A larp by Juhana Pettersson. Don’t you just want to break things, sometimes? Set in the familiar world of modern international life, Plastic Cup features the violent rupturing of family and friendship in a fight for nostalgia and the warm glow of childhood. It’s a catharctic game where frustrations explode Continue Reading
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Roolipelaajan 14 kansi
Gygax-muistokirjoitus Hesarissa (HS 6.3.2008)
Hesari (6.3.2008):
Gary Gygax 1938-2008
I was traveling when I heard the news that Gary Gygax, the creator (along with Dave Arneson) of roleplaying, is dead. I found myself surprisingly affected. The original Finnish translation of the red box D&D was the game that got me into roleplaying, and I used to joke with a Continue Reading
The Making of Winter Circus Time
By my brother…
Fan picture
Taken at Tracon, after the way we’re seated in a Piippuhyllyn manifesti comic. From left to right: Mike Pohjola, Miska Fredman, me, Ville Vuorela and Eero Tuovinen. Check out Piippuhyllyn manifesti if you wish to see us in crudely drawn comics about rpgs.
New Voices in Art
Here’s Tor Kjetil Edland’s post from Nordic Scene in its entirety: The larp “New Voices in Art” has been admitted to Nisjelandet , the art section of the music festival By:Larm taking place in Oslo 21 – 23 February. New Voices in Art will be played at DogA, the Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #59: The Ice
Fiction: Louis Charbonneau: the Ice (Thorndike Press, 1991) The funny thing about this book was that it was a large print edition, with a huge font size and lots of pages to compensate. In all honesty, this was the reason I chose this book to read out of my large Continue Reading
Traconista selvitty
(Kuva: Mikko Asunta. Asunnan Tracon-kuvia on enemmänkin näytillä seuraavassa Roolipelaajassa.) Olin eilen ensimmäistä kertaa tamperelaisessa anime- ja roolipelitapahtuma Traconissa käymässä, ja hauskaa oli siitä huolimatta, että Roolipelaaja-aiheista nakkia oli niin paljon, ettei aikaa jäänyt muuhun paljoakaan. Kuvittelin tullessani, että Tracon olisi paljon pienempi tapahtuma kuin se lopulta olikaan, ja yllätys Continue Reading
HS 17. 2. 2008 – Lateksiaseseppä
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