Make a Scene! Scenario Festival

Economic Response Fund Grant Guidelines Small businesses in Minnesota that have experienced operational disruptions in recent weeks may now apply for emergency financial support through the Economic Response Fund.

I'm going to promote the heck out of this:

The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.

More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...

Calling All the Monsters It’s time for the Back to Ghoul Dance! Join your classmates in making this a fright to remember! Tonight’s motto is 'Be Yourself. Be Unique'

Tickets for our March larp are live! Play Calling All the Monsters by @vhenanlarp.bsky.social on March 14.
callingallmonsters.eventbrite.com

The Invincible meme where two costumed super powered people watch a couple of jets fly by. The elder superhuman says, "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power." The jets have been labeled "AI Bros" and the superhumans have been labeled "TTRPGs & LARPs"

Tabletop Diversity Foundation iTDF

Applications are open for the IGDN 2026 Diversity Scholarship by the iTDF: itdf.games

We have 4 spots for marginalized and underrepresented designers to receive mentorship plus $1000 USD no-strings-attached scholarship!

Apply before March 17th, 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The No ICE in Minnesota itch.io bundle raises $450,000 for legal aid for immigrants And the number is still rising.

The No ICE in Minnesota bundle has raised over $466,000 at this point, fundraising legal aid for immigrants affected by federally sanctioned domestic terrorism. We spoke to the bundle's organizer about the global response from the tabletop hobby.

Mentioned in the episode: Still Life, the no-movement philosophical larp about being a rock. Created by Minnesotans!

it really is shocking how much self deprecation is seen as a cultural requirement for 'serious art.' 'real' artists are not allowed to exalt their work and must present it publicly as a sort of 'i dont think this is very good but maybe you will get around to it.' HECK THAT. love yourself

New blog post! -- about BOX: Northern Larp Festival, which was great.

blog.undyingking.com/box-northern...

Seeking a Larp Co-Author Social Hour, Saturday February 21st 10AM Central time, Make a Scene Discord. A space to seek out a collaborate or write a scenario for Make a Scene tempo. Pitch us on your ideas for the theme, ask for feedback on designs in progress, and talk about what you're looking for in a potential co-author.

Are you thinking about submitting a larp pitch for our festival? Drop into our discord next weekend to meet other larp designers looking for a co-author or seeking feedback on a design in progress.

Hey tabletop gamers, if you bought or were considering buying this bundle but got overwhelmed by the number of games to sort through, have I got the spreadsheet for you!!

All 1,074 games tagged as "physical" sorted by play style, with language, engine, and genre notated to the best of my ability:

When people are talking about chaining different TTRPG systems together to form a larger, more complex narrative, you can literally do that by playing Breaking the Ice then Shooting the Moon then Under My Skin with the same(-ish) set of characters. The Romance Trilogy.

Have done it.
Can recommend.

PLEASE pitch us a boffer larp so good we have to figure out how to do this

The Audition by Bully Pulpit Games An actor and their doppelgänger fight for the same role. Which one are you?

The Audition is a short larp designed for remote play about an actor and their doppelganger competing for a part in a shitty sci-fi TV reboot. bullypulpitgames.itch.io/the-audition

You don't have to be there! They'll run it for you! They have access to a black box theater! It is amazing.

Totally agree with Jason that we have to leave a lot of great games on the cutting room floor. Since we're a little festival we historically have had to reject about 50% of the pitches we receive. If an idea strikes you, we've love for you to submit again!

Submit a Scenario | MAKE A SCENE! Calling all scenario authors, past, present, and future! We are seeking brand new live-action roleplaying scenarios exploring the festival theme of Tempo to premiere at Make a Scene in August 2026! We...

Make A Scene is looking for fresh new parlor larps. They will give you $300 and help you tune up your game and then run it multiple times. They premiere first-time designers every year! It's a great festival and the sort of thing I'd love to see more of. makeascenemn.org/en/call-for-...

Thanks very much for the boost Jason! <3👽🛸

Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

Covid deniers gonna kill us all. Bhattacharya (Brownstone Institute) had a direct, aggressive role in US's high death rate and spread Covid disinfo to undermine trust. He wrote the eugenicist Great Barrington Declaration. He created the conditions he cites as reasons.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Minicon is anti-ICE and pro-constitutional rights. No person is illegal.
We do not cooperate with ICE enforcement in our event spaces. Minicon
and hotel staff will make every attempt to require law enforcement, ICE
or otherwise, to provide a valid judicial warrant before entering
convention spaces.

Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart A judge dropped charges against the immigrant and another man after the top federal prosecutor in Minnesota said new evidence was not consistent with the agents’ testimony.

Hey remember the shooting in Minneapolis that happened between Renee Good and Alexi Pretti, the guy they claimed was shot by an agent after he had attacked that agent with a shovel? I know it's hard to believe but the agents' story fell apart and charges were dropped. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

Six-character relationship map, with lines between each dyad indicating their specific relationship and call-out boxes that express their primary desires, like "Win gasparo's undying love".

I think a lot about how relationship maps can drive design and play. Here's a map for a six-character game that includes lines of affinity and also primary motivations proximal to characters. Everyone but the king has at least one one-sided relationship. Everyone knows exactly what to do.

The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture Discoursing about public games events / the shrinking non-commercial game festival space around the world (and in Australia)

new blog post: The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture, with notes on @free-play.bsky.social / indie games events around the world www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/02/the-...

I know you all have just heard the news that Homan says that "Operation Metro Surge" is over in Minnesota, but, even if that is true, we are going to have legal battles to restore our neighbors to their homes for months and months to come. Fellow nerds? Consider supporting: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

I love you fucked up indie TTRPGs

Submit a Scenario | MAKE A SCENE! Calling all scenario authors, past, present, and future! We are seeking brand new live-action roleplaying scenarios exploring the festival theme of Tempo to premiere at Make a Scene in August 2026! We...

makeascenemn.org/en/call-for-...

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.”

graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

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...