Towards a larp-acting culture
A manifesto

Morgan Jarl

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Acting is the basis of all role-play. The acting of a character, of a role, of a relationship or a function in the narrative – of any number of dramatic purposes. The act of role-playing is the act of acting – as soon as you take on a different persona than your own, play enters the realm of acting. Whatever approach we have to larping and role-playing games, we engage in acting. Most larpers don’t reflect on their acting more than in order to consider whether it is believable or not; some do not even do that. This manifesto is a challenge to the weak acting culture of the larp community, and a call to all larpers to develop a stronger one.