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EDGE Textbook presented at the Nordic Larp Research Network 2025!
Transformative Play Initiative member Kjell Hedgard Hugaas presented our Erasmus EDGE textbook in Oslo, Norway last week at the Nordic Larp Research Network 2025! In this brief talk, he shared basic information about the book, Transformative Role-playing Game Design, which is available as a free PDF and print-on-demand for a relatively charge here. Big thanks…
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Transformative Role-playing Game Design textbook now available!
Hello everyone, We are delighted to announce that Transformative Role-playing Game Design textbook is now available for download and print on demand! The book is the first in a series of two developed by the EDGE Consortium, an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership, featuring authors from Uppsala University, Dragons’ Nest, Avalon Larp Studio, Chaos League, and Turku…
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Lumen Larp: Applications open and player’s guide available!
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+…
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EDGE Planning Session in Oslo, Norway!
The Erasmus EDGE team assembled for two days in Oslo, Norway to plan the next steps for the project! The group met in a converted building that used to serve as an electrical transformer for a city block in Oslo. They brainstormed strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats around the use of technology in larp. They…
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EDGE Lecture at Oslo School of Architecture and Design!
On November 28, Uppsala University’s Kjell Hedgard Hugaas and Sarah Lynne Bowman had a wonderful time presenting content from the Erasmus EDGE curriculum for Oslo School of Architecture and Design! While EDGE volunteer Nadja Lipsyc showed them around the school, the students also shared their creative interactive design projects created in the school’s impressive makerspace.
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Full Lumen website now available!
The full website for Lumen is now available! Click here to read about the larp. 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. …
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Erasmus EDGE at the ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Conference!
On October 7, Uppsala University’s Josefin Westborg and Sarah Lynne Bowman represented Erasmus EDGE and the Transformative Play Initiative at the ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Conference in Tartu, Estonia! They presented a workshop for the Serious Games track based on our Master’s in Transformative Game Design curriculum entitled “How to Use Role-playing Games in Teaching.”…
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Erasmus+ EDGE’s site visit in Florence!
Erasmus+ EDGE had a productive and enlightening site visit for the larp they are designing, Lumen: A Journey to Hope! Lumen will be run in a former convent for monks outside of Florence, Italy October 2-5, 2025. Avalon Larp Studio led the design workshop sessions and Chaos League guided us through the venue. We are…
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Save the Date: Lumen – The Journey to Hope
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…
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Video available: Immersive Aesthetics: VR, Larp, and Art
The video and captions are now available for “Immersive Aesthetics: VR, Larp, and Art” by Nadja Lipsyc! Stay tuned for more events from the Transformative Play Initiative and the Erasmus+ EDGE project. Click here to watch the video. Description: This research explores the aesthetics of immersive and interactive storytelling in Virtual Reality, around the development…