October Event Announcements

Faction Tokens

To help save trees, casted characters holding faction contracts may have phys-repped faction tokens (shown below). These tokens represent contracts that can be inspected for forgeries like any other contract by using the Basic Financial Skill and checking in with the Guide on the mod. Using these phys-reps allows us to reuse the most common faction contracts without wasting a lot of paper.

Premiere Build

Premiere Build is available for purchase at the door this event. So if you want to add +5 to your character(s) build, it will cost $50 and we can add it to your sheet directly.

If you have an advanced membership, this will apply to all characters. If you have a basic membership it will apply to whichever character you choose. Attending travellers and non-attending locals can purchase this add-on as well at any point in the future.

If you pre-regged for our Premiere Event, bought the Premiere Ticket add-on, and checked-in, that build has been manually added to your pre-reg sheet. This build will show up on your digital database sheets post-event.

3.0 Back Buy

You can now back-buy 3.0 events from your home chapter:

• Buy-back is available from the Deathcon 2019 dates on (Sept 15, 2019, the launch of 3.0). This means someone could buy-back the Sept 2019 TX event, but not the May 2019 TX event.

• Buy-back is available only at the branch the player was housed at as “local” on the dates of the event.

• If you had an Advanced Membership on the dates of the event being purchased, all characters will be checked in as though you attended the event in person.

• A player may buy-back their home branch’s Premiere Event and build, but must purchase the event to also get the build. To prevent transfer abuse, a player may only purchase one local Premiere Event as non-attending per calendar year.

• If you wish to back-buy non-attending Deathcon Build you can purchase that here.

If you wish to back-buy a Texas 3.0 event, please email us at info@dystopiarisingtx.com.

Sounds of the Lonestar

One of our goals for this season is to make the soundscape of the site more dynamic. To this end, you may see more things like wind-chimes appearing around the site. We encourage you to add to this ambiance by bringing your own and hanging them around your play spaces.

Vehicles on Site/Early Site Access

This is a reminder that driving on site for any reason needs to be cleared with Shan or Aesa directly. Likewise, if you are looking to get on site early, you must have permission from staff. Our site requirements mean we have to be very selective about traffic past the gate. Thank you.

September Event Updates and Notes

Here are some important notes about this weekend’s game!

Burn Ban in Effect

There is a Bell County Burn Ban in effect through September 30th. No campfires allowed. Propane stoves are fine so long as someone is present and able to step OOC to safely supervise them in the event of combat. As always, a hot stove can never be left unattended. If you need to heat food, there are ovens in Kiva and Wikiup, and microwaves in many of the buildings.

Feedback Forms

There will be paper feedback forms available on site in both the Post Office and Logistics. Use these forms throughout the weekend when you notice something you need to remark on about the new rules system, or any other feedback. This is to help capture any moment where something is a bit ambiguous or goes really well so we can review it.

The online feedback is always available here on the website.

We are a community that learns together!

There may be some confusing and even frustrating moments this weekend, but at the end of it all we’re here to laugh and learn together. The best thing to do in the moment is to find a way to work through any confusion (ask a Guide for help if you need to!) and then get back into play. There will be lots of time for feedback after the event online as well, so be kind to your fellow players and we will all be patient with each other as we get up to speed!

This is a reminder to download the most recent rulebook link posted in August here. The most up-to-date version is called “DRELARP_Edit_10” but might show up for some as “Blueprint_Catalog.pdf” on the downloads page, so check that you have the right version!

We’re going to try and keep the lines moving as fast as we can in Logistics this game but it’s likely to get a bit crowded, so please be patient and we’ll help you as fast as we can!

And now the moment you’ve been waiting for…

Check in is now live!

Please read the following carefully!

Make sure when you select your ticket type and shift that you are selecting the same price that you paid during pre-reg. You can find your receipt in your email if you’re unsure.

If you are paying at the door, your options are:

• $65 Standard Casting (4hrs)

• $35 10 Hour Pass (2hrs)

• $35 First Event/New Player (4hrs)

If you are a Guide or another special sort of shift (like our setup crew), we will check you in manually, so don’t worry about it! If you do not see the type of ticket you need, then also contact us and we can handle it.

There are a few small errors that you might encounter while checking in. This is a database under construction, so if it doesn’t work the first time, try again! And if it still is giving you some weirdness, then screenshot it and send it to us at info@dystopiarisingtx.com.

