Gear Swap and Donations

The circus, a time to come together, have fun, see new things, meet new people, and get new gear.

I, Betsy Bass, invite all of you to join for a gear swap! This is a no-charge swap. Tips and trades are not against the rules, but I ask that you do not charge for anything. Any negotiations are to be between you, the other person, and potentially a Rover for security.

Photos by Jacque Blake

Join me under the pavilion at 3pm with the gear you wish to swap. You may bring your own setup or use the existing tables. In the case of poor weather, we will move indoors. Find me directly for the new location.

This is a chance to bring old weapons, pouches, jackets, armor, and other bits of gear from people you once were (old characters you don’t play anymore) or from past versions of your kit, and give it all a new home.

As the gear swap comes to and end, you are welcome to collect your remaining gear and bring it home. If you do not want to take that gear back, or if you are feeling extra generous, I will be collecting unclaimed gear and adding those as donations to our New Resident Bin (new player). Those new to the town that complete a list of missions to familiarize themselves with the local ongoings will have the chance to choose from this bin. Your donations are much appreciated. Imagine the life that gear will live and the new stories it will tell!

Before you bring your gear, there are a few requirements for hygiene and safety purposes. Any gear that is found to not meet the following requirements is asked to be returned home or discarded:

• Your gear must be clean. Please wash all shirts, pants, corsets, and other gear that can be machine or hand washed.

• Your gear is safe to be used. Please no broken boffers, sharp accessories, or glass

• No real blood is on your gear. We love fake blood, but please no real blood

Missions and Rewards for our New Players

New into town? Where do you start? Who do you talk to? What are you meant to do?

Starting in June, when New Players step foot into town they will be given a list of missions to complete within their first three events. Completing those missions lets you choose a reward from our New Player Bin. These missions are sponsored by none other than Betsy Bass, the local journalist of the Fold.

By completing these missions, New Players will have a better understanding of the world they are living in, more connections with the people around town, and a few stories to bring back home.

A few examples of what those missions might be are:

• Meet three family heads

• Learn a new skill

• Learn a fact about Requiem’s history

The missions will have an area for players to sign off as the New Players completes them.

A few examples of potential rewards (rewards vary based on availability):

• A donated piece of gear

• A weapon/armor card

• Wagers (in game money)

We hope these New Player missions help you and your recruits find their way through Requiem!

May Schedule Update

Hey Requiem,

With Community Day and Deathcon both right around the corner, we have decided to cancel our May event.

We understand this may not be optimal for everyone, but we want to encourage you to take that time to attend one of the other events mentioned.

Our goal is to make this year’s Community Day something bigger and more special than we ever have in the past. We want to put all our focus into giving back to our campsite, to our community, and in honor of Sasha. Please join us on May 2nd for our community day at Forestburg Scout Reservation.

Another part of our decision was in support of Deathcon. Last year, we had the honor of bringing back an old tradition. This year we want to pass on as much support as we can to the team in charge and encourage you all to take that extra time and make it out.

While the politics and zed will have to wait, this also gives us a little more time for something else we’re super excited for. The Circus. With no May event, our team can put their full creative focus on making this the most….. disturbingly fun circus you’ve ever attended.

Thank you for your understanding on this last minute change. We look forward to seeing you at Community Day on May 2nd!

Community Day Charity

Photos by DRNY, Shai Ronnie, London Belli, & Allana Marie/Black Sky Photography

As many of you know, Sasha Gubanov was one of our directors here at DRNY. For over 10 years, they spent time screaming in the woods, fighting evil both in character and real life, and finding a second family. And now it’s time for us to come together as that community Sasha loved and help those going through similar stories, with maybe a little less screaming in the woods.

To honor Sasha, we’ve partnered with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to raise money to assist families going through their own cancer stories. We will be collecting donations leading up to and during community day. Join us at 6:30pm EST on May 2nd for our livestreamed event including prize raffles, crazy donation goals, and a special word from MSK. We’ve set our goal for $3,000. Can we do it?

