Creating vicious satire out of brazen madness might be considered a foolish quest. But that is exactly what the Dragon Common Room decided to do, entirely in iambic pentameter. Centrism Games follows five ambitious and profane companies of knights on an inglorious crusade to serve the cruel and intoxicating goddess Fama. Sparing no expense to please her, each would-be champion contends to win the greatest prize of all: absolute immunity from being caught on either side of the political divide.

The first work of the DCR project, Centrism Games depicts in bloody detail the twisted machinations and comic horrors of our amoral social quest for virtue in an era of extreme tolerance. Based on the heroic form of Alexander Pope’s mock-epic Dunciad, this tale of anti-chivalry is for adults with the stomach to question their personal idols, revealing the games we play to stay in safely in the centre.