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Larp House Presents: Club Felis

Club Felis / A Larp House event / May 12, 2023 6-10 PM / Caydence Records & Coffee / 900 Payne Avenue St. Paul MN / Reserve your place right meow!

CLUB FELIS:
Everybody Wants to be a Cat
~~~ REGISTER HERE ~~~

Cats of the Twin Cities, come gather and play at our very own nightclub: Club Felis. Here the stray cats and posh house cats mingle. They flirt, play, drink milk, and enjoy their cat mint. In particular they participate in or enjoy watching the Cat of the Year competition, which is held “every week.”  For one evening only, Caydence Records & Coffee in Saint Paul, MN will host the hottest night club in the Twin Cities for all things cool cats and hot jazz: Club Felis!

“Welcome all you cats and friends to Club Felis! Not everyone is welcome here, but you are! Are there any dogs among the audience maybe? Not so? Are there any mice among the audience? Not that either? But can everyone who belongs to the family of cats raise their paws and give me a resounding MEOW! Tonight we will announce who is the deserving winner of the Cat of the Year award! Those of you who want to brave the competition should talk with Agent Orange. Apart from that, enjoy the milk and other extravaganza. You have been here before, so you know what the deal is. Please welcome Scat Cats! (music!)”

– George – master of ceremonies at Club Felis

All Swinging Cats, show off your talents, sing/yowl your heart out, or jump into the Scat Cats improv jazz jam, playing awesome pick up standards. Scheme with your friends, disdain your enemies, and use impeccable cat logic to prove YOU deserve to help decide who wins Cat of the Year this week. Because everybody wants to be a swinging cat!

line art of a cat playing a trombone, and a cat playing a drum kit

The 4 W’s

Who

Presented by Larp House Role Play Collective and the Make a Scene Scenario Festival 

Organized by Micah Amundsen (they/them), Jamie Bordewick (they/them),  and Katherine Shane (she/her).

And hopefully attended by you!

What

Club Felis is a Nordic style larp by Martin Brodén, Ada Fredelius and Anna-Karin Linder about cats living in the city and meeting in their very own nightclub: Club Felis.

Players: 20-40 players

Run Time: 3 hours, including about an hour of prep time to don your cat ears, practice your cat moves, and get your Cat of the Year talents or karaoke hits to our very own Club Felis music & talent team!

Where

Caydence Records & Coffee, 900 Payne Avenue • St Paul MN

Metro Transit route 64 with 14, 30, and 32 stops nearby. Street parking available.

When

Friday May 12, 2023, from 6-10 PM

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Solmukohta 2020 online

Solmukohta 2020, the world’s premier conference for Nordic larp, has been cancelled as the world locks down for COVID-19.

Instead, the organizers of Solmukohta are bringing the lectures and presentations online! These events are open to the public. You don’t even need a ticket to Finland! Set your alarm clock* and hear from some of brightest minds in larp.

*Note that all times are Eastern European Summer Time, 8 hours ahead of Minnesota. The schedule runs Friday morning though early Sunday morning. Be ready to wake up at 3 am this weekend!

Solmukohta 2020 online programme
Solmukohta might be cancelled physically, but that doesn’t stop us! We are preparing...

 

"Please wear clothes on a video or video chat."
This would have seemed like on odd reminder a month ago. #quarantinelyfe
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Documentation for Sarabande

two people embrace as third person in foreground burns a paper document
whiteboard diagram of a number of small stick figures > a single large stick figure next to a guillotine
the logic of revolution
three people in light costumes
The aristocrat, the philosopher, and the lover discuss
two people dancing while a third watches
The lover and the adventurer dance as the aristocrat looks on
piece of paper with strange symbols
person standing on chair holding piece of paper
The philosopher at a high point
person reading from paper as two others watch
The soldier reads revolutionary propaganda as the adventurer and revolutionary look on
man reading newspaper
The revolutionary looks through the news of the world
two people in headed discussion over green drinks
The lover and the aristocrat discuss
person holding rolled map discussing with two others
The lover, the adventurer, and the aristocrat
person with rolled map standing over kneeling person in veil
two people embrace as third person in foreground burns a paper document
The adventurer sets fire to a letter of affection
handwritten document titled MANIFESTO, burned letter, and bowl of water with floating candles
Revolutionary manifesto
paper with hand written symbols including heart and cage
two people dancing
The adventurer dances with the aristocrat
two people dancing
The adventurer dances with the revolutionary
two people toasting with green drinks
The revolutionary toasts the philosopher
handwritten symbols involving boot and dollar signs
two people dancing
The adventurer dances with the lover
three people discussing over a map
The adventurers map
a cartographic map of region of Germany with heart drawn on it
In foreign lands, people are happier
prop newspaper with handwritten story about poverty
Distressing news of the world
pocketwatch on table with electric candles and candles in bowl of water
The philosopher's watch
handwritten rant about CHANGES NOTHING
The philosopher's rant
prop newspaper titled MONDE
intoxicated person holding green drink and embracing another person
The lover helps the drunken philosopher
person reading speech with fist in the air as another watches
The soldier takes up the cause while the worker watches cynically
two people sitting together under a parasol
The worker and the lover share a moment

Documentation for Sarabande, a live-action game about truth, love, freedom and beauty, set in 1890s Paris

Designed by Jeppe Bergmann Hamming and Maria Bergmann Hamming
Organized by TLS

14-Juillet 🇫🇷 2019
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Seven players + a facilitator

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Documentation for Gone

used facial tissues

Content warning should include: may involve actual crying

Documentation for Gone, a role-playing scenario about loss, grief, and family

Designed by Klaus Meier Olsen
Organized by TLS

30 June 2019
Four players + a facilitator
Minneapolis

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Larp House Presents: Sarabande

At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance, a painting by Toulouse-Lautrec

In a small café in Montmartre, a group of people meet day after day at the turn of the 19th century—all entangled in issues of love, beauty, freedom and truth. With their individual rules, conflicts, fears, assumptions and commitments, they play through the same routines again and again. It is as if their lives are frozen in one atonal unstable harmony seeking redemption, but unable to find peace. Day after day they live out these issues through their art, trying desperately to break free or to find that one true love. Day after day goes past, and for each day another passed chance.

