Welcome to the 12th Nerf War at Fort Worden.

Artillery Hill in Fort Worden State Park is composed of a L-shaped line of concrete artillery batteries built to defend Puget Sound from enemy warships in the first half of the 20th century. The batteries are constructed in a similar style as German bunkers on D-Day. Three stories stretching across a quarter mile of concrete provides an excellent place for Nerf warfare.

Previous Wars listed on NerfHaven: Oct 2009, Dec 2009, Feb 2010, Oct 2010, March 2011, Oct 2011, Jan 2012, April 2012

Date: Sunday, October 21st, 2011

Time: 10 am until dusk.

Facebook Group for Puget Sound Nerf War

Location: Batteries Benson, Ash, Quarles, & Randol (Artillery Hill) in Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA

Directions: We will be playing in the batteries on Artillery Hill in the center of Fort Worden. Upon entering the park, drive straight until you reach the buildings at the base of the hill. Park around the old power building in front of you which is now a woodworking shop. From there, you can either follow the road on the left as it goes up the hill. You can also take any of the trails going up the hill until you reach Battery Way and follow it to the right. As the road reaches the top of the hill, the line of batteries will be on the right. We will probably be setting up around Battery Benson at the north end.

Park Map

Google Maps

Cost: The State Park is free. You can park for free right outside of the park entrance or pay for a Discovery Pass to park within Fort Worden.

Sandwiches, soda, and water will be provided. Please let me know if you are planning on coming so I can bring enough for everyone.

I will have a large quantity of darts for general use. Mark your own darts, or they shall be donated to replenish this supply.

While not a rule, bringing a flashlight is strongly encouraged. There are some darker areas of the batteries and it will aid in dart clean-up.

What to bring:

At least one blaster.

Nerf darts. Mark them with your initials if you want them back.

Eye protection. Shatter resistant glasses are acceptable. We have limited extras.

General Rules:

All players must be at least 14 years old. Most of our problems stem from young players without parental supervision.

Eye protection is required to be worn for all games.

We are guests of the park rangers at Fort Worden. We keep our bunkers clean, respect other guests, and behave ourselves.

Please bring blasters suitable for indoor Nerf warfare. All modded blasters are subject to approval.

Official Nerf darts only. Other brands are also acceptable. No homemade or camouflage darts.

Foam melee weapons are only allowed in the HvZ games and can only be wielded by zombies.

Special Note for caravans: I had to get special permission from the park rangers to drive up to Battery Benson. I will open the gate for cars to load and unload at Battery Benson between 9-10 am and at dusk. We can't keep any cars parked up there, so this is for loading and unloading only.

Cleanup rules: The park rangers have requested that we take our trash down the hill to the dumpsters located near the buildings rather than the trash can up on the hill.

Puget Sound Nerf War on YouTube

October 2009 Video taken by FlamingHilt

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Welcome to the 11th Nerf War at Fort Worden.

Artillery Hill in Fort Worden State Park is composed of a L-shaped line of concrete artillery batteries built to defend Puget Sound from enemy warships in the first half of the 20th century. The batteries are constructed in a similar style as German bunkers on D-Day. Three stories stretching across a quarter mile of concrete provides an excellent place for Nerf warfare.

Previous Wars listed on NerfHaven: Oct 2009, Dec 2009, Feb 2010, Oct 2010, March 2011, Oct 2011, Jan 2012



Date: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012.

Time: 10 am until dusk.

Location: Batteries Benson, Ash, Quarles, & Randol (Artillery Hill) in Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA

Directions: We will be playing in the batteries on Artillery Hill in the center of Fort Worden. Upon entering the park, drive straight until you reach the buildings at the base of the hill. Park around the old power building in front of you which is now a woodworking shop. From there, you can either follow the road on the left as it goes up the hill. You can also take any of the trails going up the hill until you reach Battery Way and follow it to the right. As the road reaches the top of the hill, the line of batteries will be on the right. We will probably be setting up around Battery Benson at the north end.

Park Map
Google Maps

Cost: The State Park is free. You can park for free right outside of the park entrance or pay for a Discovery Pass to park within Fort Worden.

