Slides from the session Meta-techniques applied at the Larpwriter Summer School 2012. They are include a few descriptions of useful dramachanics for larp and a some characters for try playing out scenes. http://larpschool.blogspot.com 2012-07-13 http://petterkarlsson.se

1. WORKSHOP
META-TECHNIQUES
APPLIED

2. WITH FOCUS ON
DRAMACHINCS

3. ICEBREAKER
Thousand dollars
up his ass man

4. ICEBREAKER
The Truck

5. SOME EXAMPLES
•Monolouge
•Black box - playing scenes
•Aspects
•Meta-hour / Off-game hour

6. Monologue
Function for players to share the thoughts of the characters inner voice
Monologues are given upon request
or chosen by the player

7. Black box - Playing Scenes
A designated space (area, room, or tent) outside the game or in the game
where players can play additional scenes that didn’t fit in the larp time continuum
Possibility to play scenes outside of real time (past, future)
Easy to play difficult relations (sexual, violent)
Deeper personal drama

8. Aspects
Meta-function that players could visit in game to talk to an inner voice
Players sought it out if they needed it
Inner voices with themes
A tool for character change/direction

9. Meta-hour/Off-game hour
The group goes to an off-game area at a set time.
Check the mood of the group
Decide the pacing of the dramaturgy
Possibility to play scenes outside of real time (past, future)

10. OTHER GREAT USES
•Techniques for strong emotion and sex
•Trigger symbols
•Act breaks

11. A little game about dramachanics

12. 3 future scenes
End with monologue

13. The Godfather
Controlling. Loving. Rules with cruelty and his own justice. God fearing.
Driven from desire to do the right thing. No anger management.
The Daughter
Seeks fathers approval, but struggles to find her own way of living.
Is practical and somewhat a romantic. Do not want to believe in a punishing god.
Secretly in love with the advisor.
The trusted advisor
Loves the Godfather as at real father. Have ambitions.
Seeks to use the Daughter as a way to gain power. Feels guilty.

14. http://petterkarlsson.se
petter.karlsson@gmail.com
Larpwriter Summer School 2012
Vilnius, Lithuania