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UPCOMING EVENTS

 

Wasteland 17.5
May 9, 2026
Wayne’s World of Paintball, Ocala, FL
$40 Advance Registration / $50 Onsite

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Wasteland 17.5 continues MGP’s Wasteland event series in this alternate reality event inspired by the FallOut computer games. Our game continues in the central Florida Wasteland of 2296…

This is an interactive storytelling experience. The Florida Wasteland storyline continues to build on itself and has evolved across previous events spanning nearly two decades. Players come to have fun, and immerse themselves in complex world of violence, negotiations, deal-making, and double-crossing. Deals are made and broken. Total strangers may come to save you from dire predicaments. “Trusted allies” may suddenly turn on you. Many players spend considerable effort making the perfect post-apocalyptic costume and building props for the event. Teams that have come for multiple years actively take part in creating new missions and objectives sponsored by their own team to further develop the experience.

Background

Spring, 2296 — The Florida Wasteland Holds Its Breath

The winds over Crystal Springs carry more than dust this season—they carry rumor, fear… and the scent of something long thought buried.

Months ago, the Brotherhood of Steel struck a decisive blow against one of the wasteland’s most brutal threats. The cannibal warlord known as Bonesaw—whispered about in terror for years—was captured in a coordinated assault and dragged in chains to the Brotherhood’s fortified compound. Since November, he has been held under heavy guard, awaiting a public execution meant to send a message across Florida: the age of unchecked raiders is over. Or so the Elders believed.

Raiding parties loyal to Bonesaw have not scattered. Instead, they circle. Probing. Testing. Bleeding the perimeter defenses with hit-and-run strikes. They are patient. They are hungry. And they are waiting.

Despite these attacks, the Brotherhood remains confident. Reinforcements from distant chapters are already en route, summoned for a rare strategic convocation—one that will culminate in Bonesaw’s trial and execution before an audience of steel and fire. A warning to all who would defy order. But even as the Brotherhood prepares its spectacle, another threat—far older, far more insidious—begins to stir.

Two years ago, the Responders arrived from the broken lands of Appalachia, bringing with them knowledge of a plague that nearly consumed an entire region: the Scorch. Since their arrival, they have quietly seeded Florida with detectors, studied wildlife, and gathered samples from the land. Now, they bring grim confirmation. The Scorch plague has arrived in Central Florida. Worse still—it has changed.

The old vaccines that once held the infection at bay appear ineffective. Mutations in local flora and fauna suggest a strain adapted to Florida’s irradiated ecosystems. The Responders warn that without immediate action, the infection could spread beyond containment… and this time, there may be no cure. They have issued urgent calls for an audience with both the Brotherhood of Steel and the New California Republic. Cooperation is no longer optional—it is survival.

The NCR, for their part, holds a fragile advantage. Recovered last year from a long-forgotten pre-war facility, blueprints for an Auto-Doc system may hold the key to developing a new vaccine. Combined with Brotherhood archives detailing Appalachian containment methods—traps, lures, and scorched-hunting tactics—there is hope. But hope is under siege.

From the west, banners bearing the Bull have appeared once more. Remnants of Caesar’s Legion have emerged from obscurity, stronger and more organized than any expected. Over the past months, they have carved a path through Florida’s fractured raider tribes, offering unity under the Bull or annihilation. Many have chosen to kneel. Their numbers grow daily.

The NCR finds itself stretched thin—guarding trade routes, holding the line against Legion expansion, and now facing the possibility of a biological catastrophe. The Brotherhood, too, must decide: focus on order and dominance… or divert resources to confront a threat that cannot be negotiated with.

And all the while, Bonesaw waits in his cage. Watching. Smiling. Because if the Legion rises, if the Scorch spreads, if the great factions falter even for a moment… the wasteland will belong once again to monsters.

This spring, alliances will be tested. Old enemies may become necessary allies. And the fate of Florida may hinge on decisions made in the shadow of a single execution… Welcome to the fight.

Key Event Details

Airsoft LARP rules:

• PLEASE read players pack before you arrive!
• Player “skills” system in game
  • Certain items require selection of skill to use them (plan which skills you select)
    • Full Auto Fire
    • Support Weapons
    • Grenades
    • Rocket Launchers
    • Sniper Rifles
    • Power Armor
    • Rendering first-aid
    • Other special abilities and perks from the skills you choose

• Post-apocalypse theme – dress appropriately. Not looking for standard milsim looks.
• Be sure to bring dead rags and at least two Ace bandages/milsim tourniquets. Even if you don’t take the first-aid skill, maybe someone else can provide you treatment!
• Radios encouraged!

FUTURE EVENT DATES

Wasteland 18 – November 21-22, 2026