Sandwiches, soda, and water will be provided. Please let me know if you are planning on coming so I can bring enough for everyone.

I will have a large quantity of darts for general use. Mark your own darts, or they shall be donated to replenish this supply.

While not a rule, bringing a flashlight is strongly encouraged. There are some darker areas of the batteries and it will aid in dart clean-up.

What to bring:

At least one blaster.
Nerf darts. Mark them with your initials if you want them back.
Eye protection. Shatter resistant glasses are acceptable. We have limited extras.


General Rules:

All players must be at least 14 years old. Most of our problems stem from young players without parental supervision.
Eye protection is required to be worn for all games.
We are guests of the park rangers at Fort Worden. We keep our bunkers clean, respect other guests, and behave ourselves.
Please bring blasters suitable for indoor Nerf warfare. All modded blasters are subject to approval.
Official Nerf darts only. Other brands are also acceptable. No homemade or camouflage darts.
Foam melee weapons are only allowed in the HvZ games and can only be wielded by zombies.


Special Note for caravans: I had to get special permission from the park rangers to drive up to Battery Benson. I will open the gate for cars to load and unload at Battery Benson between 9-10 am and at dusk. We can't keep any cars parked up there, so this is for loading and unloading only.

Cleanup rules: The park rangers have requested that we take our trash down the hill to the dumpsters located near the buildings rather than the trash can up on the hill.

Puget Sound Nerf War on YouTube
October 2009 Video taken by FlamingHilt

Was anybody there? I drove up to fort warden walked the lap of bunkers and could find anybody.

Sorry you missed us. We were at Battery Benson from 9am until 5pm today (Sunday). Had a car out front and some signs posted at the battery at ground level. We had 13 attendees. Pretty good considering the recent weather. Pictures and videos will be up soon.

So with all the snow is this still for sure? i know we have a few days and the news says it will rain and get warmer but just thought i'd ask.

Yes, it is still on.

January:
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This war is what got me interested in Nerf. Unfortunately, as an Oregon nerfer, 4 hours is to much of a drive. Gunther, there is are several batteries, identical to this one in Fort Steven's Astoria (about half way from both of us - I've been there) ... would consider co-hosting a war there sometime later next year?

Email puget.sound.nerf.war@ that google mail thingy so we can discuss this.

Welcome to the 10th Nerf War at Fort Worden.

Artillery Hill in Fort Worden State Park is composed of a L-shaped line of concrete artillery batteries built to defend Puget Sound from enemy warships in the first half of the 20th century. The batteries are constructed in a similar style as German bunkers on D-Day. Three stories stretching across a quarter mile of concrete provides an excellent place for Nerf warfare.
Previous Wars listed on NerfHaven: Oct 2009, Dec 2009. Feb 2010, Oct 2010, March 2011, Oct 2011

Date: Sunday, January 22nd, 2012.

Time: 10 am until dusk.

Location: Batteries Benson, Ash, Quarles, & Randol (Artillery Hill) in Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA

Directions: We will be playing in the batteries on Artillery Hill in the center of Fort Worden. Upon entering the park, drive straight until you reach the buildings at the base of the hill. Park around the old power building in front of you which is now a woodworking shop. From there, you can either follow the road on the left as it goes up the hill. You can also take any of the trails going up the hill until you reach Battery Way and follow it to the right. As the road reaches the top of the hill, the line of batteries will be on the right. We will probably be setting up around Battery Benson at the north end.

Park Map
Google maps

Cost: The State Park is free. You can park for free right outside of the park entrance or pay for a Discovery Pass to park within Fort Worden.

Sandwiches, soda, and water will be provided. Please let me know if you are planning on coming so I can bring enough for everyone.

I will have a large quantity of darts for general use. Mark your own darts, or they shall be donated to replenish this supply.

While not a rule, bringing a flashlight is strongly encouraged. There are some darker areas of the batteries and it will aid in dart clean-up.

What to bring:

• At least one blaster.
• Nerf darts. Mark them with your initials if you want them back.
• Eye protection. Shatter resistant glasses are acceptable. We have limited extras.

