On this webpage you can find all kinds of interactive dramas, role play events and larps, I’ve been involved in creating. Some of the dramas do not have pictures, and I’ve used friend GPT to generate some.
Adventures in organizing interactive dramas
Duisternis in de Lich(t)stad
Combine the classic Vampire setting, combine it with Dutch ideas about larp, put it in the mix, and this is the larp you get. In the world of invisible powers and intrigues, where a battle rages between tradition and progress, Eindhoven is the newest battleground. For years, Eindhoven was under the control of a powerful…
Rusthuis: Zonnegloren
Set in the mid-1950s, in a sanatorium, a retreat, somewhere in Drenthe. For years, the wildest stories have circulated about this place. Some talk about wild experiments happening there; others believe it is nothing more than a place for the world’s wealthy to hide away from public scrutiny; yet others have heard from a niece,…
Casino Mortale
In films, it always seems like everyone in such a casino is a spy. Of course, that’s not the case. But… every once in a while, they seem to attract each other immensely. Or is such a place just an easy place to meet? In Casino Mortale, you will find them tonight. MI6, CIA, KGB,…
Let’s Dance
A larp full of song, dance and drama, inspired by the band “Queen” and the larp “Lovestories by Abba”. “You used to be a close group of friends during your high school days in a small village far from the big city. You made music together, had a love for music in general and especially…
Catharsis
A larp at the end of the Covid pandemic. To try and give it a place, give it meaning. A long shortlarp, to say goodbye to the past 18 months, and hopefully welcome a new beginning. We promised everybody a happy ending to this larp, but the journey towards that ending might be challenging. Repetitive…
Theatric acting for role-players (1, 2)
Acting is part of larp. Therefore, an acting training can be helpful. Together with Ron van Lente, I organised this 2 day course. Ron is an experienced actor and teacher. Specialized in the ways of Grotowski, he brings an unparalled energy to our sessions. The physicality of this methods a common ground with the practicalities…
Listen
Written during the pandemic, specifically so as to able to perform online. A larp about endings, possible beginnings, and dark secrets. Here the players play the roles of senior officers onbaord warship the “Unflinching”, a Dutch warship on its way back to the Netherlands, in the aftermath of the second world war. What will they…
Dreamland
Performed once before the Covid. Then, during the pandemic, we re-wrote the scenario to be able to run the event during that pandemic.“As the crew of the interstellar spaceship ‘Dromenland,’ your mission is to search for unexplored planets. You observe, record, and report; interaction with primitive civilizations is strictly forbidden. But what do you do…
Quizmaster
Inspired by the Mitchell and Webb sketches around “The Event”, we created a short little larp called “Quizmaster”. A window into the world of “18 hours”, where the audience are all zombified, the contestants seemingly have giving up hope and the production assistant is terrorized by a sadistic host.A larp vignette, of sorts.
Debt
This drama is set in the future, about 12 years after now. The world is largely as we know it, apart from a few things.For instance: locking up criminals in a prison is much less common; there is a good alternative, a better way. For some crimes, there is the punishment of the “Emoti-On”. A…
The Alexandria Gates (1 – 3)
The end of the 19th century, a boat just outside the port of Alexandria. Magic is seeping out of this world, and the Ottoman empire is on it’s last legs. A role play event about loss and new beginnings, about magic and the disappearance thereof. All while sailing on the IJsselmeer. “1. Leaving”“Dreaming of Alexandria”“2.…
Cinematic larp: 18 hours
“18 Hours” is a psychological drama in a post apocalyptic zombie setting.Through cinematic scenes, we create a oppressive atmosphere, a dangerous world, where a group of people try to survive. The players have little or no influence on the development of the events, but each event will have an influence on the characters themselves and…
The Journey
A group of people wanders on an infinite plane, looking for the civilised world. They all have a different background but landed in the cargo hold of a truck together with others, a truck that will take them over the border – on the way to a new, better future. After crossing the border and…
Feria, a sect
Every Sunday, on a farm somewhere in the countryside, Feria has a special session, where all can relax and think about the one true God, and their place in the new world. Mediation and reflection are a big part of these sessions. All is well, and will be. No-one has any secrets for the others……
Rooms / Waiting
6 people 4 rooms 6 secrets I produced, wrote and organized this event.
Action Reaction
Two buildings, in one a group of activists, in the other: the police. Will they co-exist peacefully, or will the situation escalate…Oh, and the 1978 soccer match of holland vs argentina is playing on the radio! I co-produced, co-wrote and co-organized this event.Conspirators: Bas Paap, Jantine van den Bosch and Laura van der Vet .
Café René
Inspired by http://larpfactorybookproject.blogspot.com/2013/10/cafe-rene.html we organized our own version of this role play event. I produced, co-wrote and organized this event. Conspirators: Anne Wouters-Möhlmann, Bas Paap, Johan Wouters, Laura van der Vet.
The Company Outing
When your company puts all the nay-sayers, the whistleblowers, and the lazy workers on one bus for a company outing, together with a certain group from r&d, you just know something’s up.This role play event was a thriller, a horror, where none would survive… I produced, co-wrote and organized this horror event. Conspirators: Chris Schaekens,…
Some Enchanted Evening
Two rooms, two groups of people. Each character played twice. And at some point during the event, some of these players got switched between rooms. And back again. Sometimes one would make decisions for the other. Never the same, although they were duplicates.All this, during a birthday party, a nightmare, where every archetype had become…
Strangers in the Night
You wake up in a dark place. No lights at all. No memories of who you are or what has happened. Eleven others, in the same place. Some are hurt, others locked up in a separate room, bound to chairs. Subterranean, a bunker. Someone has a gun…An interactive drama, where the players themselves didn’t even…
Fly me to the Moon
Shell, Greenpeace, some government officials, in a plane somewhere over the Atlantic. Adultery, rivalries, addiction, despair, heroism, lies, damn lies, talking memories, and more, were all on that plane. I produced, co-wrote and co-organized this event as our second Indra event. Conspirators: Anne Wouters-Möhlmann, Nina Moelker and Patrick Deeters.
Shocktherapy
A variation on the systemless scenario designed for Necronomicon 13 by James O’Rance, a Sydney-based designer who has been running games at roleplaying conventions since 1996. An interactive drama, set in a psychiatric hospital, during a group therapy. I co-produced and organized this event as our first Indra event.Conspirator: Anne Wouters-Möhlmann.
Belvedère (1 – 4)
Belvedère is a role play event that is organized twice a year. The setting is the court of Louis XIII. No fantasy, high intrige and political play. As co-writer and prop builder I helped create this wonderful event 4 times. Belvedère I, II, III and IV.
Wolfhagen (1, 2, 3)
A 18th century historical role play event, set in the south-east of the Netherlands. Witches, goat-riders, spies and more would visit this lovely little village. I’ve helped organize and write this role play event.
Puerto Diablo (5 – 9)
A semi-historical role play event, set in the 17th century at east-coast of the Americas. I’ve helped organize and write, the events 5, 6, 7, Tortuga, 8 and 9.
Elerion (16 – 41)
Elerion is a classical high fantasy larp. It’s been active since 1994, and we organize 2 events, every year. I’ve been an producer, organizer, writer, prop builder for the events 16 up to 41.
Eternica
Eternica is a classical boffer larp. I was one of the writers for the scenario of “Eternica 9: AutumnShades”.
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