DR:NM Content Warnings

The themes of Dystopia Rising often touch close to our real world in ways we cannot always avoid. The DR:MN team believes that we can still tell these stories about challenging topics, but we also believe we need to be transparent about our intentions, and allow folks to opt-out of any mechanics from those stories. In our tradition of radical trust, we want to also trust in each player that attends our game to know their own limits and be able to choose to avoid topics and situations that make them uncomfortable.

Its one reason we take our OK Check-In system so seriously! We understand that these may not be stories you want to participate in, and that’s okay!

A content list is Dystopia Rising’s use of a technique known as innehållsförteckning, or “ingredients list”, which was first created by Nordic game designer Karin Edman. A content list is a series of focuses that are expected to be regularly occurring at a local branch. It is not the same as a content warning in that a content list provides a wide array of information about the nature of an event’s intended design and not just items that the writers of an event may see as “warning worthy”. Since it is impossible to know what might be triggering for all potential participants, we have decided it is better to provide a listing of content (or ingredients) that participants can use to make educated decisions regarding their participation at an event. (p. 13, DR Corebook)

Dystopia Rising: New Mexico is a 16+ event.  Minors require their parent's permission (and a signed waiver) to play. This is an adult game with adult themes.

OUR EVENTS COULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING CONTENT:

  • Institutional corruption and abuses of power, incarceration

  • Physically demanding activity (running, simulated fighting, etc.)

  • Simulated drug use and addiction, drug abuse, and drug-related death

  • Simulated alcohol abuse, alcohol-related death, intoxication, and alcoholism

  • Simulated psychological role play

  • Lightest-touch combat simulation

  • Religious conflict (game faiths - not real faiths)

  • Disease, infection, and consequences of diseases

  • Death, mourning, death rituals, and the potential loss of life and harm to self or others due to character choices.

  • Intense emotional situations, where characters may be pushed to their emotional limits.

  • Wealth inequality and class disparity

  • Rent and debt collection

  • Night-time attacks (even on sleeping characters)

  • Splatter / Gore modules (forewarning will be provided, but these modules will cover players in liquid or debris that could stain costumes)

  • 24-hour character immersion

  • Mutated and hostile fauna, including spiders, snakes, deer, bears, and clowns.

  • Wild west tropes with a post-apocalyptic flavor

OUR EVENTS DO NOT CONTAIN OR CONDONE:

  • ANY content (themes, discussion, jokes, or conversation) that relates to rape, sexual abuse, or sexual assault. This includes sex with characters who are under 18. This includes coerced sex work. 

  • Actual violence.

  • Actual racist, sexist, homophobic, trans-phobic language; for that matter any language intended to make people feel shitty based on the accident of being born to one circumstance versus another.