Solmukohta 2008 Call for Papers

[John Kim]

The Call for Papers for the Solmukohta 2008 book has just come out. 

For those who don't know, Solmukohta is the Finnish round of the "Nodal Point" larp convention that rotates between Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.  Each year, they publish a book of essays with the convention on various larp and role-playing topics, including a lot of theoretical work.  The prior year's books are available for download:

• Lifelike 2007
  
• Role, Play, Art 2006
  
• Dissecting Larp 2005
  
• Beyond Role and Play 2004
  
• As Larp Grows Up 2003
  

Now there is a Call For Papers for Solmukohta 2008, which will be on March 21-23 in Nurmijärvi, Finland (45 kilometers from downtown Helsinki and 40 kilometers from the airport).  As outlined in the CFP, the book will be divided into three sections:

Section A: Journalist Approaches includes game reports and experiences; opinions on games and role-playing scenes; practical guides; and crafts related to larp.

Section B: Art and Design of Role-Playing Games includes game analyses and critiques; artistic statements (including manifestos); design guides; and reports of artistic experimentation.

Section C: Research Papers includes studies of games, players or playing; theoretical works, including models and definitions; papers applying other fields of research to role-playing; and critique of role-playing research and theory. 

See the CFP for details.  The organizers would love to have more submissions delving into role-playing topics from a variety of points of view.  I've been to two rounds, and been involved in the book twice, so I'd be happy to field questions.