At its essence, paintball is a competitive game played like any other competitive game, to win. It is like a more challenging, high-stakes version of tag, hide-and-seek, or capture the flag. Because you shoot at other people (and get shot at!), paintball requires specific equipment (goggles, a gun/marker, pressurized gas, and paintballs).

Beyond that, paintball is hard to describe. It can be played indoors or out, with as few as two people or as many as 500; a game can last 5 minutes or 24 hours; it's objective might be to take something, bring something, find something, or to simply be the last person standing.

Depending on the field you play, tactics will be vary as well -- from being quiet and sneaky and picking your shots carefully, to being loud, fast, and shooting constantly. A paintball game can be different every time, but there's one thing that stays the same: it's an adrenaline rush.

Thanks to http://paintball.about.com/

Here are some of the next Scenario Events I plan on going to:

Freeplay, Splatbrothers Paintball, Hopewell VA, March 12

Ragnarox, Splatbrothers Paintball, Hopewell VA, April 1-3, 26 hours

Viper Among the Reeds, Skyline Paintball, Strasburg VA, April 22-24, 24 hours