Welcome to The Wailing Shores

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Dystopia Rising: Connecticut is an 18+ virtual and in-person post-apocalyptic LARP experience that takes place in the world of Dystopia Rising Live.

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How to Play
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The Lore
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Our Community

What our Event Attendees are Saying

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    “If you want a cohesively detailed, lore-driven narrative, attend a DR CT event. Your actions matter and your character will shape the narrative! Having a sense there is always more to discover about the plot, your character or others really drives home the living world vibe! Cherry on top is the stellar and kind staff that supports a 'yes and' or 'no but' mentality. S tier larp experience!"

    Nick Russell

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    “Game was a blast. Staff treats our time and money with respect, putting forward excellent product as well as making sure our characters' inventory lists reflected their gameplay changes."”

    Tyson Hood

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    "I've never felt so engaged or immersed hanging out in RP rooms in a virtual game before. From everyone being in voice, the use of video, the very well costumed NPCs, who were always around and reacting to what happened on mods, etc. I'll certainly be hitting up the next one!"

    Damien Burke

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    "No other group I'd want to survive the Apocalypse with."

    Adam Schulz

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    “Few times in my life have I felt genuine joy - happiness so strong it makes you cry. I would recommend this game to anyone interested. I'm an old player so this may be just a me thing, but i came out of the event feeling like i just surfaced from the deep. if you want to hang with cool people, tell cool stories, and genuinely care, then come to the Wailing Shores. My services are available.”

    Adam Bysko

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    "This weekend was packed with adventure, horror, and role playing. Never a dull moment and highly engaging!"

    Jess Friday

  • "This was the most fun I've had playing a DR game since I permed in 2017. I've struggled quite a bit between writing for two chapters and some own mental health problems, and this game was just such a relief. It felt like a weight was lifted from my shoulders where all the problems in my life just disappeared for a weekend. Hell, because of how much fun I had, I ended up going to a concert by myself, which is not something I'd normally do. Thank you so so much Connecticut team."

    Chris Jenner

  • "Fantastic setting and NPCs. Excellent use of the source material to set up a place that feels vibrant and alive with its own unique culture and stories to chase."

    Reid Wooldridge

FAQ

  • Dystopia Rising Live is a post-apocalyptic world where the dead walk and where people have evolved into Strains. The concept for Dystopia Rising was first created over 15 years ago, and since then it’s branched into several different properties. To learn more and explore the lore, visit the free books page here.

  • Absolutely. Keep in mind that Dystopia Rising: Connecticut does not run monthly and largely focuses on larger, oddball events. With that in mind, we do encourage you to check out chapters near to you if you’d like to play more often.

  • Running a monthly Dystopia Rising Live event is a massive volume of work that requires full-time, or lots of part-time work to ensure a quality event. Due to our own time constraints (we are working on items for the IP as a whole) and in order to keep to the quality events that we’re known for, we instead choose to run on a quarterly basis.

  • We focus on the core genre of the Dystopia Rising Live world. With that in mind, we don’t have high-tech aspects on the Wailing Shores. In fact, airships and anything tech related tends to break down when it gets close to the shores due to our irradiated reef. We find that going lower tech allows us to instead keep our focus on horror, political machinations, and zombies.

  • We primarily focus on online events, though do have a few in-person events planned. With our online events, we ask attendees be fully present by having their mic on, and encourage them to be in costume on camera. Our NPCs will similarly always be on camera to help bring you into the scene.