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The Livestream:

May 2nd at 6:30pm we will be going live from Forestburg Scout Reservation after we’ve finished a day of cleanup. Find us on Twitch to enjoy the stream (twitch account coming soon).

Livestream Schedule (All times in EST):

• 6:30pm - Livestream kicks off

• 6:40pm - A word from MSK

• 6:50pm - An update at where we are and the goals we are intending to hit

• 7:00pm - Let the craziness begin! Our directors will be performing a variety of crazy and silly stunts to help reach our donation goals. You’ll have to wait until the 2nd to see what each milestone will bring for our team!

• 7:45pm - Prize time! The raffle will begin so be ready to win!

• 8:00pm - Livestream wrap up and ending

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How to Get Involved:

Click the button below to reach our Charity page with MSK. Here you can directly donate to the fundraiser beginning now. If you would like to be included in the raffle, please leave your name and contact information to be eligible to win. You may choose to remain anonymous. There will be prizes available for those not in attendance of Community Day as well, so be sure to join in!

For every $10 you donate, your name will be entered one time into the raffle. You may enter as many times as you would like.

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What are the Prizes?

There will be a mixture of prizes available to both online and in person participants, so it doesn’t matter where you are, you can win too!

People attending Community Day can win one prize from both list A and B for up to two prizes. Those participating online can only win one time from list A.

***You must be 18+ to enter. Those in the continental US are eligible to redeem prizes for shipping. A minimum of $10 is required for each entry, entries are unlimited.

Check out the Prize lists below:

We want to send a huge thank you to all the companies and individuals that chose to donate prizes for our fundraiser.

*Curious about donating a prize? Email us at info@dystopiarisingny.com

Prize list A: Available to ALL

• Sasha Memory Book *Will take 1-2 months to arrive

• Notchmaker’s Shiv from Spring Heeled Studios

• Photo commission from Tori Sandelli

  • Fullbody sketch OR bust full color of your character

• Photo commission from Tori Sandelli

  • Tooths Doodle

• Opt Out ticket for DR Maryland

• 2 Opt Out tickets for DR New Jersey (one per person)

• Stone Mace from Epic Armory

• Cog Bat from LARP Box

• Simple Black Frog from LARP Box

• Drinking Horn with Leather Holder from LARP Box

Prize list B: Must Attend Community Day

• 3 Month Personal Plot from ST Director Michael Bruni

• 3 Month Personal Plot from ST Director Alessandro Manchisi

• Opt Out Ticket for DRNY. *Must be used by the end of 2026

• Personal Paparazzi & Character feature for a game by DRNY Content Creator Brian Bonczkowski & Marketing Director Bri

• Candle and Body Spray set by Integration Director Jessii Bonczkowski

• Battleworn Falcata from Epic Armory

• Cog Bat from Epic Armory

• Scabbard with Snap from LARP Box

• 5 Dystopia Rising New York sweatshirts (one per winner)

• $25 Danny Ds gift card

• 4 Raccossum photos by Bri Matheson (1 per person)

In Loving Memory of our Dear Friend Sasha Gubanov

This month we lost someone that meant a great deal to us and the community. Sasha was more than just a Logistics director at Dystopia Rising New York, they were an inspiration to our guides & Players- with their creativity, their passion and their dedication to playing. To say they will be missed is an understatement.

We wanted to show our respects to their family who are not on social media- by creating a scrap book of this community's fondest memories and photos. Please see the link below if you would like to contribute!

New Caps List

Photo by Wren Tello

Caps are a way for us to give extra thanks to those that go above and beyond in our community.

Earning Caps:

Caps can be gathered through a variety of ways. Including but not limited to:

• Extra NPC shifts

• Donating during a charity drive

• Donating costuming when requested

• Joining the Street Team

• Special Occasions

Spending Caps:

Send an email to info@dystopiarisingny.com to spend your caps!

• 50: Did You Hear - Include a rumor

• 50: Never-mind - Drop a Skill

• 250: Learn from the Best - Have a teacher to come out and teach you a Skill or Profession

• 250: Build Please - 1 xp. Limit 1 per month

• 300: I Know a Guy - Call in a merchant during that event. They will have items relevant to what the town needs.

