| What makes a good scenario game? Several things can make or break a scenario game. No player wants to waste his or her hard earned money on a poorly run or organized game. It doesn't matter if its a well known producer of 24 hour games or a small local field holding a 8 or 12 hour game. It is also nice for the player to have a keepsake of the event. Most scenario games will issue ID cards. Some other go above and beyond and will give the players a patch or a t-shirt of the event.The IDs these usually have some text on them telling the player about his or her roll like, medic, demolitions, officer, or grunt. A smart general will always have someone checking the ID cards of the players as they enter his base. Here is my collection of ID cards from the games that I have been too, and the field maps that I was given. |
| Preparing for a Scenario Game: What do you need to bring for a scenario game? besides your basic equipment, look into a hydration system like a Camel Back, or something like that. Dehydration sucks, and being thirsty on the field is miserable. A small medic kit is also a good thing to have. Nothing fancy, just something to take care of cuts or scrapes that can happen on the field from falling or hitting something (I have a habit of that). Extra O-Rings, electrical tape, teflon tape, a repair kit for your gun, gun oil, tools, and the basic stuff that you normally have on hand to make repairs will always useful. For long games like 24 hours, extra clothes, socks, underwear, shoes, sleeping bag, tent, folding chairs, a cooler with water, gatorade, sodas, (and if its EMR, beer). Get some energy bars to eat on the field. Don't foget tent stakes (like I did last time), and a tarp to go under your tent, flashlights (for night games and finding your way around your camp at night), bug repellent (Deep Woods Off rocks!), deoderant (Your buddies will thank you on the ride home), toothbrush and tooth paste, Towels. Don't forget extra spending cash for the trade show. You can always find some good deals. Equipment wise, go for reliability. Make sure that your gun is cleaned, repaired, and in good working order before the day of the game. I usually spend the week before an event going over all of my gear. Be sure that your air system, be it CO2, HP, or whatever, is large enough to shoot all of the paint that you are carrying on the field. It really serves no purpose to have 900 rounds on you back, and the tank only has enough air to shoot 700. Balance it out so that you have enough air to shoot all of your paint. Be sure to put fresh batteries in your loader and radios. Pick up a set of 14 channel radios, and spend the extra cash to get the ones with privacy codes. These things are worth every penny, and these days you can find them very inexpensively. For the mask, thermal is the only way to go. Spend the extra few bucks and get a good thermal mask and goggle system. A game isn't very fun if you can't see anything. Knee Pads are a good investment. Get some. For footwear, go with something with good ankle support, like a high top hiking boot, or a combat boot like the Magnums or Rockys. Save the Dye cleats for the speedball field. Scenarios are played in varied terrain, like brush, mud, rocks, dirt, you name it. It wouldn't be a good thing to loose a cleat in the bog that you just happened to accidentally stumble into. Chance your socks as often as required, especially if you get your feet wet. With all of this, I'm sure I am stil forgetting something. The funny part is, I've had all of this times two stuffed into my Lancer, so it may seem like alot, but you can pack it into a pretty small space. |
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| Scenario Team Birds of Prey patch designed by Team Captain Pete "Kestrel" McCole |