Process of Elimination

By: Juno Langland

Premiere!
Values – Sacrifices – Ethical dilemmas
Scenario format: Larp
Duration: 3 hours
Number of players: 8-12

A group of strangers wakes up at an unknown location, and a voice explains the rules of a cruel game. In order to save a few, the group must sacrifice many. Time after time and through anonymous voting, each participant may choose to sacrifice someone in the room, with the knowledge that the chosen one might die at the end of the day.

They are all individuals with merits and flaws. But which qualities are valued the highest, and what flaws weigh the heaviest? Should they work as a group, or is it every person for themselves? And who has the right to decide who lives or dies?

By the nature of the larp, many sensitive subjects will be handled. Religion, terminal illness, addiction, and physical violence can all come to be discussed. Discrimination based on sexuality, gender, disabilities, age, and lifestyle choices may also occur. Some of them can be avoided if agreed upon by the group.

No matter what happens, your character will be alive until the end of the runtime. The larp has no demand for physical movement and all physical interactions are opt-in only.

About the author
With 15 years of larping behind them, Juno have themselves mainly written and produced letter larps and other text-based larps. These have touched on themes from historical rights movements, to the radicalisation of cult compound communities.

They are now premiering their scenario Process of Elimination at the Stockholm Scenario festival. This larp focuses on social and existential questions, right and wrong, and the relationship between the individual and the group.