• 333: Gurg - Throw hands with Gurg

• 500: New Inductee - Have an NPC come out and bring you into a Society or Religion (Not including Cults and National Societies) 

• 1000: Character Reroll - This reroll refunds all xp spent on skills. Lost infection may not be reclaimed and strain cannot be changed

• 1500: Squad Goals - Personal Mod for you and 9 other people.

  • Requires advanced notice of a month and approval from staff

Photographer Applications Out Now!

Photos by Jessi Bonczkowski/TTP, Allana Marie/Black Sky Photography, and Wren Tello

We are officially looking for photographers for our new season. If you love capturing photos in the peak of action, retelling stories without the words, and showing off our amazing players, we encourage you to apply!

Our Expectations from you:

• Submit 30-300 unique photos within 2-3 weeks of an event

• No RAW photos, no burst shots

• Photographers will be notified of any players that do not allow photography

• Remain ‘invisible’ while taking photos

• Take photos during assigned shifts

• Not required, but a huge plus: Comfortable with low light photography both outdoors and indoors

• Not required: Photographers may add a watermark to their photos. Your watermark can be sent to the Dystopia Rising NY team to add back into photos where they may have been lost from cropping, editing, etc if you choose.

What you will get:

• Full game will be compensated

• Two (2) additional build per event

• Photography shift instead of an NPC shift

• Credit will be given for all photos in descriptions

• In the case of large photo drops where individual photos may not be labeled, the album description will contain credits

What we will do with your photos:

• Photos will be used on our website as well as various social media accounts, email campaigns, and other marketing purposes.

• Photos may be altered or cropped for various social media needs. This may result in watermarks being covered or lost. Credit will be given in the description

• The DRNY team may choose not to post specific photos for any reason

We are looking to bring on about four photographers to our team to rotate between events. Each event will only feature two photographers, with others rotating in the following event.

We can not wait to see your pictures!

APPLY NOW!

*Applications close 10/31*

Story Telling Director Applications

Applications Now Live!

Have you wanted to tell your stories on a deeper level? Do you love leading a team? Are you ready to bring your skills to Requiem? If so, it’s time to apply for Story Telling Director here at Dystopia Rising New York!

You will be working alongside our current Story Telling Director, Alessandro Manchisi, who will also help train you for your first few months as a director. Once you’ve learned the ways of Requiem, the two of you will bring horrors to the land like none have seen before! It will be fantastic!

Story Telling Director responsibilities include:

• Attending all events. Exceptions can be made.

• Attending and/or hosting multiple meetings between events.

• Designing overarching plot, NPCs, genre settings, and development of Requiem lore alongside the director team.

• Training and managing a team of writers.

• Reading and understanding all Dystopia Rising Live content.

• Upholding all Dystopia Rising chapter’s rules and expectations during and between events.

Get out of your comfort zone, try something new, and apply now to join our Story Telling Director Team!

APPLY HERE!

***Applications are open till October 31 2025***

Guide Applications for our 25-26 Season Out Now!

Photo by Jacque Blake

Applications now closed

After every Honor’s Fall, Dystopia Rising New York goes through a season reset. During this time we rehire all of our staff. This not only invites new guides to join us, but offers long time guides the ability to choose to continue with us or take time off and enjoy being a player.

Will you join us?

Guide Expectations

All guides will be held to higher expectations as representatives of Dystopia Rising New York. Guides should act as an example of what we want to see in our community. New guides will receive hands on training alongside another guide assigned to teach you. Guides will receive team swag and more!

Guide Responsibilities:

• Be in good standing with the chapter

• Attend at least half of the events in a season

• Have flexibility with selecting shifts (AM or PM)

• Be respectful and welcoming to all players, local and visiting

• Must read and understand your relevant information within the DR Live Source Material. Examples:

  • Field - Skill calls

  • Coord - Research and blueprints

Field Guides

A Field Guide provides an important role at Dystopia Rising New York by helping to facilitate modules on the field and oversee CVC interactions. Field Guides hold the responsibility of ensuring a friendly and fair event.

