Make a Scene! Scenario Festival
@makeascenemn.bsky.social
North America’s European-style larp festival returns on August 14 - 16, 2026 in Minneapolis. Make a Scene is the only stand-alone festival this side of the Atlantic that premieres brand new larps organized around a bespoke theme. www.makeascenemn.org
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Save the Date! Make a Scene returns August 14-16, 2026.
Same great venue, same food-included and sliding-scale accessible ethos at North America's European-style scenario festival. Our 2026 theme reveal and call for scenario pitches will be in early 2026.
Same great venue, same food-included and sliding-scale accessible ethos at North America's European-style scenario festival. Our 2026 theme reveal and call for scenario pitches will be in early 2026.
Congrats to all! Especially to 2025 MAS author Peter Hagmann on the win!
Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
(Thread)
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November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Congrats to all! Especially to 2025 MAS author Peter Hagmann on the win!
Masks-required tabletop convention in Seattle. We've heard great things about it!
Save the date! Go Play NW’s Summer in-person event will be July 24-26, 2026 at the Centilia Cultural Center in Seattle, WA.
Event details, COVID policy, buying tickets, and more information is forthcoming. For now, please save the date, and come hang out on Discord: discord.gg/cvHUHFpzwf
Event details, COVID policy, buying tickets, and more information is forthcoming. For now, please save the date, and come hang out on Discord: discord.gg/cvHUHFpzwf
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Masks-required tabletop convention in Seattle. We've heard great things about it!
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"It's not a tomb. It's a town. And it will always be."
Czech larp group, Rolling, are based out of a former Nazi concentration camp hospital. Their performances embrace the complications and pain of that history.
Czech larp group, Rolling, are based out of a former Nazi concentration camp hospital. Their performances embrace the complications and pain of that history.
A Czech larp group wrestles with Nazi history by roleplaying in its bones
Exploring Disco Elysium and the power of art in a former concentration camp.
www.rascal.news
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"It's not a tomb. It's a town. And it will always be."
Czech larp group, Rolling, are based out of a former Nazi concentration camp hospital. Their performances embrace the complications and pain of that history.
Czech larp group, Rolling, are based out of a former Nazi concentration camp hospital. Their performances embrace the complications and pain of that history.
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NBPN — No Blank Page November
Just write something every day. Maybe it’s a book but maybe it is just an exercise to get you further along your journey.
Just write something every day. Maybe it’s a book but maybe it is just an exercise to get you further along your journey.
November 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
NBPN — No Blank Page November
Just write something every day. Maybe it’s a book but maybe it is just an exercise to get you further along your journey.
Just write something every day. Maybe it’s a book but maybe it is just an exercise to get you further along your journey.
No need to wait for the awards to get playing! There's a "vibe edition" of Shawn Roske's Roots Underground inspired by local MN game Still Life. Plus a fresh game from past MAS contributor Alyse Leung.
You can read ALL the ssssubmissionss now. Awardss announced THISS Friday at Metatopia!
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
Golden Cobra Challenge
www.goldencobra.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
No need to wait for the awards to get playing! There's a "vibe edition" of Shawn Roske's Roots Underground inspired by local MN game Still Life. Plus a fresh game from past MAS contributor Alyse Leung.
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The students in my & @am0.bsky.social's tabletop design studio course are focusing on refining their games, and so I wanted to put out a request to y'all:
What's your best playtesting advice?
(I asked this awhile ago, and I loved the answers so much that I wanted to repeat the request). #🎲✂️
What's your best playtesting advice?
(I asked this awhile ago, and I loved the answers so much that I wanted to repeat the request). #🎲✂️
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The students in my & @am0.bsky.social's tabletop design studio course are focusing on refining their games, and so I wanted to put out a request to y'all:
What's your best playtesting advice?
(I asked this awhile ago, and I loved the answers so much that I wanted to repeat the request). #🎲✂️
What's your best playtesting advice?
(I asked this awhile ago, and I loved the answers so much that I wanted to repeat the request). #🎲✂️
A homegrown Minnesota larp!
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A homegrown Minnesota larp!
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I need us all to internalize that there are more larps than boffer larps or international blockbuster larps. Parlor and freeform larps provide just as much power. One of the best larps I have ever played isBut Not Tonight by @yeonsoonerorlater.bsky.social. It's accessible and packs a punch.
