Call of the Void is a private club that reserves the right to refuse any person the right to participate in our spaces - including our Facebook page, our Discord server, and our hosted events and games. A member may have their right to participate revoked if they are believed to be a threat to themselves, others, or the game’s community, or if their continued membership would cause harm to themselves/other members/the community. These determinations will be made in good faith, and with consideration of this private club’s goal of promoting safe space for members.
We work hard to ensure that our game is a safe environment for all players. One of the ways that we strive to do this is by vigilantly protecting community members from bigotry, prejudice, unwelcome conduct, and violation of consent. Harassment between any community members is strictly forbidden in Call of the Void. For this community, harassment includes, but is not limited to:
Offensive comments concerning a player’s ancestry, appearance, race, age, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, national origin, pregnancy, military or veteran status, marital status, mental or medical condition, etc. Our trigger warning policy in the book states that sexual assault, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other bigotry are not in any way allowed in game or out of game.
Please note that this includes jokes or comments rooted in these concepts both IG and OOG. Be mindful of what you are saying and how it may be taken. Examples include (but are not limited to):
“Dropping the soap”
Women belonging in the kitchen
Telling someone to “go suck a dick”; derogatory
“Run/Fight like a girl”
“You’re acting crazy/You’re insane”
“Sold down the river”
Any and all discrimination based on the above list
Inappropriate or unwanted physical touch
Please see the Rulebook for its section on physical roleplay
Inappropriate or unwanted comments
Examples include (but are not limited to):
Overly sexual or suggestive conversation towards an unwilling participant
Disrespectful discussion of someone’s body or body parts
Frequent, pointed misgendering and/or dismissal of someone’s gender or pronouns
Aggressive or manipulative pressure, intimidation, or hostility
Examples include (but are not limited to):
Bullying
Verbal/physical threats of violence
Emotional/social manipulation
Coercion/utilizing peer pressure to force someone into a decision
If a member of the community is harassing other members, please report them to a staff member as soon as possible either through email or CotV’s report form. If the behavior is reported in person, you should follow up with an email to the staff member or, preferably, Game Runners with as much evidence as possible. Keeping a written record of this behavior is of the utmost importance. For more information, please refer to our Reporting Policy.
There are many boundaries that we have already set up in Call of the Void, such as disallowed roleplay, the three-color system, roleplay check-ins, pausing/leaving scenes, and fade-to-black roleplay. However, this doesn’t cover everything that may come up. There are scenarios that we may never be able to address in our policies and rulebooks - but that doesn’t mean that they cannot be addressed between members of the community. To that end, we encourage people to evaluate and communicate their own boundaries openly and honestly to help everyone have a safe game.
A boundary in this context is a limit on the activity of oneself or another in order for the one setting it to remain healthy and secure. It is not about preserving comfort so much as preserving safety. Think of it as a line that someone shouldn’t cross because crossing it would do harm to you.
A boundary is not a way to dictate what is acceptable for others (“don’t swear around me”), a threat (“if you do/don’t do [x], I will do [y] to you”), or an ultimatum (“if you do/don’t do [x], I will not play with you”). Boundaries are not rules and are not meant to control, dictate, or discourage.
Please note that boundaries are meant to be used primarily for OOG situations or IG interactions that cause OOG harm. Boundaries should never be set in order to escape IG ramifications of IG actions.
Setting boundaries is not the same as upholding the guidelines and rules of CotV. Boundaries are meant to be interpersonal, whereas our guidelines and rules apply to the entire community. Everyone should follow CotV’s established regulations and anyone who doesn’t should be reported through the proper channels.
Not every member of a LARP is expected to be the best of friends, but everyone is required to treat each other with respect. If a person is speaking to you/about you or acting in a way that is harmful, then you should set a boundary with them.
We encourage our community members to express their boundaries over text when possible, as face to face conversations can be more easily misconstrued or even misremembered, and having the ability to reference back to that message directly as it was presented can be useful. This creates a clear time, date, and information trail on when a boundary was set and what the boundary was. An example of this text could be:
Hello [x] - during this last event, you [said [y]/did [y],] and it made me feel unsafe. Please refrain from doing that because it is actively harmful to me [in [z] ways (if you feel safe sharing them)]. I need this boundary respected and abided by in order for this to remain a healthy place for me.
Keep in mind the requirements of a boundary above and remain respectful in your communication, even if you feel personally disrespected. It is always possible that the person did not mean to cross a boundary that they weren’t aware was there. This could always become a productive conversation where things greatly improve. If you need help sending this message, you’re welcome to include another person in the conversation for support.
Sometimes communication can break down or you may feel uncomfortable setting a boundary with someone for one reason or another. While players are encouraged to handle player to player conflicts to the best of their ability, if someone feels like they need help they’re welcome to reach out to a game runner to discuss and, when needed, help set a boundary with the other player.
This is not a report, and if you or someone you know receive a boundary from a game runner from another player you are expected to respect it as it is presented without repercussion for the player asking for the boundary to be put in place, but also it is understood not to be a report or a negative reflection on the person who is being contacted by the game runners.
It is perfectly fine to ask for help from game runners if an established boundary is crossed. We will need a copy of the message that established the boundary, the name of the person the boundary was established with, and how that boundary was subsequently broken. Please note that you must always start with establishing the boundary with the other person. Game runners will only step in to assist when a boundary that has been established has then been crossed.
As a rule, game runners prefer to not be involved in interpersonal conflict that does not affect the game at large and doesn’t fall under one of our policies as a reportable offense. However, we also do not want our game to create undue animosity between its members. No one will get in trouble for utilizing this method.
If a game runner intervenes or becomes involved, this does not necessarily make the violation of the boundary a reportable offense. Game runners will approach both the person who set the boundary and the person that the boundary was set with and ask what happened. At this point, game runners will mediate the situation, which may result in reestablishing the prior boundary, establishing a new boundary, or the agreement between the parties involved not to interact with each other for a certain period of time.
If a person repeatedly disregards or fails to comply with a boundary after an intervention, the person violating the boundary/agreement may face consequences such as a suspension or ban.
Last Updated: June 2025