Field Guide Responsibilities:

• Remain up to date with combat and CVC rules

• Understand how to use Threat Cards and Loot

• Be comfortable with conflict resolution based around rules calls

• Perform 1-2 Card Checks per event

• Relay issues to Ops, or any incidents requiring immediate intervention to the Director team

• Utilize the Logistics document to log any important information

Coordination Guides

Coordination, or Coord, Guides are what we also know as our Post Office workers. Our Coord Guides are masters with a pen and if there’s something they don’t know, they’re quick to look it up!

Coord Guide Responsibilities:

• Answer and Record Research Questions

• Consistent communication with Ops

• Filling out cards properly and legibly

• Properly print and emboss new Blueprints

• Utilize the Logistics document to log any important information

Genre Guides

Without our Genre Guides, we wouldn’t have the zed, raiders, and other creatures with looks so gnarly they surround you with post-apocalyptic immersion.

Genre Guide Responsibilities:

• Ensuring all NPCs are properly outfitted for their individual roles

• Evaluating In game Spaces for genre

• Making Sure Monster Camp, Props, and Costuming are properly organized and clean/sanitized

• Partner with your Ops Guide to update Logistics document with any low supplies

Field/Coord/Genre Guide Perks:

• Discounted tickets

• 1 Free Build

• Caps

• DRNY Team gear (when available)

Writers/Ops Guides

Writers are Ops Guides and Ops Guides are Writers. These are the people that breath life into Requiem, and sometimes death. Go from designing mods from your desk at home to running them from the desk at Ops, your focus is story, story, story!

Writers/Ops Guide Responsibilities:

• Meeting deadlines, exceptions must be communicated ASAP

• Read through ALL of the DR Live Supplemental Content

• Weave lore packets and information into your mods that helps flesh out the world of Requiem 

• Comfortable with task delegation and time management

• Communicating with guides and directors in person and through walkie-talkies

• Ensuring all mods leaving Ops receive a final check for stats, costume, etc to reflect the mod as needed

• Utilize both the Story Document and Logistics document

Writer/Ops Guide Perks:

• Free event

• Full build

• Caps

• DRNY team gear (when available)

Think being a Guide is for you? Give it a try and apply!

Interested in being a photographer for Dystopia Rising New York? There will be a separate post coming soon detailing what we are looking for!

Questions?

Reach out to us at info@dystopiarisingny.com

Honor's Fall 2025: What You Need to Know

Photo by JTTP

A Time Honored Tradition

Year after year the sirens go off and chaos descends upon the fold for the yearly ritual of Honor’s Fall, a time where all laws are put on hold for one night and everyone goes out to settle their 

debts and grievances. Our Family Heads fight for power and control while the people of the fold fight for survival until the sunrise, presenting a head at The Wilted Rose to maintain or claim a spot at the table as one of Requiem’s Families

Here’s the Rules

At sunset, the Treaty of the Fold is suspended, and everyone in town can do as they will. By tradition, the Heads of the Patron Families of Requiem hunt each other to retain their position. While the activity is simple, we have several rules in play that the Families are expected to follow:

• The sirens will go off around 8pm Saturday night once they go off all of the laws of the fold don’t apply.

• All Families of Requiem are expected to Participate in Honor’s Fall

• To clarify this means that Family Heads are expected to openly participate in Honor’s Fall undisguised and out in the open for a majority of the time in play.

• Families looking to stake their claim at the table must claim another Family’s head and show up to The Wilted Rose at sunrise

• Families can do whatever they can think of to keep their Family Head safe(within the spirit of Honor’s Fall) understand that violating the rules will have consequences

• Heads may be claimed using the Master Criminal Influence Skill or the M.M. Necro-Info Head Jar. (Heads MUST be properly repped by the person claiming the head. If using the item it must be turned in and destroyed at the end of Honor’s Fall)

• Once a Family Head is killed, they no longer need to participate in Honor’s Fall, but they still need to show up to The Wilted Rose at sunrise with a trophy

• Sunrise counts around 6am on Sunday Morning

How To Enjoy Honor’s Fall

You have three options to enjoy the night of Honor’s Fall: political Character versus Character (CvC), political Character versus Enemies (CvE), or survival CvE:

• If you’re heavily involved in Family politics, you can actively hunt (and be hunted by) other players. If you play a high-ranking member of a Family, you’ve opted into this already; other players may choose to get involved in the CvE aspects of Honor’s Fall.

