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	}}'''College of Wizardry''' or ''CoW'' is a [[blockbuster larp]] about a university for witches and wizards, inspired by J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' stories. It ran its first event in November 2014 and has run approximately ~~four~~ events a year since. Each event is seperate, though several share past history, forming a quasi-campaign. The larp received significant international media attention and helped launch the genre of blockbuster larps and [[larp tourism]].<ref>Claus Raasted (2015), [https://nordiclarp.org/2015/01/30/%EF%BF%BCcollege-of-wizardry/ College of Wizardry], ''NordicLarp'', 30 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017.</ref>		}}'''College of Wizardry''' or ''CoW'' is a [[blockbuster larp]] about a university for witches and wizards, inspired by J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' stories. It ran its first event in November 2014 and has run approximately three events a year since. Each event is seperate, though several share past history, forming a quasi-campaign. The larp received significant international media attention and helped launch the genre of blockbuster larps and [[larp tourism]].<ref>Claus Raasted (2015), [https://nordiclarp.org/2015/01/30/%EF%BF%BCcollege-of-wizardry/ College of Wizardry], ''NordicLarp'', 30 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017.</ref>

	College of Wizardry's first three events were explicitly based on Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' stories, but the background was rewritten to remove any reference to the Potterverse after CoW 3. Its 2015 events were crowdfunded via Indiegogo.<ref>[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/college-of-wizardry-a-larp-for-witches-wizards#/ College of Wizardry: a larp for witches & wizards], ''Indiegogo''. Retrieved 8 January 2017.</ref> It ran a further series of four events in 2016, and plans to run seven events of various lengths in 2017. A German version, [[College of Wizardry: Nibelungen]], will also be run in 2017.		College of Wizardry's first three events were explicitly based on Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' stories, but the background was rewritten to remove any reference to the Potterverse after CoW 3. Its 2015 events were crowdfunded via Indiegogo.<ref>[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/college-of-wizardry-a-larp-for-witches-wizards#/ College of Wizardry: a larp for witches & wizards], ''Indiegogo''. Retrieved 8 January 2017.</ref> It ran a further series of four events in 2016, and plans to run seven events of various lengths in 2017. A German version, [[College of Wizardry: Nibelungen]], will also be run in 2017.

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}}'''College of Wizardry''' or ''CoW'' is a [[blockbuster larp]] about a university for witches and wizards, inspired by J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' stories. It ran its first event in November 2014 and has run approximately four events a year since. Each event is seperate, though several share past history, forming a quasi-campaign. The larp received significant international media attention and helped launch the genre of blockbuster larps and [[larp tourism]].<ref>Claus Raasted (2015), [https://nordiclarp.org/2015/01/30/%EF%BF%BCcollege-of-wizardry/ College of Wizardry], ''NordicLarp'', 30 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017.</ref>

College of Wizardry's first three events were explicitly based on Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' stories, but the background was rewritten to remove any reference to the Potterverse after CoW 3. Its 2015 events were crowdfunded via Indiegogo.<ref>[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/college-of-wizardry-a-larp-for-witches-wizards#/ College of Wizardry: a larp for witches & wizards], ''Indiegogo''. Retrieved 8 January 2017.</ref> It ran a further series of four events in 2016, and plans to run seven events of various lengths in 2017. A German version, [[College of Wizardry: Nibelungen]], will also be run in 2017.

The success of College of Wizardry has helped launch other Potter-like blockbuster larps, including [[New World Magischola]] and [[Bothwell School of Witchcraft]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cowlarp.com/ Official site]
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_FqOP9uhQuDazFTQXhid1l1WWs/view?usp=sharing College of Wizardry Design Document]
* [https://nordiclarp.org/wiki/College_of_Wizardry College of Wizardry] at Nordic Larp Wiki.

[[Category:Poland]]
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