Required Readings

All course literature is available as digital resources for students in the course. This list is supplemented with videos and recommended literature on the course page.

• Aarebrot, Erik; Nielsen, Martin, Prisoner for a Day: Creating a Game Without Winners, Oslo, Norway:Fantasiforbundet (ed. Martin Eckoff Andresen), 2012, In Playing the Learning Game: A Practical Introduction to Educational RoleplayingCompulsory* (The artcle is accessible in digital form on the course page.)
• Balzac, Stephen, The Use of Structured Goal Setting in Simulation Design, Los Angeles, CA:Wyrd Con, 2013, Wyrd Con Companion Book 2013- free accessCompulsory* (Ed. Sarah Lynne Bowman and Aaron Vanek. p. 18–21 (3 pp))
• Bartenstein, Lennart, Larp in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Making Larp a Standard Method, Nordiclarp.org, April 22, 2022, On Line Article - Free AccessCompulsory*
• Beltrán, Whitney Strix, Why Minority Settings in RPGs Matter, Tor.com, 2015, Tor.com, April 27 - Full online articleCompulsory*
• Bloom's Taxonomy is a Hierarchical Framework for Cognition and Learning Objectives, TeachThought University, 2022, TeachThought Staff - web pageCompulsory*
• Bowman, Sarah Lynne, Educational Live Action Role-playing Games: A Secondary Literature Review, Los Angeles, CA: Wyrd Con, 2014, Wyrd Con Companion Book 2014 - free accessCompulsory* (p. 112–131 (19 pp))
• Bowman, Sarah Lynne, The Mixing Desk of Edu-Larp, Workshop for Edu-Larp Conference 2018/Dept. for Game Design, 2018, Workshop for Edu-Larp Conference (login required)Compulsory*
• Brown, Maury, Creating a Culture of Trust through Safety and Calibration Larp Mechanics, Nordiclarp.org, 2016, Nordiclarp.org, September 9Compulsory*
• Brown, Maury, Post-Play Activities for Larp: Methods and Challenges, Analog Game Studies, 2018, Analog Game Studies V, no. II (June 2)Compulsory*
• Bruun, Jesper, Pre-larp Workshops as Learning Situations - Matching Intentions with Outcome, Nordiclarp.org, 2011, Think Larp: Academic Writings from KP2011Compulsory* (Eds. Thomas Duus Henriksen, Christian Bierlich, Kasper Friis Hansen and Valdemar Koelle. pp. 194–215 (21 pp.I)
• Crookall, David, Engaging (in) Gameplay and (in) Debriefing, Part of: Simulation & gaming, vol. 45, no. 4-5, 2014, p. 416–427Compulsory* (11 pages)
• George, Ajit, Ajit George: The Beautiful Challenge Of Bringing India To D&D's Ravenloft, Department of Game Design/terribleminds, 2021, Chuck Wendig: Terrible Minds, November 18Compulsory*
• Koljonen, Johanna et al., Glossary, Part of: Larp design: creating role-play experiences, Kbh., Landsforeningen Bifrost, 2019, p. 411–419Compulsory*
• Henry, Elsa S., Reimagining Disability in Role-Playing Games, Analog Game Studies, 2015, Analog Game Studies II, no. II (February 2)Compulsory*
• Holkar, Mo, Workshop Practice: A Functional Workshop Structure Method., Denmark: Rollespils Akademiet, 2015, The Knudepunkt 2015 Companion Book (Charles Bo Nielsen ed.) pdf.Compulsory* (pp. 148–155 (7 pages))
• Jones, Shelly, Blinded by the Roll: The Critical Fail of Disability in D&D, Analog Game Studies, 2018, Analog Game Studies V, no. I (March 5)Compulsory*
• Kangas, Kaisa, Playing the Stories of Others, Nordiclarp.org, 2017, Nordiclarp.org, February 18Compulsory* (Also in: "Once Upon a Nordic Larp... Twenty Years of Playing Stories", edited by Martine Svanevik, Linn Carin Andreassen, Simon Brind, Elin Nilsen, and Grethe Sofie Bulterud Strand. p. 152–158. Oslo, Norway: Knutepunkt. (The book is not for sale))
• Kessock, Shoshana, Cultural Appropriation and Larp, Part of: The cutting edge of nordic larp: Knutpunkt 2014, Malmö, Knutpunkt, 2014, p. 125–134, On Line Chapter - Free AccessCompulsory*
• Mochocki, Michal, Edu-Larp as Revision of Subject-Matter Knowledge, Part of: International journal of role-playing, no. 4, 2013, p. 55–75, Full online articleCompulsory* (20 pages)
• Stenros, Jaakko; Montola, Markus, Basic Concepts in Larp Design, Part of: Larp design: creating role-play experiences, Kbh., Landsforeningen Bifrost, 2019, p. 16–21Compulsory* (5 pages)

Required materials for assignments - Choose one (1)

Note: In this list, "Required materials", students can choose one (1) resource to examine. Admitted students can also find other materials (such as videos) and detailed assignment instructions in Studium.

• Arbjørn, Jesper Heebøl, The Narrative Experience, Nordiclarp.org (February 28), 2018, On Line Article - Free Access
• Barkholt-Spangsbo, Troels; Arbjørn, Jesper Heebøll, Emergent Stories and Directed Narratives, Part of: Larp design: creating role-play experiences, Kbh., Landsforeningen Bifrost, 2019, p. 121–130
• Brind, Simon, Narrative Design, Part of: Larp design: creating role-play experiences, Kbh., Landsforeningen Bifrost, 2019 (pp. 110–120 (10 pp))
• Dahlberg, Johan; Back, Jon, Rules are Magic: What Larp Can Learn From Narrative RPGs, Department of Game Design/Nordiclarp.org, 2021, Nordiclarp.org, May 31
• Wilson, Danny, Designing the Mechanics You Need, Part of: Larp design: creating role-play experiences, Kbh., Landsforeningen Bifrost, 2019, p. 238–250

* Compulsory