Acknowledgements & Influences

All creative work owes a debt of thanks to those people or artworks that helped bring it into existence, either by inspiring the work itself, or by directly assisting with their comments, critique, enthusiasm, suggestions, or creative energy. Animus is no different.

• All of our playtesters. The system that exists today has been irrevocably shaped by your participation.
• Memento Mundi & its creators. What is LARP, Safety Rules, Social Contract and Meeting Place pages are remixed under the CC-BY SA 3.0 license As a linear system, MM has had an unprecedented influence on our approach.
• Television safety call originates in the Pandemonium LARP rules.
• Moonrise & its designers. In particular, the shield stance mechanic originates from Moonrise and is used with permission.
• Map of Rastaban (City of Cities page) created by Leah Owen. This map is not subject to the CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
• Photos taken from the 2nd Animus playtest used with the consent of the photographer and each party depicted therein. These photos are not subject to the CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license, and are not to be downloaded, remixed or reused without obtaining explicit permission from the LARPO and the people depicted therein.
• Mike C with assistance on the Privacy Policy page.

• Attack on Titan
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Baudolino
• Berlin
• Bloodborne & The Souls series
• Dark City
• Dishonoured
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Gormenghast
• Hollow Knight
• Kill Six Billion Demons
• Made in Abyss
• Morrowind
• Paranoia
• Perdido Street Station
• The Discworld series
• The Elder Empire books
• The Eli Monpress books
• The Left Hand of Darkness
• The Stormlight Archive books
• The World of Darkness setting
• Unknown Armies
• Uprooted
• Warhammer 40,000
• Welcome to Night Vale