Roleplay Publications

Psychodrama Role-playing

'The Green Book,'
available to order online in hard copy here:  http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/NathHook

A book of of three collected emotionaly intense live role play scenarios (all written by me) playable by a few players in a single room.  All the scenarios are designed to be playable and replayable, with different options for characters. A optional variant for each one is also included. This is a standalone book, with full guidelines and dramatic techniques inside.
 
Included:
--Passion Fruit, 2-3 players, 60-90 minutes, a scenario of temptation
--Black Dog, 3-6 players plus one organiser, 45-105 mnutes. a scenario of despair
--Balanced Scales, 3-5 players, 45-60 minutes, a scenario of conflicting truths.

See the dedicated page and the play reports on this site for more infomation.

Literary Role-playing

'Heart's Blood,'
available to order online in hard copy here:   http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/NathHook

A freeform adaption of Bram Stoker's Dracula.  A standalone scenario with meta-techniques included, exploring the theme of agency.  More information on this website.

2-8 players (ideally 4-6 players) plus one organiser.

Mainstream Role-Play Publications

Contributing Author on 'Relics & Rituals,' sourcebook for D&D 3rd ed, published by White Wolf under the 'Sword & Sorcery' brand.
Contributing Author on 'Living Lore,' sourcebook for Ars Magica 4th ed, published by Atlas Games.

Freeform Live Role Play Scenarios

'And Not to Yield,'  5-7 players, 60-90 minutes playtime, exploring the theme of Desire
Set in the Middle Ages Mythic Europe setting of Ars Magica, two groups try to escape from a faerie realm.
Available for free as a PDF on request

'Against the Night,' 7-9 players, 60-90 minutes playtime, exploring the theme of self-sacrifice
Set in the science fiction future of the Babylon 5 TV series, a group of pilots await an announcement during the Earth-Minbari war.
Available for free as a PDF on request

Journalistic articles

Nathan Hook (2010) “An introduction to British live role-play,”
A short journalistic piece, explaining and comparing the nature of British role-playing for foreign audiences.
published in:
LarpZeit, Feb 2010 (German magazine),
Hareposten, Feb 2010 (Danish magazine)
PDF version available on request

Nathan Hook (2010) “Things I want to know about your larp,”
April 2010, in Elge Larsson (eds) Playing Reality.
Hard copy available,to order from here: http://shop.textalk.se/en/shop.php?id=19308
 free PDF available here: http://interactingarts.org/blogs/index.php?title=title_6&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Nathan Hook (2011) "Culture clash"
A self-reflective piece on personal growth and encounters with the nordic larp scene
Published in Playground Magazine, issue 2, available in hard copy and e-book formats
Website: http://playgroundroleplayingmagazine.wordpress.com/issues/

An article is forthcoming in the book for the Solmukota conference, to be publised in April 2012.  It self-reflectively analyzes a personal play experience and the different meta-levels surrounding it.
 
Larp Theory

'Musings from Bristol'
An ongoing series of articles to provoke discussion and debate on different aspects of roleplaying.
Published on www.rpg.net
Index of articles here: http://www.rpg.net/columns/list-column.phtml?colname=bristol

Larp_Musings
An ongoing public blog of my stream of consciousness thoughts, along with updates on my projects
http://larp-musing.livejournal.com/

Nathan Hook (2007) 'The Bristol Manifesto'
A statement of belief in a particular style of live roleplay, one associated with Simulationist play.
Published as part of the book 'Lifelike,' available here: http://www.liveforum.dk/kp07book/lifelike_web.pdf