Monstrous Immersive - Burning Castle

Burning Castle 2025
November 6-9
Schloss Altenhausen near Magdeburg Germany

Price: Between 150- 350

Style: Nordic LARP, unique world with fantasy elements

Burning Castle is a game which explores the psychological concepts of the shadow self and the inner child through creative fiction.

Players will shape their experiences by choosing between intense political intrigue and social struggles in the main plot, the difficult choices of their personal character arcs, or cozy fantasy collaborative storytelling side quests.

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What about the setting?

The game takes place in a unique fantasy world populated by colorful fae courts, dark mage guilds, a moss-based plant hive mind, and dastardly pirate crews.

The inhabitants of this world are organized into two main cultures: one characterized by struggle, strife, and sacrifice, and the other by emotion, abundance, and dreams.

The main plot of the Burning Castle will focus on the interplay between chaos and order. Players will explore how their characters can either strike a balance between these two forces or embrace one to the extreme.

Note: Burning Castle is organized in accordance with the Burn principles, which encourage increased participation and co-creation. Everyone who attends is considered part of the team and is invited to collaboratively co-organize the game.

What are unique parts of this ?

Visit the worlds of Elsemere and Sipio for a weekend,

Stay with your character for several days as you become involved in many plots and stories.

Have the chance to relax into your role, participate in epic scenes, and to tell a story about what it means to be an individual or part of a group.

At the finale we will burn called an effigy, a wooden sculpture made for the game, there will be a fire show, during the game there are workshops in character and delicious food.

What does it mean that it is a "burn larp"?

This event is run a bit differently than most LARPs, everyone who comes contributes something to the creation of the event. This style of organizing comes from the Burner community. You can think of it as volunteer based, or collaboratively organized. What does this mean practically? How would you be expected to participate?

Decoration for the faction HQ's, helping us find magical objects
Recipes for the kitchen, or cooking up a cool ritual
Help with spreadsheets, or writing characters

With this event we are in this together, and it would not be possible on this scale without collaboration.
You would be expected to at minimum participate on Discord with your faction before the event, beyond that you are encouraged to join a team and figure out how you can use your special skills to make the event more awesome.

When planning has kicked off we will have a planning meeting every other Monday, you can attend the next one if you 're curious and want to find out more.

More Information

Here is our Players Handbook for our last Burning Castle, it was in a different location so some of the information could be slightly different, but it will give you a very good impression of what to expect from the event and a lot of information.

How much will it cost?

Minimum cost for a ticket is 150 euros. We are still working on the finance breakdown though so that is not set in stone.

If you have circumstances that might keep you from paying, reach out to us directly.

There are discounted tickets for those who take lead roles.

If you pay more, such as 300, for your ticket- the money will go to helping make the event possible for those who need sponsorship, and if you would like to have a room with more privacy than the shared bedrooms then you could have that as well as our gratitude.