Jerusalem to host Engolement role-playing game about golems

--> Engolement, a live-action role-playing game in which participants will play golems living in a shtetl, will take place in Jerusalem, Israel, on September 27 and 28. The event will be held by Theater and Theology and Theater in the Rough at the Mamuta art and research center in the Hansen House complex, the Jerusalem Post reports .

Engolement is a LARP, or live-action role-playing game — a format at the intersection of gaming, improvisation, and theater. There is no traditional division between actors and spectators: participants act on behalf of their characters, interact, negotiate, and make decisions in real time.

According to the plot, a group of a dozen golems lives among people in a shtetl. Each character has a seal — a personal tablet bearing the words that brought them to life. During the game, a participant may speak only these words.