General Rules:

• All players must be at least 14 years old. Most of our problems stem from young players without parental supervision.
• Eye protection is required to be worn for all games.
  
• We are guests of the park rangers at Fort Worden. We keep our bunkers clean, respect other guests, and behave ourselves.
• Please bring blasters suitable for indoor Nerf warfare. All modded blasters are subject to approval.
• Official Nerf darts only. Other brands are also acceptable. No homemade or camouflage darts.
• Foam melee weapons are only allowed in the HvZ games and can only be wielded by zombies.

Special Note for caravans: I had to get special permission from the park rangers to drive up to Battery Benson. I will open the gate for cars to load and unload at Battery Benson between 9-10 am and at dusk. We can't keep any cars parked up there, so this is for loading and unloading only.

Puget Sound Nerf War on YouTube

October 2009 Video taken by FlamingHilt

How is your public dart supply doing? I was thinking of grabbing and glue-tipping another pack for this war. (The new packs of 100 steamlines make adding more darts to the pile relatively economical)

The communal supply looks good for streamlines after last war's donations. Very low on sonic/suction/taggers.

"What about the new Nerf disc Blasters... are those allowed?" (ammo may prove problematic, as Nerf chose to make them GREEN!) (arrrgh)

If you want to bring disc blasters, go ahead. I'm not bringing any disc ammo or blasters. Those things are terrible in the crosswind that comes off the water.

With one week to go, here is some last minute information:

If you are traveling from the greater Seattle area and are taking the Edmonds-Kingston ferry, I will be on the 7:10 am ferry. Anyone wishing to join the caravan and arrive early to help clear the site is welcome to meet up. There are still a few seats available for anyone that can get to the ferry at that time - we'll drop you off at your home on the way back.

Game Weather: Sunny, High of 61.

There are less and less replies to the topic each war, but the attendance keeps rising. Perhaps facebook/youtube/social media style announcements are better than web 1.0 message boards?

Speaking of replies, RSVP people! I've gotten numbers from the Olympia Foam Society and I've got a pretty good idea of FlamingHilt's posse, but there's a big fat question mark for the rest.

False. Washington state recently enacted a $10/trip fee or $30/year fee. That fee is on a per-vehicle basis, so if you can walk or get dropped off a walking-distance away you are probably fine.

You are correct, though I have learned that it is not that simple at Fort Worden and it's business exemptions. I haven't gotten a straight answer out of the rangers yet. At worst case, parking offsite is a few hundred feet away from the normal parking. The majority of Fort Worden's parking is located at the entrance of the park, which in turn is surrounded by residential streets. We've parked offsite before when we accidentally conflicted with a marathon that started at the park.

Welcome to the 9th Nerf War at Fort Worden.

Artillery Hill in Fort Worden State Park is composed of a L-shaped line of concrete artillery batteries built to defend Puget Sound from enemy warships in the first half of the 20th century. The batteries are constructed in a similar style as German bunkers on D-Day. Three stories stretching across a quarter mile of concrete provides an excellent place for Nerf warfare.
Previous Wars listed on NerfHaven: Oct 2009, Dec 2009. Feb 2010, Oct 2010, March 2011



Date: Sunday, October 2nd, 2011.

Time: 10 am until dusk.

Location: Batteries Benson, Ash, Quarles, & Randol (Artillery Hill) in Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA

Directions: We will be playing in the batteries on Artillery Hill in the center of Fort Worden. Upon entering the park, drive straight until you reach the buildings at the base of the hill. Park around the old power building in front of you which is now a woodworking shop. From there, you can either follow the road on the left as it goes up the hill. You can also take any of the trails going up the hill until you reach Battery Way and follow it to the right. As the road reaches the top of the hill, the line of batteries will be on the right. We will probably be setting up around Battery Benson at the north end.

Park Map
Google maps

Cost: The State Park is free. Parking onsite may require the purchase of a State Park's Discover Pass ($10 or $30 yearly)

Sandwiches, soda, and water will be provided. Please let me know if you are planning on coming so I can bring enough for everyone.

