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The event focuses on writing short [[theatre-style]] larps. The participants pitch concepts on the Friday evening, write until late Saturday night, then run the game around noon on Sunday.<ref>[https://home.comcast.net/~diewald/larpWorkshops.html LARP Workshops aka Build Your Own Game Seminars], Jeff Diewald. Retrieved 12 June 2015.</ref> | The event focuses on writing short [[theatre-style]] larps. The participants pitch concepts on the Friday evening, write until late Saturday night, then run the game around noon on Sunday.<ref>[https://home.comcast.net/~diewald/larpWorkshops.html LARP Workshops aka Build Your Own Game Seminars], Jeff Diewald. Retrieved 12 June 2015.</ref> | ||
Past BYOG facilitators have included Jeff Diewald, Kelly MacDougal, and Jim White. | Past BYOG facilitators have included [[Jeff Diewald]], Kelly MacDougal, and Jim White. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 19:54, 11 June 2015
Build Your Own Game
- Location
- Various USA
- Focus
- Writing theatre-style larp
- Established
- 1995
Build Your Own Game (BYOG) is a larpwriting event in the USA. Originally held at Intercon, it is now run annually at NELCO.[1] Games written at BYOG seminars have featured regularly at Intercon and other New England conventions.
The event focuses on writing short theatre-style larps. The participants pitch concepts on the Friday evening, write until late Saturday night, then run the game around noon on Sunday.[2]
Past BYOG facilitators have included Jeff Diewald, Kelly MacDougal, and Jim White.
History
- Intercon 10.5 (Timonium, MD; 6-9 October 1995): Buses Welcome
- Intercon XIII (Natick, MA; 13-15 March 1998):Miskatonic Regional Elementary
- Intercon 15.5 (Timonium, MD; 30 June - 2 Jul 2000): Collision Imminent
- Intercon A (Chelmsford, MA; 9 - 11 March 2001): The Smurf Game
- Chelmsford, MA (June 29 - 30, 2002): The Temple of the Crimson Moon
- Brandeis, MA (November 2003): The Rising Flames
- NELCO 2012 (July 20 - 22, 2012): The Barbecue
- NELCO 2013 (August 9 - 11, 2013): The Night Queen Princess Fluffykins Passed
- NELCO 2014 (July 18 - 20, 2014): This Time For Sure: Boris Badenov's Gulag for Unrepentant Children
References
- ↑ Build Your Own Game (BYOG) Seminars, NEIL. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ↑ LARP Workshops aka Build Your Own Game Seminars, Jeff Diewald. Retrieved 12 June 2015.