One of the oldest paintball fields in the
world, Splatterpark north of Columbus Ohio
was originally named Field of Fun back in
1983. The are one of Tippmann’s first fields
as they are their #11th customer! In 1999 the
field changed names to Splatterpark and
they started their Big games which are held
on the 1st Sunday of May and 1st Sunday of
October (O ct 1st 2017 is the next big game)
sides of the field, and as soon as they started,
players were running to meet in the middle!
As the game progresses objectives are
released (each player has a badge with the
objectives printed out with the times they
release around their necks). These badges
also show which team they are on, as well
as a punch location for the Tippmann lunch
which includes a hotdog, chips and a water!
The cost for this event is very reasonable
at $59 which includes entry to the scenario,
a case of 2,000 paintballs, air fills, and the
Tippmann lunch! They also rent equipment
for players that don’t have their own at an
additional charge.
These games are scenario games where
they open the entire field (12 maps) for the
games, and players from all over Ohio and
surrounding states come to play with their
friends. I played for the blue team this spring
and used the new Tippmann TMC. Since the
marker was brand new I only had 4 mags for The blue team managed to push the orange
it, so I did a lot of reloading while playing team across the field gaining a large swath of
against the 1,000 + players in attendance!
land at the beginning of the game, which in
many scenarios ends up being lopsided. But,
First Strike Divide and Conquer was the Splatterpark does a good job of dropping
name of the Spring game this year, and the new insertions at different locations all day
battle started with each team on opposite depending on where the action is, and
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