
Portal 6
PORTAL 6
PORTAL VI – Live Action!
02-04.03.2018, 2, Vasil Sokolov str., Plovdiv, Bulgaria
02.03.2018, Friday
- 13.30 – 13.40 – Official opening. Presentation of the participants.
- 13.40 – 14.00 – Biochemistry and LARP: cultural differences through the prism of biochemistry – a provocative talk by George Vlaykov (Bulgaria).
- 14.00 – 17:30 – Urban Action: „Plovdiv Watch“ – urban game inspired by Sergei Lukyanenko’s “Watch” series – by Nikolay Nikolov and Aleko Palyov (Bulgaria)
- 18.00 – 19.00 – Make a LARP in 1 hour: workshop, by Terrible Creations, Croatia
- 19.30 – 21.30 – Chamber LARPs:
1) Famiglia Bonifacio: The Evening Before, by Terrible Creations (Croatia). A game with story placed in Italian mobster family in the USA at the end of 1920’s.
Number of players: 6
2) Arrival at Tau Ceti, by Ivan Zalac (Croatia). A sci-fi chamber larp about humanity’s expansion beyond our solar system, and all the hope and issues – both technical and social – such an endeavor would face. Number of players: 5-12 - 22.00 – 24.00 – Bar Action: “Official” joint bar social visit in a designated bar, followed by free bar hitting
03.03.2018, Saturday
- 10.00 – 10.45 – Fight Action Panel
Main Panelists: Ilina Konakchieva, George Vlaykov, Bulgaria
The role of Conflict in LARP games. Forms of conflict. How to manage conflict. Dealing with consequences. - 10.45 – 11.15 – Free Action Panel: Main Panelist: Ivan Zalac, Croatia
Presentation of Croatian LARPs: Izgon: Ascendancy (a three-day pervasive urban fantasy city LARP), Noćne kronike („Night Chronicles“ –an ongoing Vampire LARP series using lightweight Nordic-style rules), Zemlja snova („Dreamland“ – fantasy larp series specifically designed to allow crossplay). - 11.15 – 12.30 – PR Action Panel
Main Panelists: Daniel Andrei Fidelman (Israel), Miroslav Wranka, Ivan Zalac (Croatia)
1) how to present LARP; 2) how to deal with the “civilians” we cross way with; 3) relations between organizers and participants/clients;
Workshop: try it yourself! - 12.30 – 13.30 – Lunch Break
- 13.30 – 15.00 – Academic Action Panel
Angelina Ilieva, Bulgaria: LARP Culture: Between and Beyond
Yaroslau Kot, Belarus: LARP as a social tool - 15.00 – 16.30 – Love Action Panel
Main Panelists: Zofia Skowronska, Poland, Ivan Zalac, Croatia
Love and Romance in LARP - 16.30 – 17.15 – Continuity Action Panel
Main Panelists: Ivan Zalac (Croatia),
Continuity/development of characters in series, cross game characters/game travel - 17.15 – 18.00 – Dinner break
- 18.00 – 20.00 – Drama Action Panel
A workshop by: Nikola Boev, Bulgaria, and Dhionis Vangjeli, Albania
LARP and artistic experience: performance - 20.30 – 23.00 – Chamber LARPs
1) Love Is Blue (Fabrizio Bonifacio), by Terrible Creations, Croatia. A psychological chamber thriller with elements of horror. Number of player: 6
2) Star Wars: Endor, by Terrible Creations, Croatia The game is taking place in the Star Wars setting, at the end of the Return of the Jedi movie. Number of player: 6
04.03.2018, Sunday
- 11.00 – 12.30 – Craft Action Panel
Main Panelists: Zofia Skowronska, Teodor Chehovic, Cvetomir Cvetkov, Nikolay Nikolov
LARP and artistic experience: crafts - 12.30 – 13.30 – Summary Panel
- 13.30 – Closing