Game Management
Game Management
Airsoft games can be run by the players
themselves using agreed upon rules. However, games become more realistic and
fun for the participants if a game marshal controls the flow of play and
provides on-the-spot impartial rulings. Airsoft game scenarios can vary
widely according to mission type, number of teams, number of players per
team, in-game objectives or victory conditions, and game durations. Popular
airsoft game scenarios include center-flag capture or recovery, team flag delivery,
hostage-rescue, ambuscades, raids or assaults, and death-match (all-out
elimination) skirmishes.
In airsoft game, it is the marshal's task to segregate
the players into teams, determine the game scenario and its victory
conditions, assign game objectives to various teams, brief the participants,
delimit playing boundaries, and set the game duration. By means of whistles,
flags, megaphones, and walkie-talkie radios, a group of marshals can handle
dozens to hundreds of players in a series of episodes or nonstop airsoft play.
Depending on the airsoft game scenario, players
may be eliminated with a single hit, taken out of and returned to action
with the aid of "medics," or allowed to "respawn" (re-enter the game) at
certain places or times. A good game marshal strives to maintain a high
level of excitement and activity for all the players involved while
maintaining safety, impartiality, and "in-game realism."
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