• If you want to get involved in the bloody politics of Honor’s Fall, but prefer less CvC, you can hunt and oppose the NPC Patron Families, who will all be out in force. Remember, they’re often as dangerous as other PCs.

• If you want to stay out of the politics of Requiem, you can just try to survive the carnage, and help others to do so. The battles of Honor’s Fall are known for their collateral damage, so there are lots of challenges for you.

• There is more to Honor’s Fall than just the battle, there’s politics, negotiations, back alley deals, and tons of other ways you can talk or bark your way through the people that come out of the woods.

Death is a Part of the Process

Death is a normal part of Dystopia Rising, arguably one of the best parts! Through death you can explore your characters flaws and goals or even breathe life into a character you may have been struggling with. While Honor’s Fall is advertised as a very lethal event for players the truth of the matter is that only the Family Heads, Tier 3s and those who opt in are facing a slightly higher level of danger. We understand that death can be scary for some and that others are very attached to the characters and stories they’ve made. However there are still many ways(Like the ones listed above)to get involved with the plot of the weekend. We’re always looking for more volunteers on the NPC side of the game during these kinds of events and are happy to have more hands to help make these families feel massive and real! 

Community Day 2025

Photos by Allana Marie/Black Sky Photography and Jessii Bonczkowski

Community Day 2025 Returns in May

Community Day is about giving back to the places that allow us the space to scream late into the night. A place full of stories we all came together to tell. A place that once a month, we get to call home.

Join us on Thursday, May 15th, for Community Day!

Meet us at Forestburgh Scout Reservation a day early to help clean up our campsite. Starting at 9am on Thursday, May 15, before our May 16-18 event.

This cleanup will require you to be physically active doing things such as: Moving sticks and small branches, traversing across the campsite throughout the day, and more! For those unable to participate in more physical activities, just let us know when you get there and we will have ways for you to be involved.

Can’t make it until later in the day? Don’t worry! You can make up extra hours Friday morning.

Guests are welcome to join. Bring friends or family, they do not need to be attending the full weekend to help out! Please have them fill out a form so we can keep track of how many people to expect.

Perks of Helping

While giving back to our campsite sounds rewarding enough, there are a few other reasons to participate in our Community Day at Requiem:

1. Up to 10xp for participants of Community Day. 1xp per hour worked

   1. Those with an advanced membership will have xp applied to all characters. Those without an advanced membership must select one character to apply the xp to.

2. Lunch and Dinner are on us!

   1. Catered lunch to be announced shortly

   2. Dinner will be burgers and more on the grill.

   3. Please let us know in your sign up if you have any dietary restrictions

3. Early choice of bunks

4. Have the opportunity to hang out as real people and not just your characters

5. More? More.

What are you waiting for? Help us give back to the campsite that makes Requiem possible and sign up for Community Day below.

Ticket Price Updates

Hello everyone!

As we move into a new era with Dystopia Rising Live, we are going to see a lot of changes. New stories, new mechanics, and yes, new ticket prices.

Starting at our LIVE opener event in March, ticket pricing will go as follows:

Early Bird: $75

Regular Tickets: $85

6 hour NPC Shift: $65

Full Opt Out (NPC opt out, Camp Clean up opt out, +3 Additional build): $200

Once LIVE settles in, we are excited to roll out new Early Bird perks. As those are ready we’ll be happy to share!

We want to thank everyone again for your continued support at Dystopia Rising New York. It means a lot to us that you choose to join us for your screams and other bits of horror every month. We’ll see you next time!

Deathcon 2025

The rumors are true, Deathcon is back!