I will have a large quantity of darts for general use. Mark your own darts, or they shall be donated to replenish this supply.

While not a rule, bringing a flashlight is strongly encouraged. There are some darker areas of the batteries and it will aid in dart clean-up.

What to bring:

• At least one blaster.
• Nerf darts. Mark them with your initials if you want them back.
• Eye protection. Shatter resistant glasses are acceptable. We have limited extras.

General Rules:

• All players must be at least 14 years old. Most of our problems stem from young players without parental supervision.
• Eye protection is required to be worn for all games.
  
• We are guests of the park rangers at Fort Worden. We keep our bunkers clean, respect other guests, and behave ourselves.
• Please bring blasters suitable for indoor Nerf warfare. All modded blasters are subject to approval.
• Official Nerf darts only. Other brands are also acceptable. No homemade or camouflage darts.
• Foam melee weapons are only allowed in the HvZ games and can only be wielded by zombies.

Puget Sound Nerf War on YouTube

October 2009 Video taken by FlamingHilt

As an aside, I do believe the guys from OFS are not yet vetted as full members to this site. And such, have no ability to speak up in this discussion.

Zombie video from the war.

Videos here:

Puget Sound Nerf War on YouTube

First person videos are up, will have more from another camera later.

Thanks to everyone that came out. Videos of the other games played at this war will be posted soon.

If you are interested in being notified of future wars, please send an email to Puget.Sound.Nerf.War at that gmail.com place.

See you next war.

One of the most popular games at the war is always Humans vs Zombies, bunker style. Humans, zombies, and bunny hostages.

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Not willing to face the horrors in the bunker, a group of humans climb up the radar bunker and prepare to hold out against the infected.

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A pair of zombies reach the roof and charge the humans.

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One zombie is put down at point blank range as the other closes in.

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A horde of zombies take down a human carrying a bunny just short of the extraction point.

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Strengthened by fallen humans, the horde storms the roof.

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The trio of humans attempts to hold them off.

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The round ends with the zombies overwhelming the last holdout of humans.

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The 2nd round begins with a wave of zombies climbing the bunker.

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The humans set up a perimeter around the extraction point.

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A group of undead catch a squad on the stairs.

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A human running for their life from a zombie.

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The human perimeter is threatened by the zombies.

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The humans fall back as the zombies pour out of the bunker.

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Smelling blood, the horde picks up speed.

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It quickly descends into a bloodbath.

Another game was Rescue Mission, where Red and Blue attempted to rescue Orange and Green from their rooftop defenses.

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A blue player walking into an ambush.

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A red player successfully arrives to orange's defenses, but decides to head back to bring reinforcements.

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An orange player lays down suppressing fire to keep blue pinned down.

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Additional orange players join in, forcing blue to fall back and dig in.

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A blue player attempting to sneak under orange.

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The red player returns with reinforcements.

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The situation at orange's defenses: A blue player attempts to break past while orange keeps the rest of blue pinned down.

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The blue player was unsuccessful in running the gauntlet of fire.

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Under the watching eyes of the red reinforcements, orange takes off toward the extraction point.

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Red falls back with their orange allies before blue can muster and catch up.

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Round over. Teams switch allies and places.

The war then moved to Battery Way for a game of bomb squad. Both teams attempted to push a heavy wagon toward the enemy base. Due to the growing number of players, orange and green headbands were added to the red and blue teams.

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A blue player secures the wagon as a red casualty heads back to respawn.

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Blue reinforcements arrive and being to maneuver the wagon.

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Red players rain fire down on the wagon.

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His power of levitation could not save this blue player.

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With the wagon undefended, red prepares to send a squad down to move it.

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A heavy blue player opens fire on the advancing red squad.

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The red squad reaches the wagon under fire and begins to move it towards blue.

The next game was a multiple CTF variant with balls.


The game has begun and the red team storms the bunker.

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A red scout slowly advances under cover.

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A heavy blue squad checks the rooms as they move up.

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Red waits for word from their scouts before taking action.

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The red defense awaits the attack.

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A blue scout opens fire from the tunnel entrance.

