LARP Design weekend
Weekend course full of LARP design creation
Creating a LARP means bringing an entirely new world to life.
You shape its fate, craft personal stories, and guide players through moments of joy, sorrow, and everything in between. In the end, what remains is an unforgettable shared memory.
Do you want to be part of it and learn how to create a LARP? Join us for our Design Weekend!
No previous experience needed.
When: 15 – 17/5/2026
Where: Brno, Skautský institut
For whom: 20 young people (under 30 years old)
Language requests: english on communicative level
Registration fee: FREE (we collect refundable deposit 20 € or 500 Kč. It will be returned after the design weekend)
Main info
Are you a passionate LARP player, but have never dared to create your own game, world or story?
Would you like to see “behind the scenes” of LARP creation? Learn how to build engaging relationships and functional mechanics?
Do you have ideas but you lack friends who would jump into it with you?
Would you like to organize a LARP with us?
…or you are just an interested newbie, but everyone has to start somewhere, right?
If at least one of these points resonates with you, then this weekend might be just for you!
Over the course of the weekend, we will explore LARP creation together — from characters and relationships, through story, to individual mechanics. The goal is to understand how to design these aspects of a LARP so that the game itself works smoothly, the mechanics make sense, the characters are engaging, and the relationships are fun to play.
During the design weekend, we will dive into two worlds together:
- Steampunk Victorian England by Labyrinth creation
- and the realm of King Arthur and his knights in Camlann.
At the end of the whole process, there will be a fully functional and engaging LARP, in whose organization all participants will have the opportunity to take part.
! Participation in the weekend assumes that you will also be interested in continuing to help bring the LARP to life and take part in its organization after the design phase.
The main language of the event is ENGLISH. We do not request fluency in speech, but you have to be able to cooperate on the creation in english.
FRIDAY
18:00 – 22:00
- Icebreakers group activities – getting to know each other
- LARP design workshops
SATURDAY
10:00 – 19:00, 13:00-14:30 lunch break
- Character design
- Relations design
- Plot design
- Mechanics design
SUNDAY
10:00 – 17:00, 13:00-14:30 lunch break
- Finalizing the game design
- Or… playing a surprise LARP
The lunch is not provided by organizers. Bring your own lunch, buy in Albert (1 min of walking) or enjoy with others some of the restaurants nearby – in 5 min of walking for example: Teátr (Lidická 1862/14), Na Solnici (Solniční 145/8), U Lucerny (just Saturday: Veveří 351/20), Nepal India Thali (just Saturday, třída Kpt. Jaroše 1932/13) or we can recommend Kurský Kebab at Antonínská station.
Facilitators
Vojtěch Žák
Facilitator
partnerships, and cooperation.
Zbigniew Janczukowicz
Facilitator
Teacher of philosophy and ethics by education, game designer and permaculture gardener by passion. Founder of Nausica Educational Foundation. My hobbies are chess variants, ethnic board games, larp-chess crossovers. In rare moments of free time, I am building a house in the mountains, where I dream to retire, grow vegetables and entertain internetional guests.
biuro@nausica.eu