Better Starts for Stronger Play

Posted on January 5, 2015 by admin

(Note: in many ways this week’s post is a continuation of last week’s discussion on using rovers in your laser tag strategy. If you haven’t read that, you’ll probably want to since they’re not explained here.) When the whistle blows at the start of a game your whole team is going to blast out of their base with the force of a herd of elephants. Winning teams, though, know WHERE they’re going from the base. Planning, though, is complicated by the fact that there’s very little time before the whistle blows and as the game goes on conditions change. So how do you create a plan at the start of the game that will help your team stay coordinated all the way through to the end? Continue reading →

Rovers, or: How to maintain coordination

Posted on December 29, 2014 by admin

In the military you’d have a leader who doesn’t actually fire much but oversees the progress of the battle, even sometimes in units as small as a squad (9-13 soldiers or so). The advantage of a commanding leader is that he or she can watch where the fighting is toughest and send reinforcements or call for a retreat to a more defensible position. You’ll rarely have that luxury in laser tag (because even if you have enough people most folks don’t have much skill at commanding troops like that, never mind whether your teammates want to actually be commanded), which often means that if your opponents start to really hammer you in one area you can still have a majority of your team completely oblivious and across the field. And then, often as not, when the teammates who could offer you support finally show up to help your opponents have switched tactics and now they’re attacking the side of the field that your support just came from. So what kind of laser tag strategy will give you the forces you need in the areas you need them without a commanding officer? You’ll be surprised how easy it is! Continue reading →

FAQ: What will my laser tag party look like?

Posted on May 27, 2013 by admin

In general, almost every laser tag party or event ends up with almost the same structure. Obviously we customize this for each customer, for each circumstance, and for each location, but in general we’d like to give you an overview of what you can expect from us when you hire us for your event. As you’ll see, the goal is to make everything as easy and effortless for you as possible. After you hire us it’s our job to make the event run smoothly, not yours. You can sit back and relax, play, take pictures, whatever. Continue reading →

FAQ: Why do you use so many laser tag props on your field?

Posted on March 25, 2013 by admin

We use laser tag props for a very simple reason: the laser tag guns themselves are the least interesting thing we can use on the field. As we’ve said in other places, the guns are the least interesting thing on the field; they work the same way each and every time. We use various props to really change up the flow of play. Any laser tag location or rental company can show you how to play team deathmatch (your basic team-on-team game) and let you run yourself silly. We rarely run deathmatches, though, because we find it’s usually an inferior game to a zone control or domination game. Domination lets each player on the field have a substantial impact on the outcome of the game, where deathmatch games mostly only reward the players with the most skill. All of a sudden, each and every game is not only different, but easy to change even more with something as simple as moving one or two of the domination arms. Continue reading →

FAQ: Hold old (and how physically fit) do you have to be to play laser tag?

Posted on January 7, 2013 by admin

We’ve had folks as young as 3 and as ~~old~~ young as their 80s play laser tag with us. The primary requirement for someone to be able to play is that they can handle the weight of a laser tag gun weighing about five pounds and have the desire to shoot at or with their friends and family. (We’ll warn you now: little kids will KILL you. You can’t see them coming because they’re too small and all they care about is chasing and shooting Mom/Dad/Grandma/Grandpa/etc.) In general someone between the ages of 8-10 is absolutely old enough, but individual kids vary. Continue reading →

FAQ: Where do you play laser tag?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by admin

Note that the question isn’t where WE play laser tag but where YOU play laser tag! We are proud to have 100% mobile service. We can play anywhere you want, any time you want. Play indoors, outdoors, daytime, or night. It doesn’t matter to us. Continue reading →