Final larp: House Party

Today we relaese our final addition the programme - House Party by Laurie Penny. 

It’s 2084 in an alternate-Future Britain. Airstrip One
is a totalitarian nightmare, and you are a contestant on a long- running reality tv show called House Party. Think Big Brother, but literally. Taskmaster,  with a lot more mortal peril.

Contestants play silly games for points, and if you manage to win enough, you can go home with a huge prize. But every month, one contestant must be chosen by the others to die.

Meanwhile, the producers are keeping an eye on the audience ratings- and if the drama drops off and ratings drop too low, they might decide to ‘make things more interesting.’

In this game, you can play one of the twelve contestants OR you can choose your level of interaction, and direct play, by playing a drone camera operator.

A character-driven game about performance, social capital and collective bullying. We will workshop, build characters and relationships for just under 1.5h,  and then we’ll play for just under 2.5h, with a break in between. 

Have fun! Make friends! Win prizes! Try not to die!

Content warning: state oppression, character death, terminal illness.

Above Your Station

Our second last addition to the programme is Above Your Station by Laurie Penny. 

A scenario about improvising badly, for everyone who has ever been scared to larp because they think they’re bad at improvisiny!

The first galactic summit between a mysterious alien species and the great and good of the human race is due to take place on a janky little space station. Unfortunately, there’s been an accident, and the great and good of the human race have not shown up. You are a tourist, a drifter, a space weirdo with a menial job on the station, a drunk, a criminal or all of the above. Together you must negotiate for the future of your species. The conference starts in ten minutes. Good luck.

FUCK. MARRY. KILL.

We still have a handful of programme updates, and today we present FUCK. MARRY. KILL. by Jost Hansen.

This is a playtest of a scenario based on back stabbing negotiations mixed with desire and rivalry.

The Crime Overlord is dead, and it's up to the rival mafiosos to choose a new one. In this chamber larp, ​​everyone has someone they lust, someone they want to help, and someone they hate like the plague, but all of them want, above all, to seize power.

Into the Unknown

Today we present Into the Unknown by Halfdan Justesen & Sagalinn Tangen - a larp about the fear of the unknown and having to grow up too fast, heavily inspired by Over The Garden Wall.

A group of children get lost while trick-or-treating and find themselves in an eerie place called The Unknown, populated by strangely familiar figures. They do not know how they came here or why. That is not important. What’s important is they need to get back home, before it's too late. Before the Beast takes them.

Welcome Guest

We are very pleased to announce a larp from a young Norwegian larpmaker, Heidi Gravarlid, Welcome Guest. The larp is hosted in collaboration with LUDO.

This is a realistic, slightly dystopian LARP with a deliciously twisted plot. An utterly unusual family (who just happen to be cannibals) hosting a perfectly normal dinner party. Their guests are a charming collection of strangers with suspiciously complicated pasts, all gathered for what promises to be a cozy, heartwarming and learningfull evening… give or take a few strange topics. 

The event features a delightful level of escalation, with open possibilities for murder, madness, and maybe even a wedding. Because why not end the night with either love or death?

Players can expect a deceptively calm dinner experience. Polite conversation, awkward small talk, and the faint smell of something suspiciously meaty in the air. It starts slow, like any normal family gathering with gest… until it iset. As the evening unfolds, tensions simmer, secrets spill, and things may escalate from “pass the salt” to “pass the knife” before dessert is served. Expect laughter, discomfort, drama, and possibly a blood-stained toast to love or survival.

The Adoration of the Seraphim

Yet another larp –  but this time, a new premiere! Sverre Markus Launes Johannessen will run his first larp, The Adoration of the Seraphim, at this year's festival. 

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Once every 100 years the Order of the Seraphim gather for the high mass known simply as the Adoration. The Adoration marks the passage of a dying cherubim and the reincarnation as Seraphim. The Seraphim, ranking highest among the angels in power and sheer magnificence is merely mentioned once in the Scripture, yet the description gives a glimpse of the sheer beauty and power of the seraphim as they circle god itself in its throne:

Above him (God) were Seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:

"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;

the whole earth is full of his glory."

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.

Isaiah 6:2-4

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The Adoration of the Seraphim is a non-verbal cult-like ritual/larp; it focuses on collaborative movement and dance to provide adoration that aims to celebrate the ascension of an angel of immense power and glory. One participant will play the Cherubim/Seraphim, while remaining players will fill the role as high-ministers and worshippers. 

Other Women

As November moves forward, bringing winter closer, we are very happy to continue presenting the larps that are coming to Grenselandet 2025. Next in line is Other Women by Anneli Friedner! 

Four women surrounding a Great Male Genius. In the history books, they will seem like rivals. Muses. Affairs. His wife and his mistress, her sister, his pupil. 

That is, however, only a fragment of the real story.

The four women are left in the kitchen, and while they clean up, they start to talk. About creating art and taking oneself seriously; about the trappings of womanhood and the limitations on women; about sex. About seeing, and being seen. 

Other Women is a scenario about developing the relationships between these women; about art, sisterhood, friendship, and some great, female artists.