Mike Pohjola
Encyclopedia
Mikko "Mike" Pohjola is a Finnish poet, playwright, author, politician and roleplaying game designer. He is the author of Myrskyn aika, Star Wreck Roleplaying Game
, Tähti and Kadonneet kyyneleet.
In Nordic live action role-playing (LARP) circles, he's known as the author of "the Manifesto of the Turku School" (2000), advocating immersive gaming, as the designer of several experimental LARPs, and as the author of several published roleplaying books. Several of Pohjola's artistic and theoretical articles have been published in journals and magazines in Europe and the United States.
Pohjola's first novel, Kadonneet kyyneleet was published in the summer of 2008. Also in 2008, he released the nonfiction book Sanaleikkikirja, a collection of Finnish pun
s and wordplay.
As contributor
Star Wreck Roleplaying Game
Star Wreck Roleplaying Game is a Finnish role-playing game set in the universe of the Star Wreck fan films. First published at Ropecon 2006, it is, as the designer has jokingly pointed out, the first Finnish RPG based on a movie franchise....
, Tähti and Kadonneet kyyneleet.
In Nordic live action role-playing (LARP) circles, he's known as the author of "the Manifesto of the Turku School" (2000), advocating immersive gaming, as the designer of several experimental LARPs, and as the author of several published roleplaying books. Several of Pohjola's artistic and theoretical articles have been published in journals and magazines in Europe and the United States.
Pohjola's first novel, Kadonneet kyyneleet was published in the summer of 2008. Also in 2008, he released the nonfiction book Sanaleikkikirja, a collection of Finnish pun
Pun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
s and wordplay.
Roleplaying bibliography
As author- Myrskyn aika, 2003, Johnny Kniga Publishing
- Star Wreck Roleplaying GameStar Wreck Roleplaying GameStar Wreck Roleplaying Game is a Finnish role-playing game set in the universe of the Star Wreck fan films. First published at Ropecon 2006, it is, as the designer has jokingly pointed out, the first Finnish RPG based on a movie franchise....
, 2006, Energia Productions - Tähti, 2007, Riimuahjo Publishing
As contributor
- Book of LARP, 2003, Interactivities Ink
- As Larp Grows Up, 2003, Projektgruppen KP03
- Beyond Role and Play, 2004, Ropecon ry.
- Dissecting Larp, 2005
Other books
- Kadonneet kyyneleet, 2008, Gummerus Kustannus Oy
- Sanaleikkikirja, 2008, Gummerus Kustannus Oy