The Golden Cobra Challenge
@goldencobra.bsky.social
A friendly annual games contest that explores the boundaries of freeform larp.
Check out this year's contest and all past submissions here: https://goldencobra.org
Check out this year's contest and all past submissions here: https://goldencobra.org
Congratssss to all the winnerss, and please participate in our shared month of #GoldenCobraPlay in January 2026!
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Golden Cobra Challenge
goldencobra.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Congratssss to all the winnerss, and please participate in our shared month of #GoldenCobraPlay in January 2026!
goldencobra.org
goldencobra.org
* Game We're Most Excited About
Together, We Are Infinite by Chelsea Riexinger
"Together, We Are Infinite is a celebration and reframing of a ... friendship absent from many adult lives, a life-affirming friendship that maybe we actually need. [It] may spark the embers of that sort of friendship."
Together, We Are Infinite by Chelsea Riexinger
"Together, We Are Infinite is a celebration and reframing of a ... friendship absent from many adult lives, a life-affirming friendship that maybe we actually need. [It] may spark the embers of that sort of friendship."
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
* Game We're Most Excited About
Together, We Are Infinite by Chelsea Riexinger
"Together, We Are Infinite is a celebration and reframing of a ... friendship absent from many adult lives, a life-affirming friendship that maybe we actually need. [It] may spark the embers of that sort of friendship."
Together, We Are Infinite by Chelsea Riexinger
"Together, We Are Infinite is a celebration and reframing of a ... friendship absent from many adult lives, a life-affirming friendship that maybe we actually need. [It] may spark the embers of that sort of friendship."
* Game The Credit-Card Processors Would Flag For Possible Licentious Content
The Bonds of Fate by Aidan Dawn
"Bonds of Fate is not *exactly* pornographic, just y'know edging that way. Players must physically rope themselves together and then contend with unaddressed issues..."
The Bonds of Fate by Aidan Dawn
"Bonds of Fate is not *exactly* pornographic, just y'know edging that way. Players must physically rope themselves together and then contend with unaddressed issues..."
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
* Game The Credit-Card Processors Would Flag For Possible Licentious Content
The Bonds of Fate by Aidan Dawn
"Bonds of Fate is not *exactly* pornographic, just y'know edging that way. Players must physically rope themselves together and then contend with unaddressed issues..."
The Bonds of Fate by Aidan Dawn
"Bonds of Fate is not *exactly* pornographic, just y'know edging that way. Players must physically rope themselves together and then contend with unaddressed issues..."
* Game That Brings Community History Alive
These Walls Talk, Too by Gabe Sopocy
"We invented an award category for this game, since it invited so much intrigue and discussion. A charming all-around entry to a very specific community history by way of embodying walls that gossip."
These Walls Talk, Too by Gabe Sopocy
"We invented an award category for this game, since it invited so much intrigue and discussion. A charming all-around entry to a very specific community history by way of embodying walls that gossip."
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
* Game That Brings Community History Alive
These Walls Talk, Too by Gabe Sopocy
"We invented an award category for this game, since it invited so much intrigue and discussion. A charming all-around entry to a very specific community history by way of embodying walls that gossip."
These Walls Talk, Too by Gabe Sopocy
"We invented an award category for this game, since it invited so much intrigue and discussion. A charming all-around entry to a very specific community history by way of embodying walls that gossip."
* Game That Celebrates Play For Its Own Sake
Glory to the Dwarves! by Rob Prag
"Toasting and boasting turn out to be really fun! In Glory to the Dwarves, players take on the roles of dwarves from 3 clans who will naturally create a bustling atmosphere of a medieval fantasy tavern."
Glory to the Dwarves! by Rob Prag
"Toasting and boasting turn out to be really fun! In Glory to the Dwarves, players take on the roles of dwarves from 3 clans who will naturally create a bustling atmosphere of a medieval fantasy tavern."
