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Ohio RISING (East Ohio/PA/WV tri-state area)

RISING (tm) LASH

The complete RISING/Twilight RISING rulebook may be purchased here.

RISING is a Live Action Survival Horror game in which the players determine the outcome by physical combat (foam dart guns and foam boffers), and whit (to solve puzzles to locked doors and other things).

Boffer combat is done by tapping the opponent lightly with the foam boffer on the legs, arms, or torso.
Foam darts have the same target area, even if the call is "head shot."

*Appropriate ages for RISING is 13 years + (with parental signed permission).
*PLAY AS A ZOMBIE is available for up to 3 players that want to be on the other side of the action of RISING (only available at certain events).
*We may accommodate handicapped players, we recommend advanced notice, but isn't necessary.

*RISING Kids is available for children 12 years and under with 1 parent per ticket permitted to play as a zombie.

Bonuses

In-game bonuses can be awarded as follows:

Extra Armor/ ZBP shirts
ZBP Survival Kit bag
Leveling (surviving past events)

Armor is evaluated in several ways. If you choose to come a stellar kick-butt outfit, there are ways we can evaluate it to keep points fair to all players. Points are awarded for different material classes, such as: denim +1 point, leather +2 points, plastics +3 points, plate metals +4 points (chain mail does NOT count in RISING for bonus armor.)

From those material classes, you have 2 chances to earn extra armor: Top half of body, and lower half of body. Top half requires you to cover the front and back of your torso and 3/4's of your arms. Lower half requires you to cover the front and back of the majority of your legs. If your materials do not meet the top half or lower half requirements, you will be granted half of the material class' points rounded down. You may only achieve a max of 8 armor points, or else your materials are considered to drag you down and the zombies probably already got you before you arrived to the game.

ZBP shirts and hoodies also allow for armor bonus points. If you wear any of ZBP's originally created shirts you will be granted +2 armor per ZBP shirt and +3 armor per ZBP hoodie. These may stack over and beyond any of the material classes from the before mentioned armor classes. We like to think that if you support us, we should support you!

ZBP Zombie Survival Kit messenger bags grant each class (hunter, marksman, doctor, engineer) specific in game goodies, different per event. If you own one of the ZBP Zombie Survival Kits, bring them with you when you play RISING to cash in on some extra perks!

Leveling in RISING is done by surviving consecutive prior events of RISING uninfected. (VIP events do not count towards levels, nor do Twilight RISING events.) Leveling allows a player to pick a new skill under the class (hunter, marksman, doctor, engineer) he/she would like to play. Leveling is fun, but it isn't the point of the game, don't be afraid to die, you can always play the same character again!

Rules Breakdown Video

Our rules breakdown is available on youtube in a short 9 min video. This is played for all players prior to a RISING event with time for questions and getting geared up after. Please be early to any event so we can have you accounted for as a player. The quicker we can have players enter the game, the more time they have to enjoy the game and play through the story.