When you show up for your NPC shift on site, check in with the Guides on desk and they will check you in. The same goes for when you leave your shift. If you are a full-time NPC there is a check-in log you will sign in on in Logistics and we will handle your check-in at the door.

Alrighty, here’s the button!!

EVENT SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

3:00pm Site Opens and players can come on site

4:00pm Pre-Reg line opens

5:00pm On-site Registration opens

6:00pm New Player Guides are available in Logistics to help with New Players

8:00pm Opening Announcements outside of Logistics/Dining Hall

8:30pm New Player Orientation begins following Opening Announcements at Logistics. This leads into the New Player Mod at 9:00pm.

9:00pm Game On!

The Post Office will be open until 2am on Friday and Saturday night and opens at 8:00am on Saturday and Sunday. The Post Office closes at game-off on Sunday.

SUNDAY

12:00pm Game Off! Closing Announcements will be at the Bell at the Crossroads.

12:30pm Personal Cleanup begins

1:30pm Camp Cleanup begins

We all are tired at the end of the weekend so help your neighbors pack if you’re done with your section and we can all go home earlier!

Crafting Stations open to Community props

We got a few questions about this so… Have extra props that you want to use at the in-character Crafting/Artisan, Cooking/Brewing, or Agricultural/Farming workstations? Feel free to bring your own props to augment what we’ll have out. Because these are communal workstations, everyone is welcome to contribute. Note: unless you are donating them to the game, be prepared to take your props home/store them with you between games as our storage space is limited. If you are donating, talk to us in Logistics so we know! Thanks!

October Pre-Registration

Pre-reg for October’s PREMIERE event will go live on Tuesday, October 1st at 1:00pm.

Mark your calendars!

Reminder that you can always see our recent announcements and other info in the ‘Updates and News’ button at the top of this site!

See you soon!

Keepin' it Local!

Some of you may remember a time in years past when great caravans of DR players would pile into an over-sized van or two and drive ridiculous hours and miles just to be present for “THE big event” at other chapters. When chapters would have, in addition to big plot events, one event a year that was a bit more ‘special’ and exciting because it meant everyone made sure that was the event you Did Not Miss.

We are pleased to announce we are bringing back that tradition, with the re-introduction of premiere local events! In a network with approximately 20 branches, there’s never been a better time to put the spotlight on local chapters and local stories. Those of us who remember those days remember how fun and exciting they were, while also giving us more of a reason to go say howdy to the neighbors or trek cross-country between our own local events. For this reason all branches unanimously voted to bring back this tradition.

In 2019, and again in 2020, each branch will run a Premiere Event. They are spaced out through the remainder of this year, to give every chapter the chance to shine the spotlight on their new 3.0 stories. For Texas, our Premiere Event will be October 25th - 27th. Players attending this event will have the opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 build, as we did in the past, for +$50. The opportunity also exists for us to run 4 day events in the future, should we decide to do so.

The DR chapters are divided into regions. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia, and Florida now comprise Region 2 so you’ll see the Premiere events rotate between those chapters in our region, spaced out as best possible. If you don’t know the date of your 2019 local regional event, check with your local chapter! You will also see greater cross-plot and regional event opportunities coming in the future, and the incorporation of wasteland-wide story lines into the local level. Our goal is to bring the network together in new, bigger ways, on a smaller scale.

Region One

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland

Region Two

Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida

Region Three

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky

Region Four

Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Wyoming, South Dakota

Region Five

Northern California, Southern California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico

And now for some sad news, Deathcon/Downfall 2019 is cancelled. While we are excited to accommodate the shift to premiere events as a replacement, if you have already purchased your attendance to Deathcon, you will have several options, including a full refund, applying your ticket price towards your local chapter event attendance, continuing to experience the non-attending Downfall plot, and more. Please follow this link for more information about Deathcon cancellations. Where possible, we want to make this shift in scheduling easier, and that page will provide information about what to do next if this change effects you.

Additionally, with the shift to local events and focus, we will be able to sell things like advanced memberships and merchandise locally, starting in mid-September. That helps keep it all in-house, and gives you, the player, easier access to the faces and people who are handling your experiences and purchases directly.

Thanks friends for reading, we’re excited to continue to share stories with you!

Your Texas Team: Shan, Aesa, & Ryan