sacrifice (2023)

sacrifice is a Live Action Role Playing (larp) game designed by myself and larp designer
Nadja Lipsyc. The larp formed part of Alexandre Achour’s research project “Choreographic Games”
where he paired dance artists with larp designers to create a larp together around a particular theme. the larp that Nadja and i ended up creating explored themes of desire, city-building and what needs to be let go of or sacrificed in the context of urban living and land.

the first part of the game involves a non-verbal movement-based game of players playing the land into being. in the second part of the game, the players move from playing elements of the land to becoming archetypal characters who meet a mysterious entity that offers to give them what they need to build the city of their dreams, in exchange for a sacrifice. we played this larp again in 2024 at the Immersions Festival in Turku, Finland.