Of Your Own Free Will

RPG system: LARP
Participants: 5-10 players

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Description

Of your own free will is a larp set in the fictional world of the sailing larp Demeter, which in itself was inspired by Bram Stoker’s horror novel Dracula. The story is set in the year 1894, a few years before the events depicted in both of these works. The setting is the morning after a great ball in Castle Güssing, in the South-Eastern tip of Austria, close to the border of Hungary. The characters reminisce the night before, trying to reconcile what they experienced. There was a séance and much talk. The larp is played in flashbacks, told while sitting in the inn the characters are staying. During the course of the game, the characters come to realize they all might have shared the same dream.

Content Warnings: Seance and speaking with the dead

Presented by
Steve Deutsch: I’m a larp organizer for 25 years and played in Germany, UK fest (Gathering, Renewal and Maelstrom) before discovering the KP scene and so-called “Nordic larp”. 5 years ago, together with some friends, we started the “It’s full of larps” mini larp festivals in Germany which have become a regular event (3-4 per year) by now. I also introduced the “miniFRED” chamber game award into the MittelPunkt conference. I’ve written and organized short larps for conferences, education and business environments inn Germany, other European countries and Tanzania. Besides that, I’m the CEO of “Sailing 4 Adventure” running sailing ship larps in Germany and Denmark.

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