There are two primary types of paintball playing fields.

1. Woods
2. Paintball Arenas

Paintball Action Games has four (4) wooded fields and three (3) paintball arena style playing fields. For most groups we stick to games on our wooded fields. Towards the end of a session if you are comfortable with an even faster paced paintball gaming field, then we move on to the arena paintball fields. Wooded Fields
You may have played capture the flag when you were a kid. You broke up into two even teams and tried to capture your enemies flag without being tagged by an opponent. In paintball the difference is that you don't tag people. You mark (shoot) them with a paintball. If you are hit with a paintball and it breaks open and marks you with paint, you are out of the game. The goal of the game is to move across the playing field to the enemy flag, retrieve it and safely return it to your base (flag station) inside a set time limit. Generally our games last fifteen (15) minutes. Once hit by a paintball you should inspect your body for paint. If you are hit in a location such as your back and cannot see if you are marked, then call out to a referee, "Paint check!" In a similar circumstance if you shoot someone on the playing field and feel they are not aware they have been marked or believe they are unwilling to acknowledge being hit, you can call "check him!" to the nearest referee. You may also add for example "on that near bunker in the blue sweatshirt" or another example, "at that big tree in the brown jacket" so the ref knows who you want checked. Once your eliminated. Place your barrel plug in your paintball gun (marker). Then raise at least one arm high in the air and walk off the playing field. You can watch the game from that vantage point or return to the registration area to prepare for the next game. Keep your arm raised to show your marker with barrell plug in for the best means of not being accidently shot with paint again. Wooded Fields
This is a variation of capture the flag. Instead of crossing the entire playing field, retrieving an enemy flag and returning it to your flag station, both teams attempt to retrieve one (1) flag in the center of the paintball playing field. Once you gain control of the flag, the goal is to advance the flag to your enemies flag station. Some questions and answers in regards to Center Flag:

Q: What if I'm eliminated while I have the flag?
A: Drop it where you are eliminated leave the field.

 

Q: Do we have to advance the flag immediately?
A: No. You can retreat then advance.

 

Q: Do we have to go for the flag immediately?
A: No, you can play your own strategy.

 

Q: What if no one captures the flag?
A: Games end in a draw after fifteen (15) minutes.

 

Q: Can we win by eliminating all their players?
A: Only if you advance the flag before time expires.

 

Q: Can we hide the flag as part of our strategy?
A: No.

 

Paintball Arenas
Speedball paintball is a wide open fast paced elimination game. Teams are divided into two, and each team attempts to eliminate all players from the opposing team. The last player remaining claims the win for his/her team. You do not have to advance. However when the ref calls "game on" or blows the horn, each team will "break out" of a huddle and take positions that each person feels offers them both good cover and postion to take aim on the opponents.