Hello,
Applications for Lumen are now open until February 14 23:59 CET! The Lumen Player’s Guide is now available. The Guide contains information on the narrative framing, application procedures, the schedule, safety, accessibility, and other practicalities.
Access the Player’s Guide here.
Access the Application form here.
Application Timeline
As Lumen is run within an Erasmus+ funding framework, the larp will involve a multi-step application process. See the Application Process section for more information.
January 21, 2025: Player’s Handbook available, including safety mechanics and Code of Conduct.
January 21 – February 14 at 23:59pm CET: Applications open for sign-up. Players will fill out an online form to apply.
By February 21: First round of selections announced. List of potential attendees sent out for flagging.
Feb 21 – April 1: Short Zoom conversations with potential participants (maximum 30 minutes).
April 1: Final participant list and waitlist sent to applicants.
May – September: Online activities related to the story world, design, and content. We aim to make some of these activities open to the public, not only participants.
October 2-5: Lumen takes place.
October-November 2025: Optional online integration activities after the completion of the larp.
We hope you can join us!
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Lumen is a larp about a group of seeming strangers – the seekers – who attend a retreat at a mysterious location known only as Hope. There is magic to be found at Hope, for those who truly need it. Through unorthodox rituals and mystical practices the seekers confront their deepest struggles and guide others through processes of transformation. Secrets unravel, bonds form, and relationships are tested. Will they find healing – or something far more unexpected?
Embrace the journey of change, build a community, support others, and rediscover hope in this unique, immersive experience. Lumen is designed to teach elements of transformational analog role-playing game design through play itself.
Dates: Oct. 2-5, 2025
Location: Convento dell’Incontro
Bagno a Ripoli, Florence, Italy
Free to play, players are responsible for transport costs. Note that an extra evening has been added (Oct. 2) for transportation to the venue.
As an Erasmus+ funded project, this larp involves an application process. Please see the website for more details.
Lumen has been designed by the EDGE Consortium, an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership for curriculum development in transformative game design between Uppsala University, Avalon Larp Studio, Chaos League, Dragons’ Nest, and Turku University of Applied Sciences.
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Click here for the Lumen Larp website.
Learn more about Erasmus EDGE.
Graphic design by Andrea Giovannucci and Simon Brind.