Slides from the fader-talk about meta-techniques & larp at he Larpwriter Summer School 2013 in the series for "The Mixing Desk of Larp". Meta-techniques could be described as a techniques that give more information about the story events of the larp to the players than they get through the experiences of their characters. http://larpschool.blogspot.com 2012-07-13 http://petterkarlsson.se

1. FADER
METATECHNIQUES
THE MIXING DESK OF LARP
LARPWRITER SUMMER SCHOOL 2013
LINKS MARKED WITH YELLOW

2. WHAT IS A
METATECHNIQUE

3. A TECHNIQUE THAT GIVE MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE STORY eventS TO THE PLAYERS
THAN THEY GET THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES OF
THEIR CHARACTERS

4. Communication in the LARP
between the PARTICIPANTS
WHEN THe SAME THING IS NOT COMMUNICATED
BETWEEN THEIR CHARACTERS

5. EXAMPLE
MONOLOUGE
PLAYERS COMMUNICATE WHAT
THEIR CHARACTERS ARE FEELING

6. ADDITIONAL events that don’t fit into
the time and space continuum of The larp

7. EXAMPLE
SCENE PLAY
PLAYING SCENES FROM OUTSIDE THE TIMEFRAME
SUCH AS A MEMORY OR A POSSIBLE FUTURE

8. METATECHNIQUES
STRENGTHEN THE DRAMA
OF THE LARP

9. HOW MUCH META
DO YOU WANT?

10. A LOT OR NOT!
When Our Destinies Meet
MINIMALISM WITH METATECHNIQUES
1943
Realistic 360° illusion

11. WHAT IS RELEVANT
FOR YOUR LARP?

12. INTRUSIVE OR DISCRETE
HUNTSVILLE
SCENEs PLAYED IN The OPEN
TILL DEATH DO US PART
SCENES PLAYED IN A BLACK BOX

13. DISCRETE TECHNIQUES
‣ NOT PAUSING THE LARP
‣ INVISIBLE
INTRUSIVE TECHNIQUES
‣ PAUSING THE EVENTS OF THE LARP FOR ALL PLAYERS
‣ VISIBLE

14. FADER MAX INTRUSIVE
+ Transparency
+ Ease of use
- No opt-OUT
- BREAKING THE illusion

15. FADER MIN DISCRETE
+ Opt-in
+ MAINTAING THE illusion
- Less transparency
- Where are the players?

16. ?WHY META

17. + DeepeN characters and relations
+ Changing mood and pacing
+ EXPANDING THE WORLD AND TIMEFRAME
+ MORE TOOLS FOR THE gamemaster AND
participants TO INFLUENCE THE LARP
+ Fun

18. Nordic larp Wiki / Mixing Desk of Larp
Nordic larp Wiki / Metatechnique
Nordiclarp.org
petterkarlsson.se
petter.karlsson@gmail.com
Larpwriter Summer School 2013
Vilnius, Lithuania