Made Zombies, Run! and Perplex City, wrote You've Been Played and A History of the Future in 100 Objects.
Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art.
Blog: mssv.net
Larp: strandfall.com
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Adrian Hon
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It explores the challenges of running the world's first English-language jubensha convention – for one thing, few people had ever played them – but also the value, in bring the scene together and giving designers direct feedback from a lot of players.
Interesting to consider that NuWho (i.e. 2005+) began when Lost started and everyone decided they needed to do mystery box arcs, e.g. S1's Bad Wolf.
Being a family show, Who couldn't make it that complicated, but also they had decades of lore and so the whole thing became an unwatchable shambles.
Social media context collapse makes it too easy to forget who's reading your words.
Yes, it's interesting to opine on the layered roots of British mob violence and how it's more complicated than just "racism", but that doesn't feel helpful to non-white readers who are afraid to go out right now.
£20 on the next Who being a mediocre 3-part special written by Jack Thorne
Also, some stats from our survey: 90% of attendees plan to play more jubensha after the convention!
Great writeup of Jubensha Con by @crapstacular.bsky.social at @rascal.news!
Includes quotes from @opheliaau7170.bsky.social (speaker and jubensha designer) and me, with a shout-out to the venerable Chaoyang Trap House newsletter for being the place where I probably first read about jubensha...
idk, I think there's a simple explanation here: it's UK's main *free* attraction for families with children. It has dinosaurs!!
Having said that, I popped in last month and was shocked by the state of some of the galleries, e.g. Earth's Treasury.
Archive: archive.is/AtSrx
Jubenshacon marks a continued niche being carved into the US/UK side of the tabletop hobby, and I'm so excited to see it find purchase. Thanks to @adrianhon.bsky.social for speaking with us and being so open with his hopes for what may be the first of many jubensha-focused conventions.
