Icebergs

When we talk to people about their larps, we ask about the design, not the writing... because we want to know what people do at the larp.

There are mechanics specific to every larp, and bringing them into a larp without accounting for it is called "negative transfer."

Mistakes are going to happen, what are you going to do?

When larpers talk about race, we often fail to include actionable plans, so we’re reviewing a key step in our process-hazard identification.

There's a reason why we enjoy them... we've done them before. Let’s start with this: there are lots of very good larp designers creating...

The larp you play in, the larp you run, isn’t safe. That’s a fact. Further, if you’re relying on people’s behavior to make your larp...

As designers, we spend a lot of time asking, “What makes a good larp?” The best answer we’ve heard is “a larp is good when it meets or...

Our primary design goal is for our participants to make difficult decisions - the more difficult the decision, the better.

Policy isn't risk management; what you need are actual controls.

The goal of a larp where someone could walk in and begin play - no sheets, no lecture - has very practical roots for us.

One could make millions of dollars in larp, if the participants just didn’t have to read anything or listen to a lecture.

Last week, we kind of trashed an entire style of role-play. Actually, what we did was challenge designers.

About a decade ago, the unofficial slogan of the Sinking Ship larp at the time was “we make our players cry.” It was an extremely popular sl

We’ve seen a lot of larp designs at Sinking Ship Creations - as part of our production process, we’ve had the pleasure of working with some