All for One – Design
(by Ian) I wrote an article on the design process for our over-the-top Three Musketeers larp event, All for One. You can read it over on Medium. The post All for One Design appeared first on Crooked House .
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War Stories
(By Ian) I wrote an article on constructing stories out of memorable moments giving players/viewers/readers war stories to talk about down the pub. A lot of this was very much developed as a result of our LARP story creation. http://wingedmonkeys.co.uk/war-stories/ The post War Stories appeared first on Crooked House .
AdventureX Talk on GRYM
(by Ian) I gave a talk at AdventureX in London in December on lessons I ve learned about writing interactive games from running LARP GRYM was a major focus of it. The post AdventureX Talk on GRYM appeared first on Crooked House .
On Mythos & LRP
(by Ian) I wrote a rant about this on Facebook this morning. I thought I d reproduce it here, because (as you might gather) it s something I feel strongly about. 🙂 Brief triple-rant spurred by John Haynes on the Cthulhu mythos and LRP. May apply to other uses: i) How do you phys rep a mythos... Read more The post On Mythos LRP appeared first on Crooked House .
GRYM – Production Blog
5th May 2014 Ian Released the teaser last week, and bare details, with a link to sign-up on the mailing list. Seems to have been well received 71 people liking the new FB page, 25 people on the ‘more info’ mailing list. Isn’t the real push yet that’ll wait for pricing details... Read more The post GRYM Production Blog appeared first on Crooked House .
GRYM – Credits
God Rest Ye Merry A Crooked House Production Written Directed by Ian Rachel Thomas Starring Godfrey/Nicholas Edgar Northmoor Nick Bradbeer Arthur Stokes (Butler) Jason Marchant Clayton Northmoor Robin Gould Billy Burridge Si Childs With Elsie Bloom Caroline Emmins Annette Northmoor Flossie Smalls Sophie Northmoor ?? Voices Walter... Read more The post GRYM Credits appeared first on Crooked House .
GRYM – Reactions & Feedback
Player Feedback “GRYM has really raised the bar for an event, it is so far beyond anything I’ve experienced before I have nothing to compare it to.” “ tightly plotted and extremely well crafted.” “God Rest Ye Merry was a haunted house ghost story of the highest calibre.” “Needless to say we didn’t go and check,... Read more The post GRYM Reactions Feedback appeared first on Crooked House .
GRYM – Game Mechanics
Most LARPs rely on a reasonable number of rules combat system, skill system and so on. Smaller LARPs tend to have more rules than large-scale fest LARPs. We intentionally kept our rules system very light, to deepen the immersion. We didn t have a skills system instead we simply told the players that if... Read more The post GRYM Game Mechanics appeared first on Crooked House .
GRYM – The Best Laid Plans…
As with all these things, we had problems. The event, from the player s reactions, was a roaring success, but we had a bunch of issues behind the scenes which mean that we came out of it knowing that we could have done better. Some we fixed on the fly some were unfixable. Technical Issues This... Read more The post GRYM The Best Laid Plans appeared first on Crooked House .
GRYM – Oculus Rift
I have an Oculus Rift DK2, and we knew we wanted to use it for the game, but hadn t quite figured out what to use it for. As we got closer to the event date, we came to the conclusion that we wanted to use it on players who got too close to our ghosts,... Read more The post GRYM Oculus Rift appeared first on Crooked House .