We fondly remember The Sternest Good Night! Thank you for these kind words about support we give scenario authors. Everyone, the deadline to pitch us a #larp is March 9th. We pay authors $300 for their games.

Friends in the TTRPG sphere, if you are invited onto a project and there is: no contract, no structure, no deadline and you have been brought on while things are still being figured out: do not do the work until you have those things. Signed, a freelancer who has been shafted many times!

Hennepin County and State Patrol officers can be seen in images from Whipple on Sat concealing their faces, which is against a MN law that also applies to cops. In was 26 degrees on Sat. They cannot claim it was “protection from weather.”

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

We have published our first report on larp festivals and conventions, explaining the foundations of the work we are doing in Larpocracy: Larp Festivals as Democratic Spaces. zenodo.org/records/1841...

Larpocracy has just published the first part of their study on Larp Festivals, of which Make a Scene is a small part! What may be of most interest is the first attempt at a history of roleplaying festivals, going well beyond Gen Con and into the Nordics. zenodo.org/records/1841...

Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left. It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too

@lizziestark.bsky.social and I wrote a game about grinding the gears of oppression in the most annoying, deniable ways, inspired by the 1944 Simple Sabotage Field manual of the OSS. It's cozy! You play cute forest animals who work in a trap factory for predators! sixofhounds.itch.io/slow-walk

Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.

Minneapolis council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents

The wonderful "Play Make Learn" 2026 Conference is back on July 9-11 at the beautiful campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI. This year the theme is " Scrappiness" - which ties beautifully with concepts of sustainability, problem-solving, tabletop design, and resistance.

This is a great *paid* opportunity for larp designers from @makeascenemn.bsky.social! Submit a short pitch and if selected get $300 to write the scenario. First-time designers and BIPOC are especially encouraged to pitch – and you can be from anywhere!

I flew to Minnesota over the summer in 2025 to film the role play festival of Make A Scene MN @makeascenemn.bsky.social and met the most amazing prevention advocates! www.instagram.com/reel/DS56vvX...

The crowdfunding page for Odysseus, the epic Battlestar Galactica-inspired blockbuster larp, is out in preview! Super thorough and really polished, while remaining unmistakably grassroots. Very excited about this one!

There was a story on Kare 11 about winter coat donation drives through various businesses in the metro area and they left out one key detail: the fact that these coats are for people that are being released from the Whipple building into the deadly elements of Minnesota winter with no protection

Game submissions are now open for our online event! Submit a game to run and join us on Discord goplaynw.org/online/run-a...

This is precisely my bullshit to a frightening degree.

The 7th annual Aro Jam page is live! Have you ever wanted to make a video game (or tabletop game)? How about one with aromantic representation? Aro Jam is a game jam for this purpose. Check out the jam page for a bunch of resources. The jam lasts the full month of February! itch.io/jam/aro-jam-...

Feeling like a failure at game design means - you guessed it! - time to design something. Sometimes the only solution is to do something.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Bully Pulpit Games has 28 larps and larp-like games published - for free, pay what you want, and for sale; some by me and some with friends. We have lots more available to our patrons but never published for various reasons. Some of my personal faves in a thread... www.patreon.com/posts/bully-...

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Minnesotans have all "studied the playbook." (Please quote repost with your playbook, Minnesota. Have at it.)

The No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle submission period is now open: itch.io/jam/no-ice-i... All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February

Renee Good's last words: "I'm not mad at you." Alex Pretti's last words: "Are you ok?" These are the people they're trying to paint as violent and dangerous

2026 THEME & CALL FOR LARP PITCHES The scenarios at Make A Scene: TEMPO explore new realms of time and pace, harmony and discord, synchronicity and stasis. They’re flooding the zone – we’re dreaming futures worth living in. Time to make a scene!

Our No ICE in Minnesota TTRPG Charity Raffle supporting Minnesota Freedom Fund has raised $675 of the $1,000 goal! Tickets are $5 and can be purchased here: tiltify.com/@jesthehuman...

The excellent Immersion larp festival in Turku, Finland is running a Space Suit design challenge! They have three cool-looking suits with built-in walkie-talkies and wrist computers with messaging. Lots of potential! I won't be entering but I am fascinated by larps using wearable tech...

If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.

Somebody on our enormous #TwinCitiesGeeks Facebook group pointed out how the group spontaneously switched to "Rebellion mode" as if the 30,000+ members had been watching Star Wars their entire lives. Well, yeah.

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

2026 THEME & CALL FOR LARP PITCHES The scenarios at Make A Scene: TEMPO explore new realms of time and pace, harmony and discord, synchronicity and stasis. They’re flooding the zone – we’re dreaming futures worth living in. Time to make a scene!

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

“I think society would be a better place if people did more to come together as a community and share in the responsibility for taking care of everyone's health.” Behind the Vogmask is Micah Symphony @enchantedpencil.bsky.social, one of the organizers of Make A Scene @makeascenemn.bsky.social

Got derailed by an idea I needed to draw. #MyArt

That's what I'm talking about.

ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next! naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

It's really 2026 in Minnesota and I had a conversation with my mom where I said "I'm not afraid of getting a little bit tortured by the government. I'd be great at being tortured."

Abstract, highly improvisational, recursive black box larp from MAS contributor. Recommended!

Mozog Station is Falling Down by Espionage Party (@espionageparty), which premiered at Make a Scene 2025, is DriveThruRPG's Deal of the Day! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Emergency response vigil organized by @miracmn.bsky.social tonight.

An impressively transparent look into how Odysseus, a blockbuster sci-fi larp inspired by Battlestar Galactica, is crowdfunding a permanent home. If successful, this will be a milestone for Larp and for the future of immersive entertainment. Crowdfunding starts March 6th!

Our second jubensha, Seven Strikes, has just launched on Kickstarter! A social deduction TTRPG where a group of community leaders are brought together to figure out who has orchestrated a series of attacks on the police in North East London. Grab a copy now :) www.kickstarter.com/projects/chr...

Let it be known that the Make a Scene does have a giant parachute on hand. If any of these larps is kickass, we'd be excited to receive a pitch from your students later this month!

GOOD DAY January is the month you should gather in small groups and PLAY GOLDEN COBRA GAMESSS Peruse the many entriess here: www.goldencobra.org

Buckle up, #TwinCitiesGeeks, nerds, gamers, and cosplayers—it's time to start planning your convention calendar. The Twin Cities Geek guide to 2026 #Minnesota conventions is officially here! twincitiesgeek.com/2026/01/twin...

Pelasin Maria Petterssonin ja Katrine Windin mestarillisen Helicon-larpin. Mikään mahti maailmassa ei onnistu välittämään teille miksi tällainen taidekokemus on niin uskomaton että palautuminen kestää viikkoja. Edes tämä hieno Juhana Petterssonin essee ei onnistu siinä.

📣 NarraScope 2026 submissions are open! This year NarraScope will feature three different areas for submission: our classic talks, the second year of our game Showcase, and the debut of The Experience. 🧵(1/4)