Games with airsoft guns can be played during the day or night, indoor or outdoor, subject to site/landscape restrictions. Game types are generally as per site administrator preferences, but many site administrators invite players input when creating those games. While any game type can vary, they tend to follow one or more of the following [...]
Pellets from airsoft guns do not leave a distinct mark on the person having been hit (unlike paintball), so an ‘honor’ system is employed, whereby players rely on each others honesty to admit having been hit. Different guns will fire pellets at different speeds according to the weapon type and internal parts being used, so [...]
Airsoft guns were developed in Japan in the late 1970s to provide an alternative for gun hobbyists because local laws prevented individuals from privately owning firearms. In contrast, paintball was developed in the United States in 1981 as a variation of hide and seek tag, through the use of utility companies’ paint marking guns, and [...]