Your First Event

Rule book

All Dystopia Rising Events follow the Dystopia Rising: Live Rule Set! While there are plenty of books on this resource, for now you really only need to focus on the Player’s Guide for game rules. We also recommend looking over the Strained Ancestry Lore Book, as it contains more options for you to choose from in regards to your characters Lineage and Strain.

Player number

All players for Dystopia Rising receive a unique Player Number, used for registering for events, logging into the Character Database to check your Character Sheet, as well as being able to easily track and update your character between events. To register as a Player for Dystopia Rising and receive a Player Number, create a ticket in our Community Discord and we can get you registered.

If you have a referring player, let us know!

Check Event Dates

Your character is ready to go, now you just need to bring them into the world! You can see all of Dystopia Rising: The Anvil’s planned Event Dates on our Event Calendar!

Once you have a date in mind, keep an eye out on our Discord for when ticket sales open for events.

event check in

Checking In comes in two steps for Dystopia Rising Events, Online Check In before the Event, and Check In at the Event.

Online Check In is done through the Dystopia Rising Character Database - It can be a little confusing your first time, so we have an Online Check In Guide to help walk you through the process.

Check In at the event is where you will receive your Character Sheet for the event. Check In will always be located at the Logistics Desk, which after the event begins, will become the in-game Post Office, where you will go to receive items cards gained through different skills and resource camps during the event.

Game off

The main part of the event ends 12pm on Sunday, at which time an all call will go out, announcing “Game Off!” Just like the beginning of the event, everyone will gather for Closing Announcements, just like we did for opening.

Closing Announcements will wrap up any information players will need, a brief summary of the events from over the weekend.

A community member may also announce Afters: a time we invite players to come together and enjoy a post event meal together, at a near by restaurant, before heading home.

After Closing Announcements concludes, players will be dismissed to begin cleaning and packing their personal belongings.

Once your personal space for the weekend is cleaned according to the campsites standards, a Guide assigned to your area will sign off on your character sheet and send you back to the closing announcements area to receive your Camp Clean Up.

For your Camp Clean Up, you will be paired with other players who finished their personal clean up around the same time, and be sent to a part of the campsite to make sure it is clear of any remnants of the event.

Dystopia Rising has always prided it’s community on leaving our event sites better than we left them, and we hope to continue that trend.

Once your area is clean, your party will return to the Closing Announcements area and your Character Sheets may be turned in, so they can be updated after the event, to be ready for your next one!

You’ve done it!

You survived
dystopia rising: the anvil

Join the Community

We understand the Rule Book is rather large, and that can be intimidating and confusing, especially to new LARPers, but we want to help! We have a wonderful Community Discord filled with Staff and Players alike who are eager and ready to help get you into the fun! Feel free to pop in and share any questions you have, and maybe even make some in-game character ties before your first event!

Our Discord Server and Social Media will also be the best place to see all our Updates and Announcements about Chapter Events, Community Events, and Network wide Announcements!

Character Building

Every Survivors has their own Story and “Kit” the bring to share with the Dystopia Rising Setting. A Character’s “Kit” is a lot of things, from their personality and background, to the more tangible aspects, like what they wear, accessorize with, and all the fun little details you can add.
Characters in Dystopia Rising are shaped from their Lineages, Strains, and the lives you decide they’ve lived up until this point, from here, they’ll continue to build upon their story with the world and other survivors around them.

For the costume part of your Character Kit, we highly recommend collecting pieces of clothing and details that you aren’t afraid to damage or lose. Spending a weekend at the Campgrounds we use for our Event Spaces, battling off Zombies and Baddies, while trying to subsist in the Wastelands isn’t always the best conditions for delicate and sentimental items.
Secondhand shopping is a great way to start building a costume that you can be rough and tumble with, and not be disheartened to see stained in fake blood and mud.

Registration

You’ve got the kit, you’ve got the date, now you need your ticket!

For New Players’ First Event, Dystopia Rising: The Anvil offers a Reduced Rate for your First Three Events!

We understand LARP, whether monthly occurring, or annual block busters, can be a bit of a costly hobby to try out.

game on

Starting roughly around 8pm Friday night of the Event, everyone will begin being directed to our Opening Announcements, which will most commonly be held at the In Game Tavern.

Our Opening Announcements is the time for us to give any and all information attendees will need pertaining to that specific event. Things like Safety Concerns, (Fallen Branches on camp trails, Bridges that get slippery when it rains, etc.) specifics that may be especially relevant, and any other information our team needs to share before beginning the event.

Please have your car parked in the appropriate area before going to Opening Announcements.

When opening announcements are closed, you will be sent with one of our New Player Guides to enter the event in-character.