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Full Immersion (Friday Night) Questions
Do I set up at the cabins or at the A-Frame?
When you get to site, set up your cabin like you normally would. Then, grab the stuff you want with you Friday night and head to the A-Frame. You’ll want:
A water bottle.
A flashlight.
The food you want to eat Friday night and Saturday morning (unless you get the meal plan).
All the stuff you want to use in character.
Your bedding for Friday night (we strongly suggest a sleeping bag).
Anything you need to have on you (like medications).
You’ll have a chance to drop a bag off if you don’t want to be carrying your bedding around all day… but don’t expect access to that bag until 2 am.
What’s the A-Frame?
No one asked this question, but it’s important to understand what we mean by “the A-Frame.” The A-Frame is a building on site just under a mile from the rest of the camp: the game will start at the A-Frame. As you progress Friday night, you’ll fight along the road the campsites, where we’ll have sleeping areas set up. Eventually, you’ll get to the part of the camp we normally use.
There are two other buildings we reference:
The Wilted Rose: this is the building on the outskirts of Requiem, essentially the furthest building we normally use (and thus the closest to the A-Frame). Out-of-game, you can expect to retake the Wilted Rose early Saturday morning before you go to bed.
The Great Hall: This is the main building where most activity normally occurs in Requiem. It will be out of character for most of the weekend.
Are we expected to stay at the A-Frame for the whole event?
Nope, and we recommend you don’t set up anything too elaborate at the A-Frame. It’s the starting point, and you’ll probably be constantly moving forward throughout Friday night. Your sleeping areas are actually closer to the Wilted Rose than the A-Frame… expect to walk at least a half mile on Friday night if you are Full Immersion.
Do I need to bring my own tent or camping supplies?
You do not need to bring your own tent or cot, those will be provided. We’re not providing any bedding or other supplies, so you would have to bring those.
How do I get my stuff to the A-Frame or tents?
You have two options:
First, you can bring everything with you to the A-Frame before the beginning of the game. We’ll be shuttling you and your stuff out there ourselves (you will NOT be driving to the A-Frame yourselves) so please don’t bring more than you can carry. If you bring it to the A-Frame, you’ll be carrying it all night, but also always have access to it.
Second, around 2 am on Saturday, we’ll have a “supply drop.” If you have a bag you don’t want to carry, we’ll drop it off at 2 am, near the sleeping areas. The supply drop is likely a half mile (at least) from the A-Frame.
Sounds intense… what if I’m exhausted and can’t walk a half mile?
We’ll be running a shuttle every hour to bring players back to the out-of-character area of the camp. This brings you back to sleep, out-of-character, in the cabins.
Will there be drinking water out at the A-Frame?
Yes, as well as at every campsite along the way. There are also latrines near the campsites.
Will there be food storage out at the A-Frame?
No. If you want food at the A-Frame, you have to carry it with you or do the meal plan.
However… read on…
You’re probably only going to be at the A-Frame for a couple of hours. If you have dinner Friday night, you won’t miss a meal. By Saturday morning, we’ll be closer to the Great Hall than we are to the A-Frame, so store food at the Great Hall.
You can always go to the Great Hall out-of-character to eat, and by early Saturday morning, this won’t be any more difficult than during our regular games.
Will there be coffee out at the A-Frame?
No.
Will there be electricity out at the A-Frame?
Yes, but not for you. Do not expect to charge phones, plug in your hot plates, or anything similar.
Wow, that’s a lot of A-Frame questions! Maybe you can give us an overview of what to expect at the A-Frame?
Friday, when you arrive, you’ll set up your cabins and grab your stuff for Friday night. You’ll have a chance to do a bag drop… anything in those bags will be unavailable until around 2 am.
We’ll shuttle everyone (both Full Immersion and General Admission) up to the A-Frame to start the game (shuttle schedule will be released before the event). If you’re Full Immersion, that’s it… once the game starts, you’ll be constantly moving forward until you reach the campsites, which are closer to the Wilted Rose. If you’re General Admission (or decide full immersion isn’t for you) you can grab a shuttle back to the out-of-character areas to sleep.
When you go to bed on Friday, you’ll be close to the Wilted Rose, so don’t plan on going back to the A-Frame.
We’ll have meal plan meals available for pick-up at the A-Frame, but you should expect to carry any other food with you for the duration of Friday night.
Where will we set up Saturday morning?
Saturday morning, you’ll have control of the Wilted Rose. You’ll have power and water nearby, and your breakfasts for the meal plan will be delivered there. The Wilted Rose is close enough to the rest of the site for you all to set up there… if you want to drop equipment off in the Wilted Rose before the game (in the back room) you may.
When can we expect access to the Great Hall?
You’ll have out-of-character access to the Great Hall throughout the event, but you won’t have in-character access to it until Saturday night.
General Questions
What are the sleeping arrangements on site?
Apart from the tents on Friday night, we have plenty of bunks in cabins throughout the site.
Is there a way to opt-out of night raids or sleep out-of-character?
There is no way to opt-out of night raids. Generally, we have no complaints about night raids because we try to be considerate of your needs, but there is no “opt-out” policy. We do have med sleep for people who need to sleep out-of-character for safety reasons.
However, anyone not sleeping in tents Friday night will be sleeping out-of-character. On Sunday morning, our last NPC shift ends at 3 am (and we don’t have NPC shifts for the rest of the event). You have minimal risk if you’re not sleeping in-character Friday night of being woken up by a raid.
How will the out-of-character spaces work?
This is extremely important because most of the site will be out-of-character for most of the game.
We will clearly mark the “Forward Edge of Battle Area” (FEBA). Anything beyond this line (which will move throughout the game) will be out-of-character. This area is for nutrition, recovery, and sleeping… it is not a social area. When you are in this area, we’re expecting you to go to one of four places:
Your cabin because you’re going directly to sleep or rest quietly. When you wake up, you’ll leave and return to play.
The Great Hall to eat food, then leave and return to play.
The showers to bathe, then leave and return to play.
To ops to see the staff because there is something else you need.
If we see you “hanging out” out of character, we’ll ask you to either go back in-character or head to ops for an NPC shift.
Aside from the meal plan, how does one get food at game? Is there a kitchen where we can heat-up canned meals? Do people sell food?
There are microwaves in the Great Hall. You do not have kitchen access there, but you can heat up food. On Friday night, it’ll be a haul to get to the Great Hall (over a mile). After that, it’ll be more accessible.
You can store food in the refrigerator at the Great Hall. Please use the one on the left.
We will almost certainly have food vendors, but food vendors are not responsible for your nutrition. The way you get food at game is you buy it from a grocery store and bring it to game, understanding you won’t have kitchen access.
Are there times you need extra NPCs?
YES! We likely need NPCs during the following times:
Friday, 10 pm to Saturday 2 am.
Saturday, 9 am to Saturday 1 pm.
Saturday, 5 pm to 11 pm.
In particular, we need volunteers from 7 pm to 9 pm on Saturday. We’ll take everyone who wants to fight their friends.
Will there be spiders?
In character? No. Out of character? It’s the woods, you’ll likely find spiders in dark places, like the latrines.