Suffragette Slamdown

System: LARP
Deltakere: 30 players, Male characters: 5, Female characters: 25

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Counterculture takes many forms, not the least of which is revolution.

It's the 1910s in New York City - the apple of the world's eye and one of the best examples of the great American social divide.

On the top tier were the 'haves:' the old money and industry tycoons, whose salons provided the super-rich a place to philosophize, hold intellectual discourse, and find ways to keep the political machine churning in their favor. Then there were the 'have-nots:' the immigrants, the poor, the laborers, the philosophers and free-thinkers who huddled in dingy bars and basements instead of luxury apartments.

One thing these two wildly different classes had in common, however, was _women_. Married. Unmarried. Wealthy, poor, nouveau-riche. And those who weren't provided for (either financially or emotionally) banded together for huddled whispers of their own. Men had the right to everything, even their wives and daughters, and the political machine had no room for the voices of mere property - for now.

Change was coming. Some feared it; some welcomed it - others demanded it.

But of course, with so many different backgrounds and opinions, there's bound to be trouble. Big trouble, in fact - street gangs of rebellious young women roam the city at night, racial and social divides causing clashes and violence despite having common goals of equality. They get thrown in prison, threatened with deportation, have their homes and businesses defaced, and fall into flat-out fistfights over anything and everything that gets their increasingly short-tempered blood going. Society isn't going to stand up for them; they've got to take matters into their own hands and say 'up yours' to centuries of cops, politicians, and patriarchy.

Time to decide how much each person is willing to sacrifice for social progress... or to stop it.

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Do you like girl gangs? Do you like deep and complicated relationships between characters? Interested in exploring early feminism while engaging in an actual turf war? This is the game for you!

Please note that although character interactions will be mechanics-light, the turf war ongoing between various groups will be simulated by some boardgame-like elements. It won't be very heavy or deep; it's meant to run alongside and supplement play, but it \*will\* have an impact on the game state.

There will be some racial/cultural division and tension among the gangs, and language that reflects that may be tossed around in game. Insofar as this element is in the game, it will be through the lens of the period, and restricted to cultural groups that are considered white today. Other groups will be present in the writing, but we intend to avoid situations like having white players attempt to depict the racism experienced by black folks 100 years ago. That would be problematic, to put it delicately.

Also, there's going to be a healthy amount of misandry, at least that we can predict. And women wearing /pants./

This game is for players ages 18+.

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