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PBUK has been published since 2003. We’ve covered big games, big tournaments and interviewed some big names. If you don’t have all 50 copies stashed away in your attic to dip back into, here are some of articles we’ve run over the past seven years.

 

Summer fun at the No Battlepack Series, Issue 50
Visiting Andy Sables’ YPC site recently, we had the pleasure of stumbling back in time into one of Steve Bull’s No Battlepack events. It was exactly the same format as it always used to be, limited to a hopper and a pot of paint, 5-man, flexible on team numbers, £150 team entry and BYO paint...

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Team Ronin by SteveH, Invictus, Scooby Doo and The Boy, Issue 49
Ronin have a strict honour code and it is that you never wipe, you give it your all on and off the field and above all else you need to be able to laugh no matter what is happening in a game or off field. The formation of the team is an intricate tale of drinking, meeting in tents and Big Games.

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Interview with Dan Randon, Randon Photography, Issue 48
Dan Randon is the team captain and manager of Dye Hard so he knows paintball from the inside out, which is a massive advantage in his role as official photographer at both woodland and sup’air events across the country. Dan talks to PBUK about his passion for the game and equally for getting that great shot.

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Designing Invasion 1940 by Woody, Kent Rangers, Issue 47
In purely logical terms, scenario paintball is the same as a computer or board-based wargame. It is not a simulation, rather a competitive representation of conflict based on a theme. The obvious key difference is rather than the units being counters, toy soldiers or pixels, they are human beings. This is what makes the whole experience a lot more fun and interesting!

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Scenario Paintball 2006-7 by Al Murray, Issue 45
In the context of scenario paintball, the past 12 months saw a few highs and lows and a real low point was the tragic loss through illness of John “Spike” Medland of the Wild Geese who I think it’s fair to say was one of the real driving forces behind UK scenario paintball. Spike was a very popular and influential figure and will be sorely missed.

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