On the field: Domination arms (King of laser tag props!)

If you haven’t played Domination with us then you haven’t played with us in far too long. Basically, two teams compete to gain ownership of control points scattered around the field. These control points are represented by laser tag props that are brightly colored arms that flip back and forth, making this great “thwok!” sound. It looks something like this: Continue reading

Clearing an indoor room alone

When good laser tag strategy tells you to do bad things…

At some point in playing you’ll occasionally find yourself without allies an in a situation where you’ll need to walk into a room you’re pretty certain is filled with enemies and try to be all Matrix-like and take them all out. This is an incredibly difficult tactic to accomplish and you’re literally choosing to walk into an ambush. Let’s start with some of the reasons that you might want to do this: (hint: if you can avoid it, good laser tag strategy says you probably should!) Continue reading

On the field: Laptops

We recently completed work on a updated version of one of our favorite laser tag props and wanted to share the new, improved, in-game laptop. We always use the laptop in games of Intel, although it makes occasional appearances in other games, too. Continue reading

How to aim better, or: “I’m not hitting anything!”

If you’re regularly missing folks that you’re aiming at on the field then there’s one easy answer to your problems: you need to use the scope. All of the laser tag guns on our field have a real red-dot scope. All you need to do to hit someone is look through the scope, put the dot on your opponent, and press the trigger. Now, that said, there are a few small tricks you can use to really drive your accuracy up. Continue reading

Video games, paintball, airsoft, and laser tag: Improving your game.

Not everything works both ways and today we’d like to give you a great example. Laser tag is a great choice if you want to improve your play in other areas, but what helps you improve your tactical laser tag skills? Continue reading