Essays on larp design from one of the key Nordic designers. Postage to NZ is a ridiculous 40 Euro (are they using USPS or something?), but fortunately there’s a PDF option:
In the letter-larp category, Love & Barbed Wire, a WWI letter-writing game:
The UK larpers have done a couple of in-person letter-writing larps (“Love Letter”, set in WW2, and “Love Letter: The Crusade”, set in 1190), and this seems to be a similar sort of thing, but scaled for two (or four) participants.
Here’s a Letters Live reading from a WWII POW to get people in the mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgN66KN_FYg
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From Italy, First They came, a game about hiding from Nazis in a dark attic:
Ultimately its a “pick the human sacrifice” game, so not my jam. YMMV.
Laser-cut foam scalemail! Not real armour, but it certainly looks good.
(The Adam Savage video shows how its done. If you have access to a laser cutter you could probably try making some yourself)
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New Vampire larp setting book, focusing on collaborative and Nordic techniques:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bynightstudios/vampire-the-masquerade-war-of-ages
Weirdly, they’re also linking this to a blockbuster vampire larp, Saturnalia, to take place in new Orleans in 2022. Which just seems Too Soon.
Suburban Consumption of the Monstrous, a compilation of small horror larps, from Pelgrane Press:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pelgranepress/suburban-consumption-of-the-monstrous
I’m dubious about this, both thematicly - I don’t like horror that much,and some look pretty squeamy - and because lots of small larps tend to be Workshoppy Bullshit ™. But I’ll probably buy it anyway, pour encourager les autres.
“Simulockrum”, a physical lockpicking simulator using magnets.
Expensive, and would need to use YouShop or negotiate shipping (unlike many kickstarters, they’re open about that).
Eyeball to Eyeball, a 1-2 hour EduLarp about the Cuban Missile Crisis:
Digital is $25; the big worry for me is the university-course level pre-game reading: a 142 page manual, plus character sheets.
Nebula Noir, an SF murder mystery. I’ve previously backed one of their games (Thin Ice), and its a formal mystery game, with phases, events, and a no lying rule. Still, its at least larp-adjacent, and may be able to be converted to a more freeform style.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulbamberger/nebula-noir
Enemies of the Night / Laws of the Reckoning. Yes, they’re crowdfunding for more Minds Eye Theatre (over backerkit, so Not Evil):