Jeepform, a game-style from Scandinavia was up for a Diana Jones award this year.  Does anybody understand what this shit is about?  I couldn't make heads or tails of it.

Quote from: mhensley;321690Jeepform, a game-style from Scandinavia was up for a Diana Jones award this year.  Does anybody understand what this shit is about?  I couldn't make heads or tails of it.

It's a kind of Scandinavian mini-game LARPing. It's meant to be very politically or socially charged, and to cause one to think about a particular subject in a new or unusual way. One tends to play a role, not a character in it (it's more like being a banker in Monopoly than Frodo). Most famously, one jeepform game was called "Gang Rape" and is meant to teach you that gang rape is transgressive and bad, and the rest of it is at about that level of intellectual sophistication.

And that's supposed to be fun?

EDIT: This award seems to be given out only to social misfits.

There always has been a thin line between LARP and roleplaying-as-therapy or roleplay-as-learning tool.  If you read descriptions of Victorian parlor games that became popular around the rise of Freud, you will see strong parallels.  

Jeepform and other psycho-drama LARPs drops the "I'm an elf" separation of fantasy and focuses on deep immersion and emotional realism.   The general concept is that there is something to be gained from experiencing the viewpoint of another person.  

It's not much different from acting exercises that you would go through as a Method Actor for stage and screen.    

I greatly enjoy some LARPs, but I prefer "I'm the an elf" games and skip the psycho-drama.   At conventions I have attended there have been ZERO Jeepform events involving anything like gang rape.  Zero.  

As long as Scandinavians continue cranking out hot chicks and heavy metal, I forgive them their emotional LARPing.  

Can Jeepform be used for lawncrapping?  Sure!  But so can OD&D.

Quote from: Spinachcat;321748Can Jeepform be used for lawncrapping?  Sure!  But so can OD&D.

* crossbow twang! *

GOT the little bastard!























(not referring to Spinichcat)


(Also, tits.)

Old Geezer, stop wasting screen space with your off-topic nonsense or I'll ban your ass.

I'm suspicious of new concepts that can't get explained well or concisely. Rimes with humbug in my book.

Quote from: brettmb;321745This award seems to be given out only to social misfits.

Like Ticket to Ride, Dominion, and the Irish charity gaming scene.  And Wolfgang Baur and myself, so maybe you have half a point.

By far the most commonly played game is The Upgrade!, with Doubt a close second.  The Upgrade! is specifically designed to teach you Jeepform play, so that's a great place to start if you are genuinely curious.  

I've played and facilitated a number of Jeepform games, so if you have questions I'd be glad to answer them as best I can.

Quote from: Old Geezer;321749* crossbow twang! *

GOT the little bastard!


(not referring to Spinichcat)


(Also, tits.)

I feel exactly the same way.  Jeepform sounds like it sucks ass.

Quote from: brettmb;321751Old Geezer, stop wasting screen space with your off-topic nonsense or I'll ban your ass.

I feel kind of left out and unloved.

I thought for a moment this game was about becoming a truck or something.
Oops.

Less than meets the eye.

How is this stuff not 90% identical with Forge theory?

'Gang Rape'?

You shirley aren't serious?

Quote from: Pierce Inverarity;321786How is this stuff not 90% identical with Forge theory?

I don't know.

From the Jeep rules/tenets, a pet peeve:

"Everyday drama is more interesting than epic drama."

Why? Because it connects more with human nature? Complete, utter bullshit!

Nevermind the fact that epic drama is actually about something much deeper in human nature.

I too love the point that "the lists below are NOT manifestos" while number 20 states ""Breaking" any of the "rules" above is only allowed in order to make a point." Enjoy the contradictions, gentlemen.

This comes off to me as "Swinery by any other name".