Analog Game Studies

This essay close reads three sets of environmental or climate larps: first, there are those that simulate political or diplomatic summits: Pig Grove, Tree of Life, Fortitude, Forecasters, Baltic Warriors; second are larps as pseudo-fictional workshops: Cyborg Gaia Allies, A Ceremony for Hope; and third are blackbox larps, which make use of lighting, audio, props, and other means of stagecraft to create spaces for collaborative storytelling: The Ark, Spillover, From the Ashes, Leviathan. The essay hopes to stimulate a productive, creative discussion about game design, cultural expression, politics, and the affordances and limitations of climate larps.