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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

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Two Hand Path and the Dice Exploder episode about it

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We Three Shall Meet Again by Sam Dunnewold

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Kate’s actual play Path of Glory on twitch.

Sam on Bluesky and itch.

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