You, who are reading these lines—where virtues and vices clash within you—come and discover with us the events that led to the beginning of the Hundred Years’ War.

We find ourselves in the year 1337, when English kings held numerous estates on French soil and were in many ways more powerful than the King of France himself. The conflict began with disputes over control of the English wool trade in Flanders. Tensions peaked when the Count of Flanders arrested English merchants, and England responded with a trade embargo. This sparked an uprising—and ignited what would become a hundred-year struggle.

If you want to learn how this conflict unfolded and become part of its dramatic events yourself, you can experience this story through larp.

She ran through the house, desperately searching for somewhere to hide from him. Screams, blows, and agonized groans echoed all around her. She knew he was close. She glanced back—and didn’t see the pool of blood ahead. She slipped and crashed to the ground. Her brother’s lifeless body lay beside her. Footsteps approached behind her. Fast, too fast. She tried to get up, but slipped again. He was already looming over her, a poker in his hands and a cruel smile on his face. She frantically searched for anything she could use to defend herself, but deep down she knew it was pointless. When the first blow landed, she knew she had lost this race for her life. It was her fault. She deserved it. She was still breathing when he let the poker fall and stepped over her dying body. It happened again.

On the occasion of the anniversary of the end of an unpleasant war, we bring you a report from a foreign international larp. The article was created based on an interview and memories of one of the Czech participants, Jan Newman Novák. The larp will have further reruns and we hope that we will experience similar things only in this playful form.

Larps offer a unique space for discovery, role-playing, and the forging of new relationships across age groups and levels of experience. For many young participants, it’s their first opportunity to go somewhere on their own, meet kindred spirits, and experience something truly extraordinary. But this openness and diversity also come with challenges—particularly around how to create a safe and supportive environment for those who are new to the community and unfamiliar with its norms.

We aim to share a perspective on how the larp environment can be cultivated to remain open and inspiring, while also being sensitive to the needs of vulnerable participants.

Since ancient times, the Children of the Forest have lived peacefully within their woodland realm. They ruled it, and it responded to their will. But then the world changed. From the north came the People of the Plains, bringing fire and destruction. The Forest People, fragmented and ununited, could not stand against them. Trees were burned or cut down, giving way to fields and settlements. Sherbor became the last refuge for those who sought not just survival, but the restoration of the old ways.

At the beginning of May, I took part in the romantic Regency larp Social Season in Germany, set in 1811 England.

In the past year, we had the opportunity to visit dozens of games in the Czech Republic. You can see their dates on two calendars, you can add the ratings of the larps to the Larp database, and a summary of current events appears every three weeks in the Larp newsletter. And we remember many larps through photographs.

Hey, my friends! It’s been a while. Lately I found myself not having much energy to do stuff. Depression and shit, you know… I postponed my summaries so much, I fell several months behind. Well, what the heck, let’s do it now! :-)

Dance Macabre was a dancing larp based on the larp In Fair Verona ¹ by Tue Beck Saarie and Jasper Brunn and on one chapter of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book. We initially conceived the game as an experiment to find out whether Czech larpers would even be interested in this style of larp, and whether the Nordic larp approach in general would be welcomed in the Czech Republic. We also wanted to identify the scope of adaptations required to make the Nordic larp-like game attractive for the Czech larp community. This article sums up the concept of the game, the mechanics used and the experience gained from the creation and organization of the game. Celý článek »

This half of the article ends our story about the evolution of chamber larp in the Czech Republic (and Slovakia). I started writing this essay as a by-product of the recent larp book Check Larps because I thought it was high time for reflecting on the past before the details vacated my mind for good. In the first part, I covered the first six years and the way the genre transformed from its first timid steps to an era when we had a chamber larp festival on every corner.

Last year, a team of authors published a Czech collection of chamber larp scenarios called Check Larps. I wrote the introduction, focused on the specific features of the Czech approach to this format, and in the process, I realized that it would be interesting to look back on the history of Czech chamber larps in general. I was interested in looking at major shared features and intersections in their development, as well as important milestones. After all, there was a time when chamber larp was one of the main drivers of innovation in Czech larp and would often massively determine the shape of larp as a medium in the Czech Republic overall. Celý článek »

Patrik is probably only one of the active larpers of the Czech community who makes his larp summary in English. It is an interesting insight into this hobby because Patrik makes larps – and plays them – a lot. And his interests in themes are wide. We prepared a summary serial of his texts that provide an unique insight into his larp experience. So enjoy and we hope that it inspires you to make your own summaries. :-)

Here are the first, second, and third part of Patrick’s blog.

Patrik is probably only one of the active larpers of the Czech community who makes his larp summary in English. It is an interesting insight into this hobby because Patrik makes larps – and plays them – a lot. And his interests in themes are wide. We prepared a summary serial of his texts that provide an unique insight into his larp experience. So enjoy and we hope that it inspires you to make your own summaries. :-)

Here are the first and second part of Patrick’s blog.

Patrik is probably only one of the active larpers of the Czech community who makes his larp summary in English. It is an interesting insight into this hobby because Patrik makes larps – and plays them – a lot. And his interests in themes are wide. We prepared a summary serial of his texts that provide an unique insight into his larp experience. So enjoy and we hope that it inspires you to make your own summaries. :-)

Link for the first part of Patrick’s blog is here.

Patrik is probably only one of the active larpers of the Czech community who makes his larp summary in English. It is an interesting insight into this hobby because Patrik makes larps – and plays them – a lot. And his interests in themes are wide. We prepared a summary serial of his texts that provide an unique insight into his larp experience. So enjoy and we hope that it inspires you to make your own summaries. :-)