The Beauty of Czech Larps in 2022
In the past year, we had the opportunity to visit dozens of games in the Czech Republic. Their dates can be followed on two of our calendars, you can add their ratings to the Larp database, a summary of current events appears every three weeks in the Larp newsletter. And we remember many larps through photographs.
A number of events and photographers will share their photos on their profiles, where they will get forgotten. I think it’s a shame, because the quality of larp photography has been at a high level in our country, and the larps in their presentation look gorgeous. So let’s recap this year’s best visual cuts and maybe it will inspire you to visit some such extravaganza next year.
Ladies and gentlemen, these are Czech larps for 2022. We have a lot to be proud of. Click, enjoy, have fun. And the next time someone asks you what the larp looks like, send them here!
1914: At Home by Christmas
A content larp set among soldiers in the trenches of World War 1 in the run-up to Christmas.
Complete photogallery by Petr Zipa Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels,
Commplete photogallery by Lenka Anois Kopečková, Anoisina spoušť.
Akkon
Dramatic content historical narrative larp which is set in the city of the same name shortly before its fall. A second run took place.
Complete photogallery by Petr Zip Hájek, and portraits, Zip’s rusty pixels.
Good People of Languedoc
Content atmospheric larp, the plot of which is, among other things, inspired by the Cathar heresy of the second half of the 13th century.
Complete photogallery by Petr Zip Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels,
Complete photogallery by Petr Ĺuba, Thief of Souls.
Belle Epoque
Larp from the alternate history of the late 19th century inspired by motifs from Victorian horror and adventure novels, the work of Jules Verne, the atmosphere of the works of E. A. Poe and H. P. Lovecraft, occultism, political machinations and phantasmagoric visions of the time, mixed with a world dominated by inhuman and extraterrestrial entities called the Ancients and pseudo-Slavic pantheon.
Complete photogallery by Michal Kára, Michal Kára · LARPy, cosplay a tak,
Complete photogallery by Petr Zip Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels
Complete photogallery by Martin Archalous, Martin Archalous – fotky SF&F
The Line
Line is an educational role-playing game for a group of ten players. It takes place in the Czech border zone in the autumn of 1950, and its heroes try to cross the Czechoslovak border and get to the „West„.
Complete photogallery by Marley Boba.
Complete photogallery by Majda Foto.
House in Circles
A content-driven, atmospheric horror game that takes inspiration from haunted house horror and ghost stories and also deals with themes such as the breakdown of family relationships and historical grievances.
Complete photogallery: the first, second, and third part by Michaela Portychová, Zachytit ten moment / Míša Portychová.
Fallen
A content game using the principle of fate play, inspired by comics and other stories about the transformation of ordinary people and heroes into villains.
Complete photogallery by Petr Zip Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels.
Fin de siècle
A conversational content role-playing game set in Paris at the end of the 19th century, where the characters meet in the cabaret Le Chat Noir in a gloomy depressive atmosphere alternating with occasional bursts of optimism and nostalgia. Two runs were made.
Complete photogallery by Michal Kára, Michal Kára · LARPy, cosplay a tak,
Complete photogallery by Petr Zip Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels.
The Cabaret
A weekend larp loosely encompassing everything you imagine when you hear the word cabaret and let your imagination run wild. Two runs were made.
Complete photogallery of the first, and the second run, by Michal Kára · LARPy, cosplay a tak.
Age of Blood
A content dramatic narrative historical larp set at the Reichstag in Nuremberg in 1313. It had a fifth run.
Complete photogallery by Petra Zip Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels.
Legend of Blackhill
Weird western larp full of themes of dime novels and set in the Wild West circa 1858. Two runs were made.
Complete photogallery by Petr Zip Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels,
The gallery by Petr Ĺuba (Thief of Souls), the first, and the second part.
Legion: Siberian Story
A historical narrative game set in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. There were two international runs.
Complete photogallery: retro version and coloured version by Lenka Anois Kopečková, Anoisina spoušť.
Complete photogallery by Tomáš Guth Jarkovský, Very guth pictures.
Complete photogallery by Tereza Šolcová, Spadla Z Višně – Tereza Šolcová.
Tiny Shiny
Tiny Shiny is a content larp set at the turn of the millennium in a Berlin club where everyone has one last chance to live their lives the way they really want.
