Blurring the Lines: De Profundis: Letters from the Abyss (2001) by Michał Oracz

• Authors: Mochocka Aleksandra

Title variants

PL

Zacierając granice: De Profundis: Letters from the Abyss (2001) Michała Oracza

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Being an expansion of a presentation given at the DiGRA 2015 conference, this article discusses De Profundis by Michał Oracz, a Polish role-playing game from 2001, as an innovative project rooted in previous experiments of the Polish role-playing games community. Albeit generally recognised as an RPG, the game merges the features of the pervasive larp and alternate reality game with the more traditional forms of role-playing. The game is discussed as blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality, and destabilizing the magic circle of play, as well as merging the presentation of operational rules with what could be recognised as a game session.

PL

Artykuł, stanowiący rozszerzenie referatu zaprezentowanego podczas konferencji DiGRA 2015, skupia się na polskiej narracyjnej grze fabularnej z roku 2001, De Profundis Michała Oracza – innowacyjnym projekcie osadzonym w sferze eksperymentów podejmowanych na polskiej scenie gier fabularnych. Choć produkcja jest rozpoznawana przede wszystkim jako RPG (narracyjna gra fabularna), to łączy cechy pervasive larps, gier rzeczywistości alternatywnej (ARG) oraz starszych, skonwencjonalizowanych typów gier fabularnych. Omówiona została w kontekście zacierania granic między fikcją a rzeczywistością oraz destabilizowania magicznego kręgu gry, jak również łączenia prezentacji zasad operacyjnych z przedstawieniem zapisu sesji gry.

Keywords

EN

magic circle; New Style; game session; role-playing games; life action role-playing; alternate reality games

PL

magiczny krąg gry; Nowa Fala; sesja gry; narracyjne gry fabularne; larp; ARG; RPG

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier (Games Research Association of Poland)
• Journal: Homo Ludens
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 1(9)
• Pages: 147-164
• Document type: article

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Mochocka Aleksandra

• Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy

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Identifiers

ISSN

2080-4555