October 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I need us all to internalize that there are more larps than boffer larps or international blockbuster larps. Parlor and freeform larps provide just as much power. One of the best larps I have ever played isBut Not Tonight by @yeonsoonerorlater.bsky.social. It's accessible and packs a punch.
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One of the scenography twists from Gothic was replacing some of the props with others when the players were not looking. Everything here is edible, including the worms!
October 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
One of the scenography twists from Gothic was replacing some of the props with others when the players were not looking. Everything here is edible, including the worms!
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I’m enjoying reading these unhinged games.
Even the ones I’m not considering for awards are weird and wonderful.
Keep making experimental art everyone. The world needs it.
Even the ones I’m not considering for awards are weird and wonderful.
Keep making experimental art everyone. The world needs it.
October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I’m enjoying reading these unhinged games.
Even the ones I’m not considering for awards are weird and wonderful.
Keep making experimental art everyone. The world needs it.
Even the ones I’m not considering for awards are weird and wonderful.
Keep making experimental art everyone. The world needs it.
Save the Date! Make a Scene returns August 14-16, 2026.
Same great venue, same food-included and sliding-scale accessible ethos at North America's European-style scenario festival. Our 2026 theme reveal and call for scenario pitches will be in early 2026.
Same great venue, same food-included and sliding-scale accessible ethos at North America's European-style scenario festival. Our 2026 theme reveal and call for scenario pitches will be in early 2026.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Save the Date! Make a Scene returns August 14-16, 2026.
Same great venue, same food-included and sliding-scale accessible ethos at North America's European-style scenario festival. Our 2026 theme reveal and call for scenario pitches will be in early 2026.
Same great venue, same food-included and sliding-scale accessible ethos at North America's European-style scenario festival. Our 2026 theme reveal and call for scenario pitches will be in early 2026.
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What's your number one personal game design principle? And even better - does it have a cool name?
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What's your number one personal game design principle? And even better - does it have a cool name?
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Howdy! @czamboni.bsky.social and I are looking to connect with TTRPG / LARP creators from outside of North America creating games that address oppression and resistance from a cultural perspective. We're putting together a list for potential guests for our podcast-in-progress!
#TTRPG #LARP
Howdy! @czamboni.bsky.social and I are looking to connect with TTRPG / LARP creators from outside of North America creating games that address oppression and resistance from a cultural perspective. We're putting together a list for potential guests for our podcast-in-progress!
#TTRPG #LARP
October 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🎲✂️
Howdy! @czamboni.bsky.social and I are looking to connect with TTRPG / LARP creators from outside of North America creating games that address oppression and resistance from a cultural perspective. We're putting together a list for potential guests for our podcast-in-progress!
#TTRPG #LARP
Howdy! @czamboni.bsky.social and I are looking to connect with TTRPG / LARP creators from outside of North America creating games that address oppression and resistance from a cultural perspective. We're putting together a list for potential guests for our podcast-in-progress!
#TTRPG #LARP
Tag yourself! We're "500 larpers"
Oh no I’m doing it wrong.
October 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Tag yourself! We're "500 larpers"
This looks really fun and cool.
You can see this "joyous glow-in-the-dark performance of cell science" by @zpuppets.org in Minneapolis for three days only. #MNtheater #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/10/cell...
Cellular Mitosis Meets Puppetry in “Cellula” from Minneapolis’s Z Puppets Rosenschnoz
Black-light puppetry may not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of the concept of cell division.
twincitiesgeek.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This looks really fun and cool.
Soft Chaos has launched their crowdfunding campaign on Gamefound for their online interactive experience Strangers on the 'Net! gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Their larp Thunder Only Happens When It’s Raining premiered at Make a Scene 2025!
Their larp Thunder Only Happens When It’s Raining premiered at Make a Scene 2025!
Strangers on the 'Net by Soft Chaos - Gamefound
Get ready to gossip, roleplay, flirt, fight, fall in love, confess your secrets, explore your identity, and confront what it meant to be a teenager online in the 90s.
gamefound.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Soft Chaos has launched their crowdfunding campaign on Gamefound for their online interactive experience Strangers on the 'Net! gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Their larp Thunder Only Happens When It’s Raining premiered at Make a Scene 2025!
Their larp Thunder Only Happens When It’s Raining premiered at Make a Scene 2025!