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Red prepares for a major attack from the tunnels.

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Red prepares to send a team down the tunnels to flush out blue.

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The heavy blue squad returns with a ball.

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A blue scout carefully moves up on the 2nd floor, looking for red defenders.

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Blue makes a major advance on the 2nd level.

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Red digs in and returns fire.

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The speed of blue's advance overwhelm the red defenders.

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A blue ball carrier races back to his base while covered by his teammates.

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A blue defender holds off the red team in the tunnels.

We began the war with a round of random three man teams. Plenty of tactical maneuvering as the small groups jockeyed for the best angles of fire.


An unexpected appearance of a team dug in prompts a halt at the steps..

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Under fire, flanked, and falling back.

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The other team returns fire.

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The arrival of a heavily armed third team complicated things and scatters their opponents.

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The third team pushes forward to the third level.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the bunker, a fourth team attempts to regroup in a defensible position.

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An unexpected attack from above complicates matters.

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The fourth team catches the third team in the open on the roof.

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Successfully dug in, the team sweeps the roof with fire as the casualties leave.

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The remaining members of the third team return fire, but are quickly taken down.

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The fourth team reviews the now empty roof.

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Back down below, a scout carefully checks the 2nd level before bringing his team up.

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A lone survivor prepares an ambush from the roof.

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Seeing casualties from that direction, a team member climbs the steps and reports what he sees.

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A truly unsettling sight above.

With only one week left, here's an update:

Confirmed: 36
Maybe: >20

Important information for people taking the ferries: The ferries switch to Spring Schedules the day of the war. My group will be taking the 7:10 am Edmonds-Kingston ferry so we can arrive early to inspect & clear the bunkers of debris. If you wish to assist or just want to explore the bunkers before the war begins, you are welcome to caravan with us.

Artillery Hill in Fort Worden State Park is composed of a L-shaped line of concrete artillery batteries built to defend Puget Sound from enemy warships in the first half of the 20th century. The batteries are constructed in a similar style as German bunkers on D-Day. Three stories stretching across a quarter mile of concrete provides an excellent place for Nerf warfare.

Previous Wars listed on NerfHaven: Oct 2009, Dec 2009. Feb 2010, Oct 2010

Date: Sunday, March 27th, 2011, rain or shine (Or hail, judging from recent weather)

Time: 10 am until dusk.

Location: Batteries Benson, Ash, Quarles, & Randol(Artillery Hill) in Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA

Directions. We will be playing in the batteries on Artillery Hill in the center of Fort Worden. Upon entering the park, drive straight until you reach the buildings at the base of the hill. Park around the old power building in front of you which is now a woodworking shop. From there, you can either follow the road on the left as it goes up the hill. You can also take any of the trails going up the hill until you reach Battery Way and follow it to the right. As the road reaches the top of the hill, the line of batteries will be on the right. We will probably be setting up around Battery Benson at the north end.

The road to the hill is normally closed to vehicles. I will try to get the park rangers to open up the road around 9-10 am to drive equipment up to the hill.

Park Map
Google maps

Cost: The State Park is free. Carpooling is encouraged and seats are available for those in King County.

Sandwiches, soda, and water will be provided. Please let me know if you are planning on coming so I can bring enough for everyone.

I will have a large quantity of darts for general use.

While not a rule, bringing a flashlight is strongly encouraged. There are some darker areas of the batteries and it will aid in dart clean-up.

Rules:

• All players under 18 need parental consent.
  
• Eye Protection required. We have limited extras.
  
• Official Nerf Ammo only. Other brands are generally acceptable. No camouflage ammo!
  
• Nerf Melee weapons allowed for zombie rounds.
  
• All modded blasters are subject to approval.
  
• This is a state park. We keep it clean, respect other guests, and behave ourselves.
  
• Any threats of actual violence, unsafe play, or other nonsense will not be tolerated.

October 2009 Video taken by FlamingHilt

Interesting. Gunther, do you know if, or even better when, you will be hosting more of these wars? I understand it's a lot of work to put these together, but I'm not sure if I can make it the 10th. My ride forgot about it so it's up in the air as far as planning.

