Updated Timetable

Auckland Chimera
#1

We have rearranged the Chimera timetable to accomodate even more games.

FRIDAY
7pm-9pm
Meet 'n Greet - an out of character social event to meet each other before the event and to take early registrations.

9pm-midnight:
The Nightmare Circle - Popular Auckland horror game will run a game suitable for up to 9 players. Read more!
Bad Dreams - Debut of a new horror larp, suitable for up to 8 players. More details to come shortly.
Soap Opera Larp - for those who aren’t a fan of the horror genre, in addition to the socialisation in the hall, we will be running a Swedish “jeepform” larp game called “Soap Opera”. No costumes or preparation necessary, larp-style improv at its finest.

SATURDAY
9am-10am
Registration - Register for the convention
Breakfast - Steve Shipway will be catering breakfast, available from Keep hall for $5

10am-1pm
Tryst - Read more
Graduation Day - Read more
Orcball - Compete with a team for the Chimera Cup! Co-ordinater required.

1pm-2pm
Lunch - Steve Shipway will be catering lunch, available from the Keep hall for $7

2pm-5pm
For the Honour of the Family - Read More
Knightshade - The debut of a new fantasy larp! More information available soon!

5pm-7pm
Dinner - Steve Shipway will be catering dinner, available from the Keep hall for $7

The rest of the weekend proceeds as previously announced, with Flight of the Hindenburg on Saturday evening, and Serenity: State of the Union on Sunday. Larp workshops may become available on Sunday, depending on interest.

Jeepform, themes etc
#2

Gosh, what’s ‘jeepfom’?

Did you guys decide against running Breakout Day?

#3

Yeah, there wasn’t a lot of interest for Breakout Day. I may run it some other time as a seperate one off event, or during one of the other time slots if we get an overwhelming number of players…

Jeepform is a Swedish larp thing. We did promise to deliver experimental games in our lineup :smiley:

#4

Also I nominate Alista to run Orcball, since it was his idea after all…

#5

Also:

Friday 7pm-9pm: Keep hall: Snacks on sale, also meal tickets for upcoming days (reserve your breakfasts now and get discounts)

Is this the time period when exhibitors (eg: costume retailers, larp-related groups, etc) can set up stalls in the hall? Are you selling tables to anyone? Has anyone booked a table?

I might make breakfast start at 8am for earlybirds.

#6

Micro LARP (3-5 players) with scenes and themes and monologues and stuff:

jeepen.org/

Unfortunately it tends towards the kitchen sink end of the spectrum. And while Swedes might find a tale of alcoholism culminating in suicide riveting (not to mention relevant to their lives :slight_smile:, I’m not sure it would be that fun to play.

#7

The soap opera Jeepform isn’t exactly dark or kitchen-sinky, it’s fairly specific light-hearted satire: jeepen.org/games/soap/

I’ve read accounts of larger Jeepform too.

#8

That’s a change, and a welcome one. Most of the other ones look very serious, and some (e.g. “GR”) quite icky in their choice of subject matter.

Though from reading Drunk, there’s a neat pacjkage of nifty tricks waiting to be stolen and used in other larps…

#9

I dunno, I think uncomfortable themes have their place too if you think larp can be more than entertainment.

Speaking of larps about suicide, I ran one in NZ with suicide as a theme and found it to be all too relevant here.

#10

…which is way off the topic. What I should have said is that Jeepform is just a pile of techniques that resembles a cross between larp and improv, and the subject matter is whatever you like. The Nordic larpers who invented it may well attach some subject matter and themes that wouldn’t appeal as much here, but that stuff can be changed while still using the format.

I think Jeepform, especially that soap one, could be quite suitable for an easy social-mingling intro to the con.