MEet the Team

Rafael (he/him) was born in the Philippines, and at a young age, he moved to the US, where he has lived most of his life in Virginia. Through working different jobs requiring various skills, he looks forward to ensuring everyone can come to Dystopia Rising Virginia and not worry about their character sheets but have fun with the game.

Raf has been involved in roleplaying since a young age and is still deeply involved with the aspect to this day. For over 10 years of playing various tabletop systems starting with a group of friends playing a Changeling in "Changeling the Lost" to playing Dungeons and Dragons with others in different campaigns. This lead him to be introduced to LARP by a friend, introduced him to SimTerra. Once Rafael had a taste of Larp, he went for it. Eventually,he discovered Dystopia Rising from others, and since that faithful weekend in 2015, he has continued to be a part of the Dystopia Rising Community to this day. He looks forward to continuing to work with everyone and wants to see the stories that everyone can make together.

Lifelong gamer and entertainer, Phil (he/him) was introduced to tabletop RPGs as his 8th birthday present and was hoked. Spending time as a professional juggler, paintball player, and (almost) professional wrestler, he hit the Dystopia Rising scene 2017 and has spent time as a writer or staff member in multiple chapters across the network.

Blai Ulloa-Veach (they/them) is a Honduran-American, Brooklynite, now residing in NoVA after traveling throughout the northeast. Once they started living in the states fulltime, they started to explore all things nerdy. From comics to tabletops, card, video and board games, renaissance fairs, and more, they found a new love in the creativity that came with it all.  

Blai started LARPing approximately 10 years ago at Dystopia Rising New Jersey and eventually transitioned to DRVA, where they met and proposed to their wife. They helped guide at DRNJ, DRVA, and DRIN and have served as Logistics Director at DRVA. They are excited to see where DRVA goes and how the wonderful team contributes to it.

Em Ulloa-Veach (she/her) is a mother, a veteran, a historian, a maker, a hobbyist, and a culinary enthusiast. She has been in nerd spaces and the for over 3 decades, and has been LARPing non-stop for over 15+ years. Dystopia Rising Virginia has always had a very special place in her heart, it’s where she met her future, now current wife, where she learned to be a better person, and where everyone had innumerable adventures in the woods of The Old Dominion all the way back since September 2015 (when DRVA opened its gates). She is excited to see everyone come have fun with us!