Headspace

RPG system: LARP
Participants: 12 players

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Description

At some point, most people have had the occasion to ask “What were they thinking?” when reviewing a decision someone made (maybe themselves?). Headspace provides the answer.

Inspired by the 1990s TV series Herman’s Head and the 2015 movie Inside Out, Headspace takes you into someone’s head as competing urges like Anger, Fear, Disgust, Intellect and Passion vie for control over what their human will do and say. The inner dialogue that goes on inside someone’s head becomes external as they react to a series of different situations. The urges debate how to react to a pushy boss, what to say to a secret crush or what to feel when receiving bad news.

The larp consists of a series of scenarios where The Person encounters a pre-written situation played with someone else. The urges determine among themselves which will dominate and what The Person should do and say. Players represent different urges and The Person in turn for each of the six scenarios to experience the full gamut of human emotions.

Content Warnings: Headspace explores psychology and how the brain determines what we do and say all day. Potential triggers include romance, rejection, workplace difficulties, comping with death.

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