How Do We Live Well Together?

In 2050, the many challenges of climate change have caused social and environmental collapse. Players must work together to create their new world. Those who can gather to represent their communities in this game of innovation and negotiation. All you have is a pocket full of hope and the people around you. You will meet characters that challenge your values, your attitudes and threaten your reserves of hope.

Times past, present and future exist in layers of meaning and place. The place we called Cardigan Street is transformed to represent another version of this land in 25 years. It is layered with traditional language, memories of today, and polycrisis of the future. Can we use this experience to regenerate ways of living well together? Who will YOU be in 2050? Who will WE be?

Together you must face climate disasters, create solutions, discuss strategies and take action to create a reimagined neighbourhood that supports a community for your group.

Choices

Register early and create your character ready for play. Choose your faction: Bearbrass representing people society and knowledge or Symbios who are already post-human in their relationship to culture, experience and environment.

Alternatively, register later and take one of our premade characters.

Costumes, whether Hopepunk, Solarpunk or from your imagination, are more than welcome. You are invited to join our Discord to discuss your ideas.

The live action experience welcomes thoughtful players who are ready to build a way of life past climate anxiety through to living together even in a climate emergency.

It will interest players over 16 years old who want to engage with climate change and the future of Melbourne in an entertaining and though provoking way.

What:	Reworlding City North is a site-specific live action roleplaying game (LARP) supported by experienced game masters and facilitators.
When:	Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October, 10.00 am – 5.00 pm both days.
Where:	A block of Cardigan St closed to traffic between Victoria St and Queensberry St, Carlton.
Wear:	Costumes welcome.
Prepare:	It's Melbourne so that means rain, wind and glorious sunshine. Bring pockets to hold your ‘hope’. We have an indoor play area available in case of a downpour. In the event of dangerous weather we will contact you.
Food:	Lunch is provided on both days and there is free water available.

Tickets

$64 + booking fee

All proceeds support our NPCs.

If money is tight, please contact us for a discount code.

About

Reworlding: Cardigan Commons is a two-day LARP designed by Troy Innocent and creatives in the RMIT future play lab in collaboration with:

N’arweet Carolyn Briggs AM is collaborating with us by providing layers of traditional Boon Wurrung language that connect place to the vast history of this land

300,000 Streets from Regen Melbourne and plants from Yalukit Willam Nature Association help us transform the familiar into the future

Street artist JESWRI is signposting the street to remap this new world

Well-known ecologist, Gio Fitzpatrick, is available for discussions

Alison Soutar, linguist extraordinaire, will help us learn some Kulin language

Learn more about last year’s Cardigan Commons, the future play lab and urban play with Troy Innocent and the team.

Supported by RMIT’s City North Activation Challenge 2025.

Reworlding City North

Choose your tickets

General Release - Weekend of Urban Play ticket

Saturday - Festival Day ticket

Sunday - Urban Play Date ticket