Mikodine XA

HARD FACTS

Date: November 2014

Participants: 15

Location: Ignaz Jachimov Heim

Team: Alexander Neubauer, David Unterhuber, Theresia Widhalm

Language: German

“This larp has it all – morals, politics, boardroom drama, voices in your head, ethical conondrums, slapping and clapping. The concept is polished, the presentation clear and detailed. The kinds of questions that occupy ethical philosophers and critics or employees of big pharma – but pretty much nobody else – are turned into drama and entertainment and then back into questions. ‘Mikodine XA’ is for larp what ‘The West Wing’ was for television. We have only one question for the author(s): Where do we sign up?”

Statement of the Jury of the Knutepunkt Larp-Writer Challenge 2013

DESCRIPTION

Set in the modern-day office of Reyes & Shaw pharmaceutical company located at the heart of London, Mikodine XA is a game about the conflict between conscience and selfishness; supression vs. expression. Its innovative game mechanic draws inspiration from both musicals and improvisation theatre. Mikodine XA is also a political game promoting critical thinking about pharmaceuticals.

Originally written by Lauri Lukka
(https://laurilukka.wordpress.com/freeform-games/)
Version 11/2013; Download: Mikodine XA 1.15

We at 1000 Atmosphären organized “Mikodine XA” as part of our “Project Freeform”, which featured 3 freeform-games from Scandinavia and the US within 2 days. An essential goal for us was to attract new faces to LARP, so 1/3 of our playerslots (5/15) were reserved for first-time-players.