Medusa
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Medusa
- Location
- Hamilton, New Zealand
- Focus
- Mixed larping
- Established
- 2014
- Credits
- Jared Hansen
- Attendance
- 50
- Website
- Medusa
Medusa is a larp convention in New Zealand. It ran for the first time in November, 2014, at Hardy Hall in Hamilton, NZ. The lineup was all theatre-style but the venue supports outdoor live-combat games as well and these are expected to run in future years.
Medusa is supported by NZLARPS.
History
- Medusa 2014 (November 28 - 30, 2014). Flagship: Breakout Day
- Medusa 2015 (November 20 - 22, 2015). Flagship: Sanctuary
- Medusa 2016 (September 16 - 18, 2016). Flagship: The Storm
Larps run at Medusa 2016
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Seas | NZ | Naomi Guyer |
| All the President's Zombies | USA | Lee Patrick |
| Sufficiently Advanced Technologies | USA? | Jared Hansen |
| Dance of the Desert | NZ | Chloe Bruce |
| The Storm | NZ | Quentin Bourne |
| Today's special: Tyranny | NZ | Daniel Carleton |
| Shell Beach | NZ | Jenni Sands |
Larps run at Medusa 2015
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| The Marquis of Galatone | NZ | Gareth Hawken |
| The Silver Kiss of the Magical Twilight of the Full Moon: The LARP! | NZ | Jenni Sands |
| The Other Gods | NZ | Brad Thompson |
| The Soap and the Opera | NZ | Daniel Carleton, Saskia van Well, Serena Mclean |
| Blood and Iron | NZ | Kirk Jacinto |
| Sanctuary | NZ | Naomi Guyer |
| Diamonds and Coal | USA | Alastair Kirkby and Jordan Henare |
Medusa 2015 also hosted one-off sessions for the Fallout: Dead Zealand and Sabbat: Edge of Extinction campaigns.
Larps run at Medusa 2014
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| Bad Dreams: Murder Ballads | NZ | Ivan (Vanya) Essin |
| Supervillains of 1929: Auction in the Sky | NZ | Brad Thompson and Glenn Patel |
| Welcome to Sunny Valley | NZ | Cheryl Frederick |
| LARP at a Funeral | NZ | Ellen Boucher |
| Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow | NZ | Prema Cottingham |
| Today's special is...Hostages | NZ | Daniel Carleton |
| Breakout Day | NZ | Anna Klein |
| The Seven Deadly Virtues | NZ | Daena Schofield, Sarah Daymond and Jonathan Trevarthen |
Medusa 2014 also hosted a market and a panel on the differences between New Zealand and Swedish larp hosted by a pair of visiting Swedish larpers.