The Soap Opera larp

Author

Thorbiorn Fritzon


Players

Any number of players are welcome.


Costume

No requirements.


Rules

The Soap Opera game outline is available on the Jeepform website.


Facilitator Contact

Anna: silver.owl@gmail.com


Background

Drama! Intrigue! Convoluted plot lines! Mistaken identities! Love! Murder! Mayhem! Betrayal! Unexpected survivals of normally fatal events!

The Soap Opera larp is a lighthearted freeform game that delights in the melodramatic conventions that make soap operas so entertaining.

The freeform soap opera was written to be a game that needed little preparation and could be played over and over without repeating itself. It is a soap opera, and is thus inspired by the TV-format. Less common at the time this game was written, the gamemaster is replaced by an process that guides collaborative scenario creation.


Photo from Chimera 2009