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[el swifto]

me and my youth group in my church's gym. i've already made some map setups, but i could still use some help designing some other maps.

if anyone else does something like this please tell me.

now feel free to post all your questions, comments, hopes, fears and anything else.

-swifto

[The Infinite Shindig]

Do me a favor, read and follow the Code of Conduct. You need to capitalize stuff man.

Most people on this forum do not specialize in indoor warfare. I have more experience with it than most of the members here, but it still isn't my forte. I would check out this topic on Mobstacles by Captain Slug. They look easy enough to make and it would provide portable cover to customize your gymnasium. I wouldn't get too far into maps here, we don't do those kind of resources. If the church has any mats, I would use those as well.

The best way to make the maps you speak of is trial by error. That's where the Mobstacles are useful. You could make a bunch of them and change their locations based on the style of round and people you have.

Good luck.

[Flaming Hilt]

I don't have much experience with gymnasiums, but since the first year of my Nerf career was primarily indoor, I may still be able to help you out a bit (although admittedly, most of our setups involved moving things for cover mid-game).

There's a few things to worry about. First: clumped, or spread out. Clumped cover is good for team-based games as it forces people to be close together with open areas in between that one needs cover fire to access. Spread out is better for free-for-alls because it permits the players to spread out from one another and there aren't open areas, so cover fire isn't really necessary.

If you have enough objects, sometimes it's fun to see how crowded you can make the place and then you get people who start sneaking around, going from one end of the gym to the other without being seen. 1-hit games (ie search and destroy) are fun with this kind of setup because it forces the use of cover and encourages ambushes.

The second thing to think about is positioning of the objects. Usually this only matters with clumped cover. IE for capture the flag, you may either want to A) place cover around the flag to make it harder to get to, or B ) place cover on either side of the flag to make it easy to get to, but... hard to defend yourself while doing so. For a seige-type game, sometimes it's best to have a "fortress" of 80% of your cover objects in the corner or on a side with the rest spread out in the open area to provide cover for the assaulting team.

Wall-type setups (lines of cover) are also fun to play around with. Obviously staggered cover provides the best cover so for a seige game, wall setups tend to be harder for the defenders since one attacker with an RF20 can eliminate the whole defense if he can just get inside.

...Scrubs is on. That's all for now. Best of luck. Take pictures. Have fun. ; o)

EDIT: b )

Edited by Flaming Hilt, 16 July 2007 - 05:58 PM.

[el swifto]

Alright. Thanks for the input. It should help a lot.

Usually we use tables and these big partitions for cover. Its really fun I'll try to post some layouts.

-Swifto

[nerfsharpie6]

Well if your using partitions for I would also try and use some benches or something. Like Flaming Hilt I have played a lot of indoor wars with friends. So I would try and go with like TIS said some rubber gym mats or if you can manage it get volleyball nets and string them up to act as a form of cover/obstacle. And whats fun is turning off half the lights and putting those chemical glow wands under the cover to make an eerie light so you can still see but it makes it harder for people to hit you since they can't see. And no it shouldn't pose a safety hazard because the glow wands give off a light that makes a shadow on the object. Sorry if I sound a bit random here but I've been having a weird day.

[schoute1587]

I have a lot of experience with indoor wars because thats all that me and my friends do. we'll usually set up two main bases and throw in cover inbetween. I like using chairs combined with blankets to make large obstacles. You could use those metal chairs which could be supplied by the school and then use a sheet or comforter to make cover. or use tables and such. Since a gym has a high ceiling and space you could also use step ladders to gain a height advantage. Cardboard boxes could also be useful.