Dystopia Rising: Colorado Returns to FAN EXPO 2025

Before we get to our news, we want to wish you a safe and happy Pride Month!

Dystopia Rising: Colorado alongside our friends at Alliance LARP Colorado will be returning to FAN EXPO Denver this year on July 3rd to July 6th at Colorado Convention Center. Will you join us?

FAN EXPO Denver is our game’s #1 opportunity every year to bring new folks into the community. Signups are now open here for volunteering at the event. Player volunteers are the beating heart that keep our efforts at the con running smoothly. Plus, you’ll get to chat with potential new players about your experiences with playing Dystopia Rising.

There are opportunities for everyone to shine as a volunteer at the event regardless of your skillset. Whether you want to run tabletop modules, wander around as a quest-giving NPC, or train rookie fighters in the boffer ring — there’s something for everyone! Signups are by the half-day — with a 9am to 2pm and a 2pm to 7pm shift. Please don’t commit to a shift if you cannot be there on time as coordinating the handout of con badges is always a challenge. Priority will be given to full-day signups.

What’s in it for you if you turn up? Participants will get CAPs, and you can double dip with your Alliance character to get Goblin Stamps, Dragon Stamps, Silver Scales, and more. You will also enjoy a free badge into the event for the shifts you volunteer with ample opportunity to wander the floor, as well as a free bag lunch each day of FAN EXPO. Sounds like a pretty good deal.

What are you waiting for? Fill out our participation form today.

Epic Day Of Service! Work Day at Camp Tumbleson Lake

Join us at Camp Tumbleson Lake on Saturday, May 17th for Rotary Club’s “Epic Day of Service.” This volunteer work event will help to get some of the YMCA camp’s facilities ready for the summer camp season and our events there starting in August. You’ll also get a preview of the repairs and improvements that have been completed in anticipation of the 2025 season. There will be many volunteers there from various groups, including Alliance LARP Colorado, and this is also a great opportunity for all for skill-building, networking, and marketing Dystopia Rising Live.

Last year we had about a dozen volunteers from just Dystopia Rising: Colorado, and more from the local LARP community. Over a hundred volunteers repaired and painted railings and picnic benches, cut out deadfall, scouted site boundaries, and prepared lunch.

BONUS to all DR players: as part of a network-wide initiative to give back to the campsites that host us, all participants who show up to this Epic Day will receive 10 XP for one character or ALL characters for those with Advanced Membership. These will count against the 25 XP limit for the month of May 2025, and each player can receive the reward from at most one Work Day offered by all of the chapters across the network.

If you also play Alliance LARP Colorado, you may also receive rewards for participation as well.

Be sure to sign up here and we’ll see you then.