Skirmish Site News

Gunman Airsoft have an important update following the most recent Government announcements:

Important Update 23rd Dec 2020

The goalposts have changed once again, and we now find ourselves in a position where all our sites will be in tier 4 areas from Boxing Day. We’ve pored over the rules and put a lot of painstaking thought into whether we can operate or not, and although we are confident that we can run safely and within the law, we don’t believe that it would be responsible for us to do so with the current high rates of infection circulating.

As a result, we will now have to cancel our “Who Ate All the Pies?” games at both our Tuddenham and Eversley Alpha sites on both the Sunday and Monday.

During the previous two national lockdowns, many of you were supportive enough to allow us to move your cancelled game ticket to a future event once we exited the lockdowns rather than demanding a refund. We cannot fully express our gratitude for this – we are a small business, and our sole income is from activities which have now been forced to shut down three times this year.

We would be immensely grateful once again, if anyone who is able to, is willing to accept a credit towards a future event of your choice as soon as we are permitted to operate again.

We will make every effort to honour any refund requests for cancelled events as soon as we are able, however we will be unable to do so immediately while we have no income. Anyone requesting a refund will get placed on a list, and we will work our way through the list as quickly as we are able.

Please bear with us during this difficult time – we remain committed to ensuring that none of our customers lose out financially because of government restrictions.

As we can’t be certain at this point what the situation will be in the new year, we have also taken the decision to cancel the WWII game planned for 30^th January and reschedule the Cold War event planned for the 9^th & 10^th January.

The Cold War event will now be moving to 12^th & 13^th March and will be held at our Battle Lakes site in Kent. Your existing deposit will be transferred over to the new dates so you don’t need to do anything unless you can’t make it. If you cannot make the new date or venue, please let us know as soon as possible so we can arrange for a credit or refund for you.

The Okto Eight MilSim has also been rescheduled to 27th & 28th March – the site remains unchanged, the same applies as regards to deposits as the Cold War gam above.

We will be contacting all ticket holders via email soon to inform them of the changes.

We have had to make a decision today based on very little information from the Government and with great conflict between what’s best for the business, our customers, our staff, ourselves and our families, as well as the UK community at large. The tier 4 rules do not appear to specifically prohibit us from operating, but one of our core values from day one has always been “spirit of the rules” rather than trying to find loopholes to get around the “letter of the rules”.

It has pained us to make the decision to cancel this weekend, but we believe this is the most responsible and morally sound course of action and are sure that we have your support in this difficult conclusion.
Josh and Doug will make every effort to be available to answer any questions you may have over the next few days, but if you could contact us via email unless it’s urgent, we would really appreciate the time with our families as we brace for another rough period ahead.

We hope that you are all able to enjoy the holiday period as best as you can. Please keep yourselves and others safe by sticking the the guidelines, and hopefully it won’t be too long before we see you all back out in the field.

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Here is all the latest news from Gunman Airsoft including an update for those going into Tier 4:

Gunman Airsoft Newsletter Week 51 2020

Tier Changes

With the change in tiers this week, we’ve had a lot of questions regarding how it affects our games. We’ll try to clear a few questions up for you if we can – please bear in mind that we are only familiar with the English tiers, if you are coming from Scotland or Wales, then you will need to check how that affects you.

Firstly, the stuff that is definitely ok:

• We can continue to run our games as we have been doing, this is the case across all three tiers.
• Customers from any tier level are permitted to attend our sites and partake in airsoft activities.

The “not-so-definite” bit:
If you live in a tier 3 area, you are advised to “Avoid travel” unless it is essential. The wording here appears to allow for flexibility and discretion, as things that are outright banned are very clearly presented as “You must not…”
Our take on it is that it doesn’t appear to be against the law to travel to an airsoft game from a tier three area, but it is recommended that you don’t to help prevent the spread of the virus. You will have to make your own decision based on your personal circumstances as popping a couple of miles down the road may be considered ok, whereas driving for four hours may not.
If you choose to attend our games from a tier 3 area, you are welcome to do so provided that you continue to follow the tier 3 rules whilst on site (social distancing etc) – this does appear to preclude overnight stays as well.
If your judgement is that it would be wiser for you to remain at home, we will support your decision by offering to transfer your tickets to a future date, provided you contact us in advance of the game to allow us to allocate your space to another player.
The same goes for mandatory self-isolation: if you find that you have to self-isolate, please contact us with as much notice as possible to have your booking moved.
Please note that we will be unable to offer refunds in either case, we will also not be able to provide ticket transfers for those who do not contact us in advance.

