Tobias Curry of Spring Heeled Studios started his work as part of the “Steampunk’d” TV show, and has worked commissions and influence in the LARP community ever since. He sat down with our Scribe to discuss the nature of his work, and the joys of crafting for LARP! The Scribe: I didn't realize there was a “Steam Punk’d” TV show. That's awesome! Tobias Curry: <laugh>, yes. That did occur. It was, oh golly, it was nine years ago. I think we're gonna hit 10 soon. I believe it w

Here is our updated DrachenFest Play Guide. This year's updates were light - we focused on streamlining the wording around a few complicated topics, and ideas that have evolved since the festival began. Here are the highlights: We did some light clarity-driven editing on sections "It's a Game" (p4) and "Rules and Reacting to stuff" (p6). (p7) Clarified our stance on "alternate characters" - our intention is that you play the same character throughout the festival. We do make

There’s something truly aesthetically pleasing about coin. There’s the image of a fat coinpurse being paid out to an informant. The feel of flipping a coin in your finger and catching it, and getting to call “heads or tails?” One of the most important things about an in-game economy, is that you have the coin needed to to exchange goods and services. Step one: getting the coin. Every player starts with 3 copper that comes with their arrival in the world. Everyone has the avai