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The Content List for Dystopia Rising: Northern California is meant to give players a sense of what themes will be covered during a typical event. A player will always have the option to “tap out” of scenes where they do not feel comfortable (more on the OK Check-In system here).

Below, you will find lists of content our events will never contain, general content you may find at any event, and specific content you may find during a given season.

Content Limits (there will be none of this):

  • ANY  content, themes, discussion, jokes, or conversation that relates to rape, sexual abuse, or sexual assault  This includes *especially* involvement of characters who are under 18.  This also includes any implied coerced sex work.

  • REAL LIFE RELIGION and insults pertaining to real life religious beliefs

  • Actual violence

  • ANY content, themes, discussion, jokes, or conversation that relates to racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, disability, ageism, dysmorphia, body shaming - for that matter, ANY language that puts people down based on being born to one circumstance versus another

During our post-apocalyptic horror game, you may experience any of the following:

Physical content

  • Lightest touch combat

  • Simulated melee fighting

  • Being shot with Nerf Guns or hit with small packets

  • Potential for physically demanding experiences

  • Acts of simulated violence 

  • Jump scares

  • Running - potentially in the dark

  • Night time attacks (even on sleeping characters)

  • Potential long hikes

  • Simulated post-apocalyptic crafting

  • Prop focused materials system

  • Zombies, raiders, and abominations of the apocalypse

Emotional Content

  • Shared personal growth

  • Gender identity exploration

  • Simulated religious conflict and themes

  • Simulated death and/or suicide

  • Simulated relationships and/or marriage

Thematic Content

  • 24-hour character immersion

  • Zombies, raiders, and cryptids

  • Simulated death or suicide

  • Institutional corruption and abuses of power

  • Mutated and hostile flora and fauna

  • Wild west tropes with a post-apocalyptic flavor

  • Wealth inequality

  • Tax and or/debt collection

  • Sandbox-style storytelling

  • Overarching continued meta-story and chronology

  • Splatter/gore modules (forewarning will be provided, but these modules will cover players in liquid or debris)

  • Wartime simulations

  • Simulated drug use and addiction

  • Simulated alcohol consumption and simulated drunkenness

  • Simulated disease, injuries, and afflictions

  • Simulated mental illness (fractures)

  • Simulated medical procedures

  • Political intrigue

  • Simulated physical and/or psychological torture

  • Conspiracy Theory

  • Horror movie-style themes

  • Economy and Politics

  • Simulated crimes (i.e. heists, robbery, murder)

  • In-character holidays and cultural celebrations

  • Casted characters to represent friends, enemies, zed, and monsters