We aim for a total of at least 4 wars before the weather turns warm and the tourists return. Next one will probably be the first or second weekend of December.

IMPORTANT UPDATE!

We will be playing at a different battery than previous wars. Please see the main post for directions.

I met with the park rangers last week and we decided that using the batteries on Artillery hill would be better. Battery Way on the hill is one long line of connected batteries ending in Battery Benson (which is almost identical to Kinzie). This new location will allow our larger group more space to play and new games to try. These batteries also see many less tourists than Kinzie. This should prevent any unhappy halts of play for photographers, etc.

We are now starting at 10am instead of 11.

Details on Batteries Benson, Ash, Quarles, and Randol.

Like Battery Kinzie, Battery Benson held two disappearing guns and is almost identical in layout. Remember the difficulty firing into the wind on the top floor of Kinzie? Benson is surrounded by trees and is off the coast, so no more watching your shots fly back at you. We'll probably start and end the day at Benson with warm up games and humans vs zombies.

Batteries Ash, Quarles, and Randol are connected batteries over a distance of several hundred yards. Each is composed of several floors and multiple rooms. They also have small observation posts and store rooms across the path. These batteries will be used for several new objective games.

I remember some people used streamlines with hot glue filled heads, is that alright?

Yes.

Do you have any gameplay videos?

October 2009 Video taken by FlamingHilt

During both World Wars, Battery Kinzie Battery Benson defended Puget Sound from enemy warships. Built to withstand direct hits from battleships, it is constructed in a similar style as German bunkers on D-Day. 3 stories of concrete rooms and hallways form a perfect place for indoor/outdoor Nerf warfare!

Previous Wars listed on NerfHaven: Oct 2009, Dec 2009. Feb 2010

Date: Sunday, October 10th, 2010, rain or shine!

Time: 11 10 am until dusk.

Location: Batteries Kinzie Benson, Ash, Quarles, & Randol in Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA

Directions. We will be playing in the batteries on Artillery Hill in the center of Fort Worden. Upon entering the park, drive straight until you reach the buildings at the base of the hill. Park around the old power building in front of you which is now a woodworking shop. From there, you can either follow the road on the left as it goes up the hill. You can also take any of the trails going up the hill until you reach Battery Way and follow it to the right. As the road reaches the top of the hill, the line of batteries will be on the right. We will probably be setting up around Battery Benson at the north end.

Park Map
Google maps location: 48.141335, -122.768108

Cost: The State Park is free. Carpooling is encouraged and seats are available for those in King County.

Sandwiches, soda, and water will be provided. Please let me know if you are planning on coming so I can bring enough for everyone.

I will have a large quantity of darts for general use.

While not a rule, bringing a flashlight is strongly encouraged. There are some darker areas of the batteries and it will aid in dart clean-up.

Rules:

• All players under 18 need parental consent.
  
• Eye Protection required. We have limited extras.
  
• Official Nerf Ammo only. Other brands are generally acceptable. No camouflage ammo!
  
• Nerf Melee weapons allowed for zombie rounds.
  
• All modded blasters are subject to approval.
  
• This is a state park. We keep it clean, respect other guests, and behave ourselves.
  
• Any threats of actual violence, unsafe play, or other nonsense will not be tolerated.

I am sadly announcing that I will be unable to host another nerf war at Fort Worden this spring. But I hope to be back this fall with more bunker wars to scratch your off-season Nerf itch.

(Summer is not good for this location due to the massive number of RV'ing tourists at the Fort)

Gunther, out of curiosity, what ferry times are you taking. As I understand it we both hail from the Seattle area. We're thinking of either the 8:40 or 9:20 to Kingston, and then the 6:30 or 7:20 for the return trip. Any suggestions?

The ferry trip is 30 minutes and the trip from the ferry dock in Kingston to the park is 75 minutes. I will be taking the 8:40am ferry from Edmonds to Kingston in order to arrive early to check out the site and clean up any debris in the rooms. Getting back, I just drive to Kingston and take the next ferry, whenever that would be. I generally stay at the site until sunset (6pm)

Ok, so main gun, and smaller gun. check. You said something about melee weapons?

