Introduction to Live Action Role-playing Games (Larp) -- Sarah Lynne Bowman

This lecture by Sarah Lynne Bowman gives a brief introduction to live action role-playing (larp), discussing its similarities to improv, childhood pretend play, therapeutic role-playing, and simulation. The lecture discusses several common forms of larp, such as boffer, chamber, collaborative, Nordic, blockbuster, chamber/parlor/theatre style, and blackbox. While a larp can fit into many of these categories, our goal is to provide some language for players to be able to describe what they are designing or embodying. This talk is part two (2) of four (4) in the series Introduction to Transformative Analog Role-playing Games. The series also includes: "Introduction to Tabletop Role-playing Games" -- Sarah Lynne Bowman:    • Introduction to Tabletop Role-playing Game...   "Introduction to Transformative Game Design" -- Sarah Lynne Bowman:    • Introduction to Transformative Game Design...   "Transformative Game Design: A Theoretical Framework" -- Sarah Lynne Bowman:    • Transformative Game Design: A Theoretical ...   This video is part of the course Introduction to Transformative Game Design, an online course with open registration for anyone with a Bachelor's degree and English proficiency. This course is taught at the Department of Game Design at Uppsala University. Bio: Sarah Lynne Bowman, Ph.D. is a scholar, game designer, and event organizer. She is an Associate Professor for the Department of Game Design at Uppsala University Campus Gotland and the Coordinator for Peace & Conflict Studies at Austin Community College. McFarland Press published her dissertation as The Functions of Role-playing Games: How Participants Create Community, Solve Problems, and Explore Identity (2010). Bowman has edited for The Wyrd Con Companion Book (2012-2015), the International Journal of Role-playing (2016-), and Nordiclarp.org (2015-). She helped organize the Living Games Conference (2014, 2016, 2018) and Role-playing and Simulation in Education Conference (2016, 2018). * * The Transformative Play Initiative is part of the Games & Society Lab at the Department of Game Design, Uppsala University Campus Gotland. The Initiative explores the use of analog role-playing games as vehicles for lasting personal and social change. Learn more about Transformative Play at Uppsala and join the TPI mailing list: https://www.speldesign.uu.se/research... Learn more about the Games & Society Lab at the Department of Game Design: https://www.speldesign.uu.se/research... Like Transformative Play Initiative on FB:   / transformativeplay   Like the Games and Society Lab on FB:   / gamesandsocietylab   Editing by Liliia Chorna. Music by Elias Faltin. Captions by Kjell Hedgard Hugaas.