (update, 18:00 - it will be at the regular Ognjeni Mač place instead, on a different date - either Dec 12th, 16th or 19th)

Some time ago, Ognjeni Mač stopped doing Wednesday workshops, but this Wednesday (December 5th) there will be a workshop for everyone willing to craft anything.

And this Thursday (December 6th), there's another larp-related SRP presentation. Petar Janković will do a presentation of Drachenfest and ConQuest of Mythodea, and he'll share his view of the events which we traveled to together this year (and which I, by the way, plan to revisit in 2013). Be there at 19:15, room A306... as usual.

The weekend before Christmas (December 21-23) is so far not taken by anything (hint, hint), except probably regular Sunday meeting of Ognjeni Mač. So overall it looks like an exciting week (with a workshop, presentation and a battlegame) and overall an exciting December.

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