Events

Christchurch, 10 August, 2024

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue: Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch
Tickets/Registration: https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/events/668df6bf8639e476db6356c8
Cost: Free
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1397301864297988/

NZLARPS presents the next larp in our Literature Live! series in conjunction with Tūranga.

Signups are now open! Because this a short game we may be able to run a two games, so don't be shy about signing up.

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It is July third, 1950. The Korean War is eight days old. National Security Council Report 68 is sitting on Harry Truman’s desk, a grim outline of the Cold War that is to enfold the world for the next 40 years. Alan Turing’s paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” is circulating for review. Cinderella is a box office sensation.

And you have invented a computer that can see the future.

Employing cutting-edge Ward-Takahashi identity derivations outside their quantum-theoretical framework, JUGGERNAUT processes enormous data sets, ostensibly in the service of code-breaking once the technology is proven and refined. The unstable geniuses behind the math have reached some curious conclusions that only experimental evidence can confirm. By the numbers, JUGGERNAUT —given enough resources— should be able to crack ciphers before they are even invented.

JUGGERNAUT is a live-action game about free will for 4-6 players and 1-2 hours that plays like a creepy Twilight Zone episode.

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