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
* Game That Celebrates Play For Its Own Sake
Glory to the Dwarves! by Rob Prag
"Toasting and boasting turn out to be really fun! In Glory to the Dwarves, players take on the roles of dwarves from 3 clans who will naturally create a bustling atmosphere of a medieval fantasy tavern."
Glory to the Dwarves! by Rob Prag
"Toasting and boasting turn out to be really fun! In Glory to the Dwarves, players take on the roles of dwarves from 3 clans who will naturally create a bustling atmosphere of a medieval fantasy tavern."
* Best Game That’s Easy to Pick Up and Play
Our Tiny Dragon's Tiny Hoard by Peter Hagmann
"We are going to drag this game under our couch and add it to the hoard of larps we want to play. This game is cozy, evocative, whimsical, and a little heartbreaking..."
Our Tiny Dragon's Tiny Hoard by Peter Hagmann
"We are going to drag this game under our couch and add it to the hoard of larps we want to play. This game is cozy, evocative, whimsical, and a little heartbreaking..."
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
* Best Game That’s Easy to Pick Up and Play
Our Tiny Dragon's Tiny Hoard by Peter Hagmann
"We are going to drag this game under our couch and add it to the hoard of larps we want to play. This game is cozy, evocative, whimsical, and a little heartbreaking..."
Our Tiny Dragon's Tiny Hoard by Peter Hagmann
"We are going to drag this game under our couch and add it to the hoard of larps we want to play. This game is cozy, evocative, whimsical, and a little heartbreaking..."
* Game That Best Incorporates Connection and Community
A Farewell to Kinfolk by Alexander Trott
"The depth of communal worldbuilding and rich emotional potential make the star of this game not the intrepid Youth with an important calling, but the community of Kinfolk that supports them."
A Farewell to Kinfolk by Alexander Trott
"The depth of communal worldbuilding and rich emotional potential make the star of this game not the intrepid Youth with an important calling, but the community of Kinfolk that supports them."
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
* Game That Best Incorporates Connection and Community
A Farewell to Kinfolk by Alexander Trott
"The depth of communal worldbuilding and rich emotional potential make the star of this game not the intrepid Youth with an important calling, but the community of Kinfolk that supports them."
A Farewell to Kinfolk by Alexander Trott
"The depth of communal worldbuilding and rich emotional potential make the star of this game not the intrepid Youth with an important calling, but the community of Kinfolk that supports them."
Honorable Mentions
Final Commencement by Francine Wildt
Gods of Nothings by Shing Yin Khor
LOOP GAIN by Lin Codega
Our Queenblessed Bodies by Natalie Pudim
Paranormal Parasocial by Hazel Anneke Dixon
WE WILL NOT SPEAK OF THIS by Allison Rassmann
Find them here: www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
Final Commencement by Francine Wildt
Gods of Nothings by Shing Yin Khor
LOOP GAIN by Lin Codega
Our Queenblessed Bodies by Natalie Pudim
Paranormal Parasocial by Hazel Anneke Dixon
WE WILL NOT SPEAK OF THIS by Allison Rassmann
Find them here: www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
Golden Cobra Challenge
www.goldencobra.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Honorable Mentions
Final Commencement by Francine Wildt
Gods of Nothings by Shing Yin Khor
LOOP GAIN by Lin Codega
Our Queenblessed Bodies by Natalie Pudim
Paranormal Parasocial by Hazel Anneke Dixon
WE WILL NOT SPEAK OF THIS by Allison Rassmann
Find them here: www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
Final Commencement by Francine Wildt
Gods of Nothings by Shing Yin Khor
LOOP GAIN by Lin Codega
Our Queenblessed Bodies by Natalie Pudim
Paranormal Parasocial by Hazel Anneke Dixon
WE WILL NOT SPEAK OF THIS by Allison Rassmann
Find them here: www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
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November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
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IF YOU ARE THERE AND LIVE THEN QUIT LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE BECAUSSE THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THE THREAD
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
IF YOU ARE THERE AND LIVE THEN QUIT LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE BECAUSSE THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THE THREAD