But tomorrow… tomorrow will be different…

The participants will play the twelve persons who attend this café day after day and meet again and again. Throughout the scenario, they will be given the possibility to either play out their conflicts in a series of scenes or to play out their internal tensions in small musical and bodily intermezzos. Together we will create these twelve fates and live them out through the use of body, emotion, music and art rather than talking about it. We play with our bodies rather than our heads.

What

Sarabande, a musical roleplaying scenario for eight to twelve players. (Plus on est de fous, plus on rit!)

Designed by Jeppe Bergmann Hamming and Maria Bergmann Hamming
Organized by TLS

When

Sunday, 14 July 2019 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Where

EMERGE Community Development in North Minneapolis

Directions

Free parking on site. Metro Transit lines 5, 14, 30, and 32 stop nearby.

Registration

If you are interested in playing, fill out our Sarabande sign-up form. by Sunday, 5 July 11:59 pm. This larp will run as long as we have a minimum player count by this deadline, so please register by or before July 5th if possible!

We are requesting a pay-what-you want goodwill donation ($5 to $10 suggested) to support the work of EMERGE in appreciation for the use of their space. No one will be turned away if they are unable to make a donation.

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Larp House Presents: Gone

Image of family photo album circa 1941

Lise suffers from dementia and is slowly disappearing from the world, while her family watches. Unable to do anything. Soon she will be gone.

Up until now the family has managed to push old conflicts aside and pull together in taking the best possible care of Lise. But the disease is wearing on them and everybody is nearing their breaking point.

Gone is about being a relative to a person suffering from dementia—not about having dementia yourself. The scenario follows her husband and three adult children the last year before she is admitted to a nursing home. It is also about loss as you watch the one you love disappear day by day, as well as finding yourself and rediscovering your family within the tragedy.

What

Gone, a serious roleplaying scenario about family, grief, and loss for four players

Designed by Klaus Meier Olsen
Organized by TLS

 

Three laurel wreaths

Best Scenario, Fastaval 2018
Best Presentation, Fastaval 2018
The Audience Award, Fastaval 2018

When

Sunday, 30 June 2019 from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Where

Minneapolis Central Library at 300 Nicollet Mall

Directions

Paid parking is available; we encourage a car pool or transit!

Registration

There is no cost for admission to this event.

If you are interested in playing, fill out our Gone sign-up form. before Sunday, 23 June 11:59 pm. This larp will run as long as we have four players by June 23, so please register by or before then if possible!

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Documentation for The Homeowners Association

Four people with exaggerated body language
Four people with exaggerated body language
Left to right: One, We, You, I
You catches a glimpse into We's personal life
Four people with exaggerated body language
Left-to-right: I, One, We, You

It was surprisingly sweet and emotional, despite being callously funny at the beginning. —Jon Cole

Documentation for The Homeowners Association

Designed by Marie Skouenborg
Organized by TLS

22 May 2019
Minneapolis
4 players + facilitator

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Larp House Presents: The Hirelings

"Five Soliders and a Turk on Horseback" by Albrecht Dürer

In a world of perilous adventure and dark dungeons filled with precious riches, one group of aspiring adventurers are having their first day in a new job, and it’s not quite working out as planned.

The Hirelings is a role-playing game in which you play out the preparations and the aftermath of a failed dungeon crawl.

It draws heavily upon clichés from fantasy role playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, video games, comics, and fantasy literature. In addition there are also elements from modern life, like job interviews, group therapy, sports, and team building. The characters in the game are all novice adventurers, who are preparing to head out on their first real quest.

What

The Hirelings, a live-action fantasy comedy role-playing game for three to ten players (The more the merrier!)

Designed by Håken Lid and Ole Peder Giæver.
Organized by Shawn Stokes

When

Sunday, 9 June 2019 from 3 pm to 6 pm

Where

A North Minneapolis nonprofit located near Broadway and Emerson. Players will be given details after they are registered.

Parking on site. Metro Transit lines 5, 14, 30, and 32 stop nearby.

Registration

If you are interested in playing, fill out our The Hirelings Sign-Up Form by Sunday, 2 June 11:59 pm. This larp will run as long as we have a minimum player count by this deadline, so please register by or before June 2nd if possible!

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