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In a lot of tabletop rpgs, to do something in the fictional world, we engage with abstraction: to pick someone’s pocket, we describe picking their pocket, or we roll a die to see how well we pick it. But in larp, sometimes the action is the action. I pick your pocket... by picking your pocket.
This embodiment of play, where my real life actions equal my fictional character's actions, might be what many people understand as the core difference between larp and tabletop games. Today, Kate Hill and I get into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful of embodied play.
Further Reading
Playing to Lift, Not Just to Lose by Susanne Vejdemo
Bluebeard’s Bride
New World Magischola
Chasing Bleed – An American Fantasy Larper at Wizard School by Tara M. Clapper
Golden Cobra Challenge
Find Larp Shack on Facebook!
Two Hand Path and the Dice Exploder episode about it
Ad Links
We Three Shall Meet Again by Sam Dunnewold
Socials
Kate on Bluesky.
Kate’s actual play Path of Glory on twitch.
Sam on Bluesky and itch.
The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com
Our logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.
Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!
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Transcripts available at diceexploder.com
In a lot of tabletop rpgs, to do something in the fictional world, we engage with abstraction: to pick someone’s pocket, we describe picking their pocket, or we roll a die to see how well we pick it. But in larp, sometimes the action is the action. I pick your pocket... by picking your pocket.
This embodiment of play, where my real life actions equal my fictional character's actions, might be what many people understand as the core difference between larp and tabletop games. Today, Kate Hill and I get into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful of embodied play.
Further Reading
Playing to Lift, Not Just to Lose by Susanne Vejdemo
Bluebeard’s Bride
New World Magischola
Chasing Bleed – An American Fantasy Larper at Wizard School by Tara M. Clapper
Golden Cobra Challenge
Find Larp Shack on Facebook!
Two Hand Path and the Dice Exploder episode about it
Ad Links
We Three Shall Meet Again by Sam Dunnewold
Socials
Kate on Bluesky.
Kate’s actual play Path of Glory on twitch.
Sam on Bluesky and itch.
The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com
Our logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.
Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!

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