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The Wizard's Desk
The Wizard's desk is a blog space where our staff and creative leads offer their insight and experience on engaging with DrachenFest US! We're excited to share what we can, so pull up a seat!


The Bazaar in 2024
Every year, the Dragons summon beings from faraway lands to provide their champions with hearth, trade, and training through the bazaar! There are vendors, guilds, events, enterprises, and likely even brick-throwing riots! We don't want you to miss out, so we're here to help. We've created a map just for you! This map will guide you to the people and places you're looking for, but remember that every plan can change with unexpected surprises. Please note, this map is a point
Drachenfest US
Jun 15, 20241 min read


The Avatars are Human Too
In-Game, the Gods manifest human forms called Avatars to have a physical presence in the Dragon World and inspire their followers. Out-of-game, the Avatars are played by real-life human beings who have a very difficult job! In order to develop better long-term play-relationships, we’d like to talk about some of the stresses and challenges that the Avatars face. It’s Lonely at the Top - playing a godlike role can leave the avatar player feeling isolated. There are only a few o
Drachenfest US
Jun 14, 20242 min read


Becoming a "Play Community"
Let’s daydream about what our DrachenFest community can be… By default, many larps are a “game community” - a group of people who play a game together. In a game community, we play hard! We need rules and referees to keep things fair and consistent. Everyone competes against each other in a dance of winners and losers. It’s fun to have contests and tournaments and battles when people’s hearts are in it, right? So we want to win and we don’t want to lose. After you’ve done tha
Drachenfest US
Jun 12, 20245 min read
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