Laser Tag - Specialty Games

Specialty Games

Along with standard team or solo matches, where one team or individuals try to tag the members of the other team or players repetitively, many laser tag venues will feature specialty matches. These matches vary based on equipment manufacturer and the level of technology of the system. Often they have various objectives and missions and demonstrate the technological capability of each system.

Specialty games include:

Capture the flag – This where a player steals the opponents flag and takes it back to their own base in order to score a point or win the match (depending on score system).

Protect the VIP – The team with the VIP must hide and conceal him for a set length of time while the opposing team tries to eliminate the VIP within the given time limit.

Stealth or Invisibility matches – Where the lights indicating a player's target sensors are deactivated.

Base-centric matches – where a team must defend a base while simultaneously attacking the opponent's base. Many prominent laser tag game systems, including LASERTRON, LaserBlast and Zone utilize this game format.

"Borg" matches – where players on a team share a pool of commonly held resources.

Juggernaut Matches - One player is allocated as the 'juggernaut' and gains points for staying as the juggernaut. Other players attempt to eliminate this player and thus become the juggernaut themselves. Similar to Domination-style games.

Elimination matches – where a player can become eliminated if tagged a certain number of times.

Domination Matches – where a player gains points for possessing a field target for certain lengths of time.

Role-playing or Character Class Matches – where each player's equipment performs a different function.