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.
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"Gaming Like It's 1930" is coming this January: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Gaming Like It's 1930
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2026, works from 1930 are free to use and ...
itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"Gaming Like It's 1930" is coming this January: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
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"how did you get into ttrpgs"
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
Oh, ttrpgs killed my parents so i swore to play as many as i can to absorb their power
Oh, ttrpgs killed my parents so i swore to play as many as i can to absorb their power
“how did you get into ttrpgs”
Oh, I was exposed to cosmic ttrpg rays when I was younger
Oh, I was exposed to cosmic ttrpg rays when I was younger
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
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Alessandro Giovanucci's dictum: "The coolest larp scene ever is the one you're in right now."
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Alessandro Giovanucci's dictum: "The coolest larp scene ever is the one you're in right now."
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CFP for a special issue of Eludamos. What are antifascist games? Proposal deadline is December 19.
eludamos.org/index.php/el...
eludamos.org/index.php/el...
Special Issue: WHAT ARE ANTIFASCIST GAMES?
| Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture
eludamos.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
CFP for a special issue of Eludamos. What are antifascist games? Proposal deadline is December 19.
eludamos.org/index.php/el...
eludamos.org/index.php/el...
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“My partner is going through cancer treatment. Any infection can send him to the ER.”— Katherine, one of several organizers of @makeascenemn.bsky.social shares her insight on prevention with @msjulieslam.bsky.social #MaskTogetherAmerica
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“My partner is going through cancer treatment. Any infection can send him to the ER.”— Katherine, one of several organizers of @makeascenemn.bsky.social shares her insight on prevention with @msjulieslam.bsky.social #MaskTogetherAmerica
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do you guys know about consider the consequences, the first ever choose your own adventure book from 1930? it’s free on itch and i just read through a couple of routes with friends and had a blast, highly recommend geetheriot.itch.io/consider-the...
Consider the Consequences by geetheriot
The first ever Choose Your Own Adventure (style) book from 1930 is back! In Interactive Fiction form!
geetheriot.itch.io
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
do you guys know about consider the consequences, the first ever choose your own adventure book from 1930? it’s free on itch and i just read through a couple of routes with friends and had a blast, highly recommend geetheriot.itch.io/consider-the...
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COVID is still a thing. Wear an N95 at the convention, nerds!
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
COVID is still a thing. Wear an N95 at the convention, nerds!
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Today I gave a quick pitch for my larp class entitled, "Larp is Cool, Actually and a student asked if some APs were larps, and I was like, "Great question! ...you know what. Some APs are getting really fucking close. But let's not tell them that."
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Today I gave a quick pitch for my larp class entitled, "Larp is Cool, Actually and a student asked if some APs were larps, and I was like, "Great question! ...you know what. Some APs are getting really fucking close. But let's not tell them that."
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Maybe someday I'll feel cynical about larp, it won't be a big deal. Today is not that day. It's the closest fucking thing we have to a holodeck. It's fucking magic. Why aren't you doing it? Why don't you get it? How could you not see it as a miracle every time you get to do it?
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Maybe someday I'll feel cynical about larp, it won't be a big deal. Today is not that day. It's the closest fucking thing we have to a holodeck. It's fucking magic. Why aren't you doing it? Why don't you get it? How could you not see it as a miracle every time you get to do it?
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make bad art!!! it's better than making no art!!!
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
make bad art!!! it's better than making no art!!!
Congrats to all! Especially to 2025 MAS author Peter Hagmann on the win!
Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
(Thread)
(Thread)
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"