DR:TX Admin Team

  • Jonathan Loyd (He/Him)
    Owner/Gamerunner

  • Fable Brown (She/They)
    Story Director

  • Ren Lewis (They/Them)
    Logistics Director

  • Korè Vold (She/They)
    Settings Director

  • Noah Goodman (He/Him)
    Marketing Director

dr:tx season 8 team

We could not produce Dystopia Rising: Texas without the efforts and contributions of a fantastic team of Guides & Special Teams. These volunteers help with the behind-the-scenes effort of organizing modules, making item cards, overseeing conflict, answering questions, and other bespoke needs of the game to operate. They are a team of amazing, dedicated people who do a lot to make your experience and our game better.

Operations Guides

TBD

Coord Guides

TBD

Virtual Storytellers

TBD

Virtual Room Stewards

TBD

Truck Team

TBD

Settings Team

TBD

Safety Team

TBD

Photography Team

TBD

DR: TeXas admin Team roles

The Dystopia Rising Larp Network is a network of independently owned businesses that run live events under a shared Dystopia Rising narrative. Each individual branch with the DR Network is its own business with its own local owners who are accountable for following the guidelines of the DR Network as well as local legal guidelines while servicing their local community. Each branch maintains a team of employees and volunteers, both on-site and off, to execute each event. The team on the ground in each location ensures that the events being run are individual, unique, and tailored to the existing player base.

No one is expected to know every detail and fact about the Dystopia Rising universe to participate in a DR game, but our local game runners are responsible for ensuring their knowledge, skill sets, and community leadership are as honed as possible in order to provide an experience and consistent world lore of the Dystopia Rising universe.

Jonathan Loyd - Owner, gamerunner

  • Game Runner, Owner of DR: Texas

  • Oversees Financial and Operation decisions of each chapter and provides support to the Admin team.

  • Oversees the Storytelling Senate. Creates plot documentation and design documents both locally and nationally, handles Conflict Resolution, and New Player Guides.

  • Attends and votes on behalf of the chapter during Network Advisory Board Meetings.

Fable Brown - Storytelling Director

  • Helps to manage the Storytelling Senate, enacts and enables Storytelling content, Mechanics and Economy balancing, creates online Rules Rambles and other content, and oversees the Rules Guides.

  • Assists with Storytelling and Face NPC roles as needed.

Ren Lewis - Logistics Director

  • Manage Post Office, Coord Guides, and handle Conflict Resolution.

  • Manages Special Teams

  • Assists with Storytelling and Face NPC roles as needed.

Noah goodman - Marketing director

  • Manages Social Media and Marketing Efforts, Maintains Email Campaigns

  • Instructs and provides support to Gamerunners and Storytellers to assist in creating engaging material for our social media

Korè VOLD - settings director

  • Oversees Ops organization and setup, Storytelling Senate documentation, Administrative Documentation, Settings Team, and the Groundskeeper Team.

  • Assists with Storytelling and Face NPC roles as needed.

Live Event Guides

Guides for Dystopia Rising Texas live events are team members that assist in the telling of stories, answering your questions, addressing issues, and making the experience of an event as enjoyable as possible. These volunteers each take on a unique aspect of our game to handle such as the directing of NPCs or the handling of crafting transactions at Public Works AKA The Post Office.

Each season, our guides are fired en-masse and (re)hired over the Summer, giving everyone a chance to be a player again whenever they choose.

    • All guides must commit four hours of their time to a Guide Shift in lieu of an NPC shift.

    • Guides cannot purchase no-casting tickets as we depend on our Guide coverage.

    • All Guides are expected to attend each DR:TX event and have TX as your home chapter. If you cannot attend an event, please let us know as soon as possible.

    • Sign up and execute your shift as per the Guide Schedule and be active in Guide Spaces between events to self-educate on rules changes and event updates.

    • Guides must be upstanding members of the DR:TX community; espouse your community guidelines with gusto and be able to separate their personal feelings, characters, and plot interests from their Guide role.

    • Expected to be able to make rules-calls in the field with a solid foundation of the rules and blueprints.

    • Guides must be well versed in the rules regarding CVC Best Practices, and be able to follow procedure regarding CvC behaviors and in-character theft.

    • All Guides are fired and re-hired every Summer, requiring everyone apply to the role(s) of their choice between seasons.

    • Take a 4-hour shift directing operations; guiding NPCs, preparing modules, and bringing the written stories to life.

    • Attend a single mandatory meeting between events to learn the stories and schedule of the weekend

    • Opportunities to tell personal stories during their Guide Shift - requiring submission and approval by the admin team with an additional meeting to solidify details

    • Operate the In-Game Post Office as an NPC, helping players with copying blueprints, crafting, and related tasks. This is a paperwork heavy role with a fair amount of reading and writing required.

    • Interpret rules and make field calls responsibly; understand and be able to clarify any mechanics to other players.

    • Must be comfortable with CVC Best Practices - You may be asked to marshal theft and/or other CVC in the play space at anytime

    • Process stolen items, tag combat boffers, and answer general questions from players.

    • Contact the Logistics team for any mechanics or needs that require clarification.

    • This is one of the most demanding Storyteller roles, as they work hand-in-hand with our Admin Team to recruit new players.

    • Consistently arrive on-site and be available to New Players from 6pm-11pm on Fridays each event.

    • Provide encouragement and help with any first-game jitters up through and including each New Players third event.

    • Help with New Player communication digitally between events; maintaining good communication with new and potential players.

    • Speak knowledgably and positively to a variety of playstyles and factions within our setting; breaking down basic rules that New Players must learn into manageable chunks communicated with gusto.

