Welcome to the first episode of series 86, everyone! In this series, we are covering our first LARP, Strangers on the ‘Net, an online live action roleplaying game where you play as 90’s teens pretending to be 90’s teens in an online fandom forum to pretend to be characters from a fandom you all know and love, with previous guest of the show and designer of this game, Allison K. Cole! In today’s episode, we learn all about the history of this game and dive into character creation by picking our fandom and naming our teens!

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Allison K. Cole:

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/prairieeyes.bsky.social

Website: https://softchaos.games

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Strangers on the ‘Net Crowdfunding Campaign:

Website: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/softchaos/strangers-on-net

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Announcements

(00:01:17) - Introductions

(00:03:46) - What's in a game? - Core Concept

(00:11:44) - What materials do you need to play?

(00:14:20) - What stories and themes does this game explore?

(00:22:03) - What do you do as characters in this game?

(00:26:46) - What sparked the creation of this game?

(00:31:57) - History of the Game

(00:37:03) - Terms and Concepts

(00:38:14) - Let's make some people! - Picking a Fandom

(00:53:02) - Safety Survey

(00:59:57) - Our Teens - Names

(01:04:29) - A/S/L

(01:15:17) - Call to Action

(01:23:12) - Credits

Music:

Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod

Clip 1: Just for Kicks by GhostOn Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/7666

Clip 2: Black Crown by Andrew SantonOn Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8359

Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs

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