Smrt japanskog cara - Death of the Japanese Emperor

After the larp had been run three times - on a private playtest and two times on a convention yesterday - both with positive results, I've decided to release the larp to the public in full, with all its documentation - including versions in Croatian, English and documentation of all the runs. Use them if you're interested in reading - or run this larp yourself with your friends.

2023 update: Wow, this larp has certainly been run a lot of times over the past decade! Updating the page with a Polish translation by Laura Piecha.

Basically, Smrt japanskog cara is a modern one-shot larp about murder, prison and friendship with a 2 hour running time - of that, there's a 1 hour larp time and the rest is preparation and short debrief.

Get the Croatian version here.
Get the English version here.

Get the Polish version here.

Building relationships between characters on Run 1

If you're interested in hearing how it was on all those larps, click here. That document will grow in time. Since this larp is small, simple and free to use, you can run it with your friends. If you do, let me know how it was and I'll put your group's experiences in the documentation above.

The finished network of relationships on Run 2

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