I-40 Paintball hosted Border Wars, a scenario paintball game similar to Stalingrad (Polish vs. Germans) on Saturday, April 18th. Roughly 30 players attended the scenario on what started out as a cool and overcast day, which soon turned into a hot and sunny one.
We divided the teams into two teams of 15, the Woodland Reapers on one side and the Devil's Brigade on the other.
Game 1 had the Polish (Woodland Reapers) defending the Hilton base and the 3 flags while the German's (Devil's Brigade) were on the offensive. Various props (V2 rocket, medic gear, etc.) were laid about the field in briefcases. One briefcase would (artificially) explode and essentially eliminate all players within 25 feet of where the case was opened.
Game 1 started out very slow for us. After exiting a respawn, a group of about 8 of us walked into a trap and were completely wiped out by the other team. But we quickly bounced back by getting flag points and killing their general. We also blew up the other team's base with the V2 rocket.
Game 2 was essentially the same missions, except we switched sides and added a general's meeting. The respawn points were also moved back to the far side of each team's home base. Mark Zimmerman barrel-tagged 2 people and made 3 others surrender.
Game 3 started with a smoke bomb (deployed by the I-40 staff) and had the Woodland Reapers defending the satellite area. We defended the area the entire game. Curtis Hurst flanked around half of the opposing team and took them all out. We also pushed the Germans back to their respawn and held them back.
The final score was Germans 510 to Polish 505.
We had another great day out at I-40 Paintball Field. Thanks to Le and the staff out there for hosting a great game. We'd also like to thank the players who were on the German side with us (Wolfguard and others), as well as the Devil's Brigade for putting up a great fight.