Our zombie game involves the zombies armed with foam melee weapons (aka funnoodle) If you have a nerf-brand foam melee weapon, you are welcome to bring it and use that instead when you are a zombie.

Gunther, are you taking donations? I really would like to help out somehow, but it always seems you're on top of the organization bit...

Bring you camera. Those pictures and videos are worth much more than cash.

So, since i'm rather new to social nerfing, what sort of weapons should i bring?

A Nerf weapon. Any of the Nerf-brand guns currently being sold by major retailers will work just fine. You don't have to modify it, but you should get plenty of ammo. Also, mark your ammo and your weapons with your initials in permanent marker.

Some people bring another smaller pistol such as a maverick or nightfire in case their main weapon jams in the middle of a battle.

Remember to bring eye protection if you can. It's rare, but Nerf shots can scratch your cornea. Shatter-resistant glasses, safetly glasses, etc.

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Weather forecast for Fort Worden on Sunday: Mid 50s, partly cloudy, zero rain, light winds. Perfect.
Sunset is 6pm, which is about the time we will be wrapping up.

Am curious though, couldn't find this anywhere: Is this a standard Primary+Maverick-only setup, or can we have any combo of Primary/Secondary/Tertiary weapons?

You are welcome to carry as many weapons as you want into battle. You will need a small pistol like a Maverick for one of the games.

Hey, now that we are only a week away from the war i was wondering about how many people should be there. I cant wait for this so please reply, thanks.

It looks like at least 25, plus another 10 possible. This will probably be the biggest one so far.

Is anyone willing give me a ride to the war, preferably from the Eastside? I would help pay for gas, ferry etc.

I have a spot on a car leaving from Kirkland to catch the 8:40 am ferry in Edmonds. PM me with your exact address and contact info if you are interested.

Doubling as a bump, I'll post to confirm that, assuming we work out this driving business, I will be there. With a possible plus one. Let's hope for no rain, though that's asking a bit much for Washington.
What kind of range caps are we looking at here? Would, say, a quadded 2k be acceptable?

People can bring what they want, as long as they can use it safely. Any complaints of pain caused by a gun will result in the examination and possible removal of said gun. No homemade darts.

This is a typical action shot in a war. The bunker is over half indoors. Expect ranges such as these.

I have organized several wars in another WWI-era coastal defense battery (Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA)

Here are some helpful tips in dealing with playing around historical buildings in parks:
1: Learn the park's policies. Fort Foster Rules
2: If you see a park ranger/caretaker, go up and introduce yourself and your group. Those people do NOT like airsoft and paintball groups. Make sure you reassure them you are different, especially if you have lots of homemades.
3: Do not leave any evidence of your group. I suggest sweeping for ammo after every round.
4: Be civil to photographers. Photographers love to go to costal batteries in the off-season to avoid visitors. Since their equipment is usually more expensive and fragile than yours, don't play near them.
5: Glow sticks are excellent for team identification.
6: Treat the location like an indoor war when determining what guns to allow.
7: Bring a broom or something to sweep debris and water out of rooms, especially if it had rained/snowed recently. 2 minutes with a broom = another safe room to play in.

Question: Are vulcans allowed? it's not modded.

Vulcans are allowed. They are very useful in some of the games.

How do you feel about homemades? Case-by-case, must use stock ammo?

I'm glad to see you are coming. You are correct. All homemade and modified weapons are welcome. Any complaints of pain may result in the gun being removed from play.

Here's how loaner weapons are going to work. Loaners are for people without guns, or need a backup sidearm. Max 1 Maverick + 1 other gun per player. Let me know what numbers you and your friends want and I'll reserve them. When you arrive at the war, you let me know what your NerfHaven name is and I'll hand you the guns. I'm bringing my entire arsenal anyway for walk-ons players, or when guns break, etc. I'm just going to track them better. Other players will probably be bringing their own loaners, and it's up to them to decide how to give them out.

Reserved: 6,7,9,10,16,17,20,21,22,23,24,25, 26