Types of Games

The two most common lasertag games are Team Games and Solo Missions. Both usually feature an unlimited number of beams, and an unlimited number of lives. In a team game, teams are distinguished by different coloured LEDs. In solo missions, everyone is fair game for everyone else, though informal teams and packs are sometimes formed.

Other less common game types, such as Highlander, have their own special rules which may be unique to the lasertag location or lasertag system being used. A Highlander game, for instance, is a game of stealth, each player receiving a fairly limited number of both beams and tags (or shots and lives as a member would say). The last player standing in the maze is crowned winner, though it is common that the winner will have less points than those who exit early.

Ring events are lasertag matches held in an area approximately fifteen by fifteen feet wide where players compete against one another without walls or obstacles to hide behind. Lord of the Rings is a ring event that gained popularity in the mid to late 1990's among players of the Ultrazone lasertag system in the United States, Canada, England, Sweden and Finland.