Complete photogallery by Michal Kára, Michal Kára · LARPy, cosplay a tak.
Complete photogallery by Michaela Portychová, Zachytit ten moment / Míša Portychová.
Melloria
Fantasy sandbox world type game in its own setting and with a long tradition.
Galerie by Karea Foto, first and second part.
Mirrors of England
Narrative content larp that takes you into the world inspired by Susanna Clark’s book Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Two runs were made.
Complete photogallery by Quilip Gray,
Complete photogallery by Michaela Portychová: Zachytit ten moment / Míša Portychová.
Moomins
A somewhat experimental game on a smaller scale with a Nordic theme, loosely inspired by the life and work of the writer and painter Tove Jansson.
Complete photogallery by Michal Kára, Michal Kára · LARPy, cosplay a tak.
Night of Crosses
An atmospheric larp from the Wild West, which works with the themes of separation, hope, but also the daily grind, without which the hard-tested society of a remote American town would fall apart completely.
Complete photogallery by Petr Zip Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels,
Complete photogallery by Hana Maturová, Hana Maturova Photography.
Liebenthal Operation
A project that aims to bring selected aspects of life in the Czech borderland at the very end of the Second World War as close as possible.
Complete photogallery by Petr Zip Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels,
Complete photogallery by Hana Maturová, Hana Maturova Photography.
Opus Magnum
A six-hour horror larp set in Austria-Hungary at the end of the 19th century and aims to convey feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and fear of the indescribable.
Complete photogallery by Tomáš Guth Jarkovský, Very guth pictures,
Complete photogallery by Lukáš Viper Makovička.
Stories of Avalon
Larp from the environment of Arthurian legends with dramatic and content procedures. It is created as a community project driven by groups which participate on it.
Complete photogallery by Gabriela Goffová, Gigi photo / Gabriela Goffova,
Complete photogallery by Kristýna Darien Obrdlíková, FotoGen Darien,
Complete photogallery by Petr Zip Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels.
Requiem: Reichskinder
The play is inspired by the complex period of Czech-German relations just after the Second World War. It processes in the form of an atmospheric thriller from the environment of an institution for troubled youth. Two runs were made.
Gallery by Michaela Portychová, first, second a third album, Zachytit ten moment / Míša Portychová.
Heart of Drakkar
Content chamber outdoor larp set in a gloomy environment and the Viking age, where the line between reality and madness meet each other.
Complete photogallery by Kristýna Darien Obrdlíková, FotoGen Darien.
Heart of the Forest
Content dramatic game about forest creatures from Slavic mythologies. It is set on the border between prehistoric times and ancient times, full of savage rituals and mysticism.
Gallery by Karea Foto, first and second part plus portraits,
Complete photogallery by Petr Zip Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels.
Hundred Years War, 1337
The game combines elements of larp and board game, and its course affects events across Europe and surrounding countries during this important conflict.
Complete photogallery by Petr Zip Hájek, Zip’s rusty pixels.
Under the Dark Mark
Content dramatic larp from the world of Harry Potter; the plot is set during the seventh part of the saga at Hogwarts school. Two runs were made.
Complete photogallery by Barbora Ĺuba, Bára dělá fotky,
Gallery by Pierogi Photography, first and second part plus portraits.
Refutate
An experimental larp whose central theme is memories. The game is divided into two parts, where in the first part the players co-create content for the second part. It then takes place on three levels that are significantly different in terms of content and gameplay, through which players act repeatedly.
Complete photogallery by Petr Ĺuba, Thief of Souls.
Knights‘ Song
Action fantasy fairy tale, dramatic content larp. The key to the game is the atmosphere of autumn, the telling of stories that are not completely closed to the player and the physicality of the game. There was an international run.
Complete photogallery by Lenka Anois Kopečkové, Anoisina spoušť.
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Darien – Kristýna Obrdlíková 
Působí v Pardubicích, organizuje od roku 2007, má na svědomí Světy zlodějů, Střepy Abeiru, Matrixy, Ozvěny Nirnaeth a další outdoory. Vedle larpů se věnuje mnoha příbuzným činnostem. Dává přednost hravosti, budování atmosféry a připravenosti. Svůj čas tráví hledáním rozmanitých druhů inspirace a snahou o obohacení světa druhých.