We won’t spend too much time explaining it here when there’s a whole website to explore before you make your way to Gunstock on June 20-22. Just follow these instructions and you’ll be fighting raiders in no time!

1. Watch this video (special thanks to Tobias McCurry, Sabs Whiteley, Chanin Jaksarn, Michael Bruni, and Brianna O):

2. Visit https://www.deathconlarp.com/ and sign up for the newsletter to stay up to date with ticket launch, story, and so much more. Learn about where you’ll be surviving for the weekend while you’re on there!

3. Review the new books and guides from the Dystopia Rising Live website

4. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Blusky, and Tiktok. Stay connected with our community on Discord.

Deathcon 2025 is brought to you by Dystopia Rising New York with the assistance of Most Improbable

Submit Your Family Roster

Photo by Allana Marie/Black Sky Photography

The people of Requiem have decided it’s time for the families to resubmit rosters to reflect the active families in town. Going forward, these will be the requirements for any in game families:

1. Patron families must consist of 7 members and a family head, along with a unique benefit they bring to the town.

2. Ward families must consist of 4 members and a family head, along with a unique benefit they bring to the town

3. Members must be Requiem Locals or travelers who have attended half of Requiem’s trade events within the past year

4. Family Heads must be locals

To submit your family roster, email us at info@dystopiarisingny.com and please include the following:

1. Family Name

2. Family Head

3. All Members

4. Player numbers

Final date to submit family rosters will be December 20th.

Did you miss when this was discussed in game? Check out our recap for our November event, Cold Law, here!

We are going LIVE in March!

Photo by Allana Marie/Black Sky Photography

Live is quickly approaching and all of us here at Dystopia Rising New York are excited to announce

We will be switching to Live in March of 2025!

There is only one event left in Requiem using the 3.0 system, The Last Angels in January.

Leading up to the release of Live, we plan to host Q&As, workshops, and other opportunities to help you feel comfortable and confident with changes towards the new system. Keep your eyes open for those announcements. In the meantime, make sure to familiarize yourself with the rules and content of Live through the Dystopia Rising Live website.

This is your reminder that Buy Back Build will come to an end on December 15th. Purchase your build now before it’s gone.

Visit us in 2025! Live dates begin in March.

Photo by Jen Karner

Fragments of Tomorrow Recap

Photo by Jenn Karner

September 2024 “Fragments of Tomorrow Recap

September’s gather came on the heels of an intense Honor’s Fall, presenting the town with several major problems after the dust settled. With the High Lord Executioner Essex Anastasia gone, the question on everyone’s mind is just who would rule the town. Without the Anastasias in power to uphold the laws of Requiem, what would that mean for those laws and for unifying the Families to keep the peace?

And then there is the Gravemind.

Requiem’s morgue and the attached Gravemind was just about destroyed by a catastrophic explosion during a confrontation inside the Mortis. During the altercation, family head Keres Molon died in the fiery eruption, causing liquid matter spewed up from the Mortis above ground. The ensuing disaster creating a Near Grave of molten necrotic matter that is toxic to all forms of life and highly irradiated. The Near Grave soon began sending out waves of powerful zed, each of them spreading rad poisoning and devastation in their wake. 

The people of Requiem split their attention to all the tasks needed to clean up the town in the wake of Honor’s Fall. While many discussed how to address the political vacuum in the town, others tackled researching just how to clean up the toxic Near Grave and re-establish a functional morgue in the town. The researchers discovered mysterious black roses that, once fed, sprouted out of people’s bodies and could protect individuals from the Near Grave’s toxicity. Utilizing the roses, the researchers got into the destroyed morgue, all the while being bombarded with Compulsions of intense emotions of fear, sorrow, and other negative impressions.