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get in the car loser we're making suboptimal moves
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
get in the car loser we're making suboptimal moves
New game from these Make a Scene authors!
Thank you to everyone who has supported our Strangers on the 'Net campaign so far! 🌈💖
Can you help us keep the momentum going? Please share the campaign with people you think might love it and vote in our latest poll about what you'd like to see in our next updates!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Can you help us keep the momentum going? Please share the campaign with people you think might love it and vote in our latest poll about what you'd like to see in our next updates!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Strangers on the 'Net by Soft Chaos - Thanks Netizens, ttys! - Gamefound
We share an actual play of the game, and thank you for your support.
gamefound.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New game from these Make a Scene authors!
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#Minnesota BIPOC geeks, nerds, fans, and artists felt an absence in the MN convention scene. Enter #ConFluence, coming back to #Minneapolis this weekend, October 18–19.
#TwinCitiesGeeks
twincitiesgeek.com/2025/10/conf...
#TwinCitiesGeeks
twincitiesgeek.com/2025/10/conf...
ConFluence Is a Minnesota Convention for and by BIPOC Nerds
For many convention-goers, something important has been missing from the Minnesota scene.
twincitiesgeek.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
#Minnesota BIPOC geeks, nerds, fans, and artists felt an absence in the MN convention scene. Enter #ConFluence, coming back to #Minneapolis this weekend, October 18–19.
#TwinCitiesGeeks
twincitiesgeek.com/2025/10/conf...
#TwinCitiesGeeks
twincitiesgeek.com/2025/10/conf...
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Welcome to follow Ellarion Tales, the new home of Odysseus and beyond! Odysseus is returning as a recurring event with an upgraded permanent spaceship through crowdfunding.
Read our full blog post: ellariontales.com/blog/blog1-b...
Join our mailing list at ellariontales.com/newsletter
Read our full blog post: ellariontales.com/blog/blog1-b...
Join our mailing list at ellariontales.com/newsletter
Back to the Stars: Odysseus Awaits
ellariontales.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Welcome to follow Ellarion Tales, the new home of Odysseus and beyond! Odysseus is returning as a recurring event with an upgraded permanent spaceship through crowdfunding.
Read our full blog post: ellariontales.com/blog/blog1-b...
Join our mailing list at ellariontales.com/newsletter
Read our full blog post: ellariontales.com/blog/blog1-b...
Join our mailing list at ellariontales.com/newsletter
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I wish there was a Facebook-like social media, where you could write shortish larp reports and discuss with right people.
I would basically that the most things that were not great in Odysseus were great in Eclipse, and most things that were not great in Eclipse were great in Odysseus. And why.
I would basically that the most things that were not great in Odysseus were great in Eclipse, and most things that were not great in Eclipse were great in Odysseus. And why.
October 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I wish there was a Facebook-like social media, where you could write shortish larp reports and discuss with right people.
I would basically that the most things that were not great in Odysseus were great in Eclipse, and most things that were not great in Eclipse were great in Odysseus. And why.
I would basically that the most things that were not great in Odysseus were great in Eclipse, and most things that were not great in Eclipse were great in Odysseus. And why.
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Decorating my apartment with signed posters of the larps I’ve written for @makeascenemn.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Decorating my apartment with signed posters of the larps I’ve written for @makeascenemn.bsky.social
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“Since I realize that I'm hardly unique, I mask to prevent spreading anything I might pick up to those who may be vulnerable or have vulnerable loved ones.”—Jon @dabunny42.bsky.social recently got the vax & posed for @msjulieslam.bsky.social #MaskTogetherAmerica at a @makeascenemn.bsky.social event
October 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“Since I realize that I'm hardly unique, I mask to prevent spreading anything I might pick up to those who may be vulnerable or have vulnerable loved ones.”—Jon @dabunny42.bsky.social recently got the vax & posed for @msjulieslam.bsky.social #MaskTogetherAmerica at a @makeascenemn.bsky.social event
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"Cosplaying" and "larping" are real activities done by real people, and using these terms as slang for "pretending to be someone you're not, for political purposes" does indeed alienate those of us who take part in these activities.
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Cosplaying" and "larping" are real activities done by real people, and using these terms as slang for "pretending to be someone you're not, for political purposes" does indeed alienate those of us who take part in these activities.