Joanna Piancastelli
@joannajanuary.bsky.social
Larp designer, cat climbing frame, shapeshifter, maker of stuff
Current project: https://bondsunbroken.com
Current project: https://bondsunbroken.com
Wasn't expecting to see larping mentioned on the second(!) post-summary page of the 270 page VML Future 100 global trend report.
This stat is based on a survey of nearly 14,000 people across 14 countries! How are the 41% of the population who are apparently larpers hiding from us so stealthily??
This stat is based on a survey of nearly 14,000 people across 14 countries! How are the 41% of the population who are apparently larpers hiding from us so stealthily??
January 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Wasn't expecting to see larping mentioned on the second(!) post-summary page of the 270 page VML Future 100 global trend report.
This stat is based on a survey of nearly 14,000 people across 14 countries! How are the 41% of the population who are apparently larpers hiding from us so stealthily??
This stat is based on a survey of nearly 14,000 people across 14 countries! How are the 41% of the population who are apparently larpers hiding from us so stealthily??
Hey look, the finest award anyone can win is getting niche internet famous
(RIP)
(RIP)
January 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hey look, the finest award anyone can win is getting niche internet famous
(RIP)
(RIP)
Reposted by Joanna Piancastelli
Art is what helps us through every other fucking thing.
January 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Art is what helps us through every other fucking thing.
European larpers, if you left Facebook but haven't deleted your account yet, today is maybe a day to look back in. It's sad over there, but beautiful
January 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
European larpers, if you left Facebook but haven't deleted your account yet, today is maybe a day to look back in. It's sad over there, but beautiful
I love Lisa's graphic design for The Pokémon Corporation - that name badge does a load of mechanical work too (such as it's ever needed in a Smoke-style game)
New blog post!
I introduce the term "larpefacts" - artefacts from live action role playing - and explore different methods for archiving LARPs.
What's a particularly useful larpefact? The humble name badge.
florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/01/13/i...
I introduce the term "larpefacts" - artefacts from live action role playing - and explore different methods for archiving LARPs.
What's a particularly useful larpefact? The humble name badge.
florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/01/13/i...
Introducing Larpefacts: An Archaeology of LARPs
In live-action roleplay “everything is a designable surface” according to Johanna Koljonen. This means that every part of the LARP experience, from Facebook posts advertising the event to character…
florencesmithnicholls.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I love Lisa's graphic design for The Pokémon Corporation - that name badge does a load of mechanical work too (such as it's ever needed in a Smoke-style game)
Turns out I've been designing larps for over ten years. This was my debut and it's been played in more countries than I've been to!
UNHEROES by @joannajanuary.bsky.social is a 2014 Golden Cobra award winner in the "Most Appealing to Newcomers" category
Play "normal" people who are actually superheroes who lost to a supervillain who erased their reality after they failed to stop them.
www.goldencobra.org/pdf/Unheroes...
Play "normal" people who are actually superheroes who lost to a supervillain who erased their reality after they failed to stop them.
www.goldencobra.org/pdf/Unheroes...
January 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Turns out I've been designing larps for over ten years. This was my debut and it's been played in more countries than I've been to!
So far Bluesky mostly feels like a firehose of (justifiably) outraged politics reshares. Facebook may suck but at least over there my political commentators have the decency to turn their radicalising content into amusing little memes.
January 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
So far Bluesky mostly feels like a firehose of (justifiably) outraged politics reshares. Facebook may suck but at least over there my political commentators have the decency to turn their radicalising content into amusing little memes.
Captain Marvel is just Wicked but in a genre the dudebros expect to be all about them. In this essay I will
December 8, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Captain Marvel is just Wicked but in a genre the dudebros expect to be all about them. In this essay I will
Trying to do this meme without naming any blokes, and I'm having to dig pretty deep!
N K Jemisin
Naomi Novik
Dianne Wynne Jones
Catherine Fisher
Enid Blyton
N K Jemisin
Naomi Novik
Dianne Wynne Jones
Catherine Fisher
Enid Blyton
Five authors I've read five (or more) books by? Is a hard question, I don't think it's true of very many people.
Joe Abercrombie
Michael Moorcock
Martha Wells
John Scalzi
NK Jemisin maaaaaybe? If not then probably some childhood author like CS Lewis or Enid Blyton
Joe Abercrombie
Michael Moorcock
Martha Wells
John Scalzi
NK Jemisin maaaaaybe? If not then probably some childhood author like CS Lewis or Enid Blyton
This is a really fun question
Terry Pratchett
Ursula Le Guin
Steven Erikson
Guy Gavriel Kay
The ultimate cheat is to say Louis L'amour (probably closer to 50 than 5, lol)
If plays count, I've read everything by Tom Stoppard and probably Wilde too.
Terry Pratchett
Ursula Le Guin
Steven Erikson
Guy Gavriel Kay
The ultimate cheat is to say Louis L'amour (probably closer to 50 than 5, lol)
If plays count, I've read everything by Tom Stoppard and probably Wilde too.
November 23, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Trying to do this meme without naming any blokes, and I'm having to dig pretty deep!
N K Jemisin
Naomi Novik
Dianne Wynne Jones
Catherine Fisher
Enid Blyton
N K Jemisin
Naomi Novik
Dianne Wynne Jones
Catherine Fisher
Enid Blyton
So why don't larps list their larp inspirations as well as their media inspirations. Or "if you liked larp X, you might like this"?
(am I doing it? Is this how you tweet?)
(am I doing it? Is this how you tweet?)
November 22, 2024 at 9:40 PM
So why don't larps list their larp inspirations as well as their media inspirations. Or "if you liked larp X, you might like this"?
(am I doing it? Is this how you tweet?)
(am I doing it? Is this how you tweet?)