The next day the town was bombarded by powerful zed as well as farmers from the Fold who, angry at the disruption of their lives by the recent politics, came to town to take on Requiem for their choices. They also talked about whole families and groups hearing grave whispers and disappearing. Meanwhile shadowy folk drew the researchers into the Near Grave, leading to the town organizing a group who would head into the morgue and try to seal off the damage in the local Mortis. Armed with more roses and a crew of fighters outside to take on the irradiated zed, the team inside the morgue sacrificed four of their own while fighting to heal the Mortis from the inside. The procedure ended with a huge portion of the radiation sealed away from the Mortis, a huge step towards healing the local gravemind and setting up the possibility of sinking a new morgue.

As the town took a deep breath at the successful Mortis mission, others kept their roses close, knowing the battle for (or against?) the Requiem Mortis was far from over. Because the radiation, while greatly reduced, is still leaking into the local Mortis, the families of the Fold are still sleepwalking off into the dark, and the Mortis is still presenting an imminent danger to the town. And all of this in the face of the next gather’s annual tradition: the Feast of Flesh. But without the power structure in Requiem solidified yet and nobody having seen Zodiac in a long time, what will the Feast of Flesh look like in this disruptive time? Only the come of the next gather will show just how many pounds of flesh it will take to heal Requiem once again.

The Torture Shack is Back

With October here once again we come upon the fold tradition of the Feast of Flesh, a macabre ritual of offering your own carved flesh upon the doors of your home so that what lurks in the dark will eat it instead of you and your family and the Zodiac Collective gets the flesh they need to keep doing their job within the fold. This year Leo continues that tradition in their own twisted way…will you step up to collect your pound of flesh?

The Vivisection (also colloquially called the torture shack) is a fully immersive attack on the senses that pushes the limits of not just the characters, but players as well. The experience is designed to be unsettling, loud, disorienting, and gross while adhering to an opt in and opt out safety standard.

Players can expect to experience:

• Horrific Smells

• Gratuitous amounts of blood

• Flashing lights

• Smoke and Fog

• Eating potentially gross food

• And many more gross things

While the experience is meant to push your limits we take safety and comfort seriously and utilize a consent form that allows players to opt out of specific ingredients of the module as well as potential triggers. In addition, safe words are used during the experience to allow players to end the scene immediately with no negative detriment to the character for bowing out.

A full potential ingredients list will be provided to players on the consent form which will be available Friday evening at Ops and the Post Office for you to review well before the experience is set to begin. Accommodations will be made, but understand that the experience is designed to be had with all of the design elements working together and removal of too many will impact the length and intensity of the module.

Schedule:

The Vivisections will begin late Friday night for those who are adventurous enough to try their luck with the most extreme experiences and continue late in the day on Saturday till around 8PM (Time subject to change)

Bacchanal Guest Performances

The night before Honor’s Fall we celebrate at the Bacchanal. Food, drinks, and of course performances. This year we’ll have special guests coming from outside of Requiem to perform a very unique burlesque show for us all.

Once a month for over 2 years, the crew has put on Once Bitten in Astoria, Queens, and they are delighted to resurrect the performance just for us.

Join the Raffle!

Enter to win a custom gift bag created by Désirée filled with goodies themed towards the show and Requiem, as well as donations from some of our vendors. Winners will be announced at the end of intermission.

Tickets are available for: 1 for $2, 3 for $5 and 10 for $10

To buy a raffle ticket, or If you would like to leave tips for these amazing performers, you are invited to use venmo or bring real world money. Save your wagers for the burgers.

Take a minute to read a little about our guests and get excited for what they’ll be bringing to the Bacchanal!

Désirée De Sade - She/her 

Photographer, costumer, and burlesque performer, Désirée De Sade has been bringing her strange and unusual creatures to life as NYC’s Drop Dead Gorgeous Dream Ghoul since 2018. A lover of the macabre and all things ridiculous, she delights in defying expectations and is known for surprising audiences with horrifying transformations, hilarious characters, and dramatic storytelling.  You never know what will crawl out from The Cabinet of Burlesque Curiosities, and even her friends don’t always recognize her from show to show.

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Logan Laveau - she/her

International award-winning burlesque performer, Logan Laveau is a costumer, illustrator, and possible mirage. This New Yorker has haunted stages from Portland to Paris since 2014, making her ecdysiast debut even before she could legally drink. A chameleon with a wig, Logan has equal love for both the glamorous and the hilarious, but she always delivers her signature dollop of Hex Appeal with a smile.

