About Witchards Society
Witchards Society is a non-profit association registered in Denmark.
Meet the teams
It takes a lot of work to run the events we run, and it is only possible due to so many dedicated people.
College of Wizardry
Laura Sirola (lead producer), David Norris (producer) and John Shockley (lore & story coordinator), of Witchards Society, Karolina Fairfax (story lead), Jan Rożewski (helper coordinator), Iryt Kraus (head of scenography), Rikke Hardbo Larsen (Costume & makeup), Andrzej Spera (Scenography & set design), and Maciej Krzysztofik (location & logistics) of Wonderlarp.
Association Board
Laura Sirola, chair
David Norris, board member
Pändi Baldwin, board member
John Shockley, board member
Harry Harrold, board member
Bothwell School of Witchcraft
Holly Pändi Baldwin (lead producer), Andrew Russell (lead designer), Marieke Swinkels (story & character lead), Matt McHugh (assistant producer) Laura Sirola (volunteers & scenes coordinator), Mandala Studios (scenography & storage)
WereWar
Liselle Awwal (creative director), Laura Sirola (lead producer), Karolina Fairfax (head of cast), Iryt Kraus (head of scenography, Simon Brind (story lead), John Shockley (lore writer).
And everyone else …
College of Wizardry was initially the brainchild of Dominik Dracan Dembiński and Aleksandra Hedere Ososińska (Liveform), joined by Szymon Boruta, Agata Świstak, and Mikołaj Wicher, with contributions from Piotr Milewski (Funreal), Marcin Słowikowski (LubLarp), Marcin Borowski (Fantazjada) among others.
After Dembiński’s meeting with Claus Raasted and Cecilia Dolk in 2014, during Knutepunkt, the Danish Rollespilsakademiet team, including Charles Bo Nielsen, and the Swedish team Berättelsefrämjandet joined the collaboration.
Many more writers, organisers, players and crew, past and present, have been part of the developing, international, creative effort that is the world of the College of Wizardry.
Bothwell School of Witchcraft was originally produced by Rogue Events. The game was created after consultation with College of Wizardry producers in 2016-17, and helped to be funded by a great many donors on Kickstarter.
The Witchards Society would also like to thank Liselle Awwal, John-Paul Bichard, Simon Brind, Lars Bundvad, Iulian Dinu, Nadina Dobrowolska, Karsten Dombrowski, Vicky Eyles, Anna Flora, Freja Gyldenstrøm, Agnieszka Linka Hawryluk-Boruta, Adam Jędrysik, Przemysław Jendroska, Halfdan Keller Justesen, Aleksander Krzystyniak, Abi Laurel, Petr Luba, Zuzanna Marzec, Thomas Mertz, Christina Molbech, Stuart Munnich, Lasse Hempel Nielsen, Maciek Nitka, Aleksandra Hedere Ososińska, Cameron Readman, Magdalena Řehánková, Christopher Sandberg, Kaja Skorzyńska, Robin Steen, Richard Svahn, Martine Svanevik, Edin Jankovic Šumar, Marta Szyndler, Sagalinn Tangen, Toivo Voll, Kamil Wędzicha and Lisa Wolfrum, amongst many others, for their contributions.
We are aware that our records of all those who have worked on this magnificent game are incomplete. Contributors not mentioned here should drop us a mail to [email protected] so we can update this page with well-deserved recognition..
A brief history of our magic
Starting in 2014 College of Wizardry become the catalyst that forged the Witchards Universe.
The first College of Wizardry runs
A team of Polish and Danish larpers join forces and create a larp that became a pivotal moment for a lot of people.
Bothwell is founded
In England, Cameron and Stuart found Bothwell School of Witchcraft at Herstmonceaux Castle in Hailsham.
Save College of Wizardry
After the collapse of Dziobak Larp Studios, Christopher Sandberg steps in to save College of Wizardry, successfully running a crowdfunding campaign to run two cancelled events.
Bothwell comes home
Originally started as a spinoff in its own world, Bothwell joins the Witchards Universe and work starts to bring it fully into the fold.
Witchards Society is founded
Making good on promises made during the Save College of Wizardry campaign the stewardship of College of Wizardry, Bothwell School of Witchcraft and WereWar is given to the community in the form of Witchards Society.