    • Assist New Players with character creation, signing waivers, tagging weapons, handing out blue bandanas, and distributing helpful documentation.

    • Responsible for crafting and facilitating a New Player Module each event; introducing our newest players to Dystopia Rising in a positive and supportive manner.

    • Game Ticket is compensated for each attended DR:TX event

    • Inspect player weapons and armor to ensure they’re safe for combat before game in accordance with our safety standards.

    • Tag equipment after ensuring the item fulfills the card’s description (Coverage amount, phys-rep requirements).

    • Help the New Player Storyteller with New Player Orientation.

    • Place glowsticks around camp to illuminate dangerous terrain in heavy foot traffic areas at night

    • The role must be filled by someone consistently on-site and available 5pm-9pm on Friday and be present at Opening Announcements.

    • 50 CAPs earned for each game attended

    • A $25 Discount on attendance

      • (Except New Player Storyteller who receives compensated tickets for each attended event)

    • Enfranchised involvement in executing and producing our story for your fellow players!

Virtual Guides

Dystopia Rising Texas relies on our Virtual Guides to tell stories and breathe life into the digital space of our game. These team members run modules, facilitate roleplay, and seek to make a virtual event as enjoyable as possible. A small selection of roles exist to assist in the different aspects of running a Dystopia Rising Live Virtual event.

    • Virtual Guides must be upstanding members of the DR:TX community; espouse your community guidelines with gusto and be able to separate their personal feelings, characters, and plot interests from their Guide role.

    • Know the Dystopia Rising Liv Virtual rule system with confidence.

    • Guides must be well versed in the rules regarding CVC Best Practices, and be able to follow procedure regarding CvC behaviors and in-character theft.

    • All Virtual Guides are fired and re-hired every Summer, requiring everyone apply to the role(s) of their choice between seasons.

    • Write and run multiple online modules — telling short stories with a group of up to 5 players in a scenario running 2-3 hours each.

    • Write and maintain continuity for on-going stories, ensuring genre and canon are maintained online and into live play

    • Must have a microphone and stable internet connection

    • Webcam and ability to appear in-costume is highly preferred

    • Play various NPC roles, populating the multiple Voice Channels during virtual events

    • Run potential combat and challenge scenarios utilizing the Dystopia Rising Live Virtual Rule Set

    • Must have a solid understanding of the Dystopia Rising Live Virtual Rules

    • Must have a microphone and stable internet connection

    • Webcam and ability to appear in-costume is highly preferred

    • 50 CAPs earned for each game attended

    • Room Stewards receive a $25 discount on tickets

    • Virtual Storytellers have their ticket compensated for events where they run at least 3 modules

    • Enfranchised involvement in executing and producing our story for your fellow players!

Special Team Roles

The Dystopia Rising Texas team includes several Special Team Roles that do not confer full Guide status or benefits but still perform an important function to our events. These teams are involved in several specialized tasks that enable our game to run smoothly including props creation, taking photos for use in marketing, (un)loading items from storage before each vent, and training medical volunteers.

Each team reports to a member of the Admin Team and assists the game in various duties.

    • All special Team Members are expected to attend each DR:TX game and have it as their home chapter. Regular attendance is required, please let us know if you cannot attend an event as soon as possible.

    • Special Team roles must be upstanding members of the DR:TX community, espouse our community guidelines with gusto, and be able to separate their personal feelings, characters, and plot interests from their support role.

    • Special Teams may have alternate or reduced NPC shifts, monetary compensation, and receive CAPs for their duties depending on the team.

    • All Special Team Members are fired and re-hired each Summer requiring everyone apply to the role(s) of their choice between seasons.

    • Settings Team has a unique “NPC-esque” shift from 1pm-5pm Friday; preparing the play space, turning our camp site into the fictional town of Bravado

    • Settings Team may be contacted by the story team prior to an event to coordinate special props or setting preparations.

    • Inspect on-site areas for genre appropriateness and ensure that players are in-character in required spaces.

    • Gently correct non-genre or immersion-breaking behavior in our in-character spaces.

    • Be present for most if not all DR:TX events

    • Arrive at the storage locker at 11am on Friday. Be present at 12pm on Sunday when game ends. This replaces normal NPC shift.

    • Assist in setting up key areas on Friday and tearing down props & Ops on Sunday.

    • Be able to lift and move heavy objects; performing basic physical activities is a requirement of this role.

    • Having a personal truck or high-capacity vehicle is a plus!

    • Complimentary Tickets or monetary compensation may be offered to consistent Setup Team Members who go above and beyond. (This could incur taxable income if it exceeds federal or state minimums)

    • Photographers must spend at least two hours of the event photographing players candidly and discreetly. This replaces your normal NPC shift.

    • You will wear a green headband and interact “out of character” if possible.

    • After the event, you must edit and send high-quality photographs to the Marketing Director in no more than 2 weeks.

    • You must provide your own photography equipment.

    • This role does NOT replace your NPC shift - It is supplemental to your player role.

    • Coordinate with the Storytelling Team to create/source props for upcoming events.

    • You must be able to meet a deadline; delivering props to the event in a timely fashion.

    • As needed, spend time on-site repairing and checking on our prop inventory, coordinating with Admin Team to maintain the collection.

    • You will be compensated monetarily for prop budget and time. You must be able to track your time and submit receipts and invoices. (This may incur taxable income if it exceeds federal and state minimums)

    • This role does NOT replace your NPC shift but, it is helpful to Admin Team to know who is able to provide medical assistance in emergency situations.

    • Let us know what certifications and qualifications you have and in what capacity.

    • We will add you to our on-site health and safety Guide for reference to staff.