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Dorienne Dreadful - she/they

Known as The Delightfully Damned, Dorienne Dreadful is the full package, a delectable mix of beauty and brains. A queer femdom with a soft heart and a heavy hand, they are also a mental health advocate and studying to become a trauma-informed sex therapist, so she’s ready to impact both your rear and your mind. With a love of the spooky side of life, Dorienne is known for bringing haunting acts featuring dark storytelling to NYC stages as both a performer and a seasoned producer.

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Albert Cadabra - he/him

Come experience the electrifying performances of the Carnival’s Conjurer, Albert Cadabra. An award-winning magician and sideshow performer, Albert delivers devilishly wild magic with carnival freak show flare. Always pushing and twisting the boundaries of the art of magic, his shows are an explosive mix of shock and awe’s, levity and illusion that will absolutely leave you spellbound.

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Director Changes

Photo by Shai Ronnie

Thanks for the Memories

When Dystopia Rising New York chose its new directors 2019 we were brought into a new world of terror, politics, and all things that make Requiem the home it is today by Tony and Kristina. Together, they were able to share with us their passion for the game and our community. Building stories, creating characters, and scaring the bejeebus out of us.

But like all amazing stories, they have to end at some point.

Tony and Kristina will be moving on from their time here at Dystopia Rising New York. Honor’s Fall in August of 2024 will be their last event as Directors for our team, giving you one last time to be followed into the dark by a Tony shape or hear mysterious whispers in Kristina’s voice. I recommend taking full advantage of those opportunities while you still have the chance!

Thank you Tony and Kristina for creating what you have for us.

New Endings leave room for New Beginnings

New changes bring about new opportunities, new stories, new characters, and so much more! We are extremely excited to introduce to you our new story director team, Shoshana Kessock and Alessandro Manchisi!

These two amazing individuals have shared so many stories with us over the years and their love of the game has been an inspiration to others. When searching for who could carry the mantle next, it was hard to find a reason to not bring them on.

Honor’s Fall will give us a small taste of what they can do before the torch has been fully passed for our September event. We hope you’re looking forward to what they create just as much as we are.

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Tell us in the comments what you loved most about Kristina and Tony’s time as story directors. Let us know what you look forward to seeing from Shoshana and Alex!

Special May Mod: The Haze Raid

SPECIAL MOD: THE HAZE RAID

Witness the return of another one of our special sign up mods!

Take the fight to the Dead Six and the growing tribes of raiders. Sign up with a group of friends and take turns competing against each other as you hop into a ride and run smash and grab raids to disrupt operations and steal supplies and research materials! Hit enough camps and you might just draw out one of their leaders!

What's Happening:

The Dead Six, a group thought to be some kind of raiders, have been wreaking havoc on Requiem and The Fold. Their unprecedented ability to unite the typical raider clans has interrupted supply lines, destroyed outposts, and killed members of The Fold. Kidnappings and reports of brainwashing seem to be connected to a unique strain of Bad Brain spreading through the town causing outbursts of violence.

What are We Doing About It:

Thanks to the efforts of the people of Requiem and the Volkov Family, we've identified key supply camps. It’s time to give the raiders a taste of their own medicine. Load up in a ride and get dropped off at a series of camps to take back stolen supplies, disrupt operations and try and assassinate their leaders before you lose the element of surprise! The more crates you steal the more loot you get!

How We Doing It:

Sign up at the post office after game on with your friends. Meet up near the Wilted Rose for your shot at the Haze Raid. In classic special mod fashion groups will get split into two squads where you get to take turns playing the raider opposition. See who can make off with the most loot! Get out there and beat up your friends!

Now, you ready to Req and Raid? Join us May 10-12 for our HAZE RAID special mod! Saturday 11-1 for New Blood friendly runs! (150 and below recommended) Saturday 3-8 will scale up in difficulty as the day goes on!

Enjoy your Bad Brain!