<p>Episode 5 of the Larperati Podcast, with Special guest Juhana Pettersson, a Finnish novelist and a larp and roleplaying game designer. Topics include game design, why stories are a plague on both your houses, and character creation based on situational comedy. Martine probes Bad Sex, Simon tells a vague rambling anecdote about narrative.</p> <p>We also discuss Juhana's new book (Indiegogo is here <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiegogo.com%2Fprojects%2Fengines-of-desire-larp-as-the-art-of-experience&amp;token=662f70-1-1616145246584" rel="nofollow ugc" target="_blank" title="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/engines-of-desire-larp-as-the-art-of-experience">www.indiegogo.com/projects/engines…rt-of-experience</a>) and the forthcoming larp Redemption (<a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnordicrpg.fi%2Fredemption%2F&amp;token=6a2602-1-1616145246585" rel="nofollow ugc" target="_blank" title="http://nordicrpg.fi/redemption/">nordicrpg.fi/redemption/</a>)</p>