Upcoming Dates

We will be publishing some of next year’s dates in the next week, starting with January’s open days at all sites. Spaces will still be limited due to social distancing requirements, so please ensure you book in advance.
This weekend we are gearing up for the holiday season with the first of our “Santa vs Elves” Xmas themed games. Fancy dress is optional, but we will be identifying teams by means of a red or green Santa/elf hat – if you can bring these it would be very helpful as we are very limited in what we can dish out. As the game revolves around collecting presents, it would also be really helpful if everyone could bring a fake present with them – the more objectives the better!
Tuddenham and Eversley Alpha are hosting this weekend’s FilmSim based silliness, as well as next weekend’s “Who Ate All the Pies?” Xmas skirmish spectacular.
Next weekend we are running on the Sunday and Monday at both sites – if you turn up on Boxing day we won’t be there! You’re welcome to do some tidying up while you’re there though…

And Finally…

As attendances are now starting to reduce we now find ourselves in a position to be able to accommodate walk-on customers at some of our open days. We still have to ensure social distancing, however, so these spaces are on a very limited basis and we cannot guarantee to fit you in if you turn up without ringing first.
Tickets can still be booked online until midnight before the game and will guarantee you a space. If you find you can attend on the morning of a game, please ring the site contact number (found on the website event page) to confirm availability. The site manager is usually available from 0700.
Rental tickets must still be booked in advance as we can’t “squeeze one more in” if we don’t have the kit!

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We are still running tomorrow!

Following this evening’s announcement on tier 4 introductions, we just want to assure you that we will still be running games at both Tuddenham and Eversley Alpha tomorrow as planned, numbers may be a litter thinner than expected due to our proximity to tier 4 areas, so any extra players will be most welcome.
If you will be in a tier 4 area from midnight and unable to attend please drop us an email with your details so we can transfer your booking to a future date when your tier is reduced.
We would also appreciate if anyone booked for next weekend’s “Who Ate All the Pies?” games could drop us an email in the next few days to confirm whether they will still be attending or not so we can gauge attendance numbers.
We have cancelled next weekend’s games at Battle Lakes which is now in a tier 4 area – dates for next year will be announced as soon as we know the tiers have been relaxed for Kent.
Stay safe guys, see you soon.

Here is all the latest news from Gunman Airsoft:

Hi, Arnies,

Welcome to this week’s update from Gunman Airsoft.

We hope you’re all looking forward to this weekend as much as we are! We’re kicking off the month with skirmish weekends at Camp Bravo, Eversley and our new Battle Lakes site in Kent. There are still some spaces left for you to get tickets last minute if you haven’t done so already.

Because we had to postpone the opening of Battle Lakes for a month and we’re really excited about it, we’ve added extra dates next weekend. We will be running a Battlefield themed game on this huge site, so get booking!

We’re headed into that time of year where we get a bit sillier than usual, with our Xmas themed Santa Vs Elf game coming to all of our sites – bring a hat if you can (or better yet a full outfit!) – forget “tacticool” for a month and get your bright red or green game on!

We also have our ever-popular post Xmas “Who Ate all the Pies?” skirmish weekends lined up. Short, fast-paced games designed to give you a chance to work off the extra lockdown and Xmas calories as well as show off any shiny new kit…

Don’t forget that our activities are permitted to go ahead even in tier 3 areas which is excellent news. We also want to remind you of our commitment to ensuring that none of our customers end up out of pocket due to COVID; if you have to self-isolate we will happily transfer your ticket to a future date for you so you don’t lose out. We’d prefer that you stay at home and don’t bring it with you!

We’d like to once again thank all of you for your patience and understanding regarding credits and transfers from cancelled November dates – it’s been a huge help in keeping us up and running as well as being able to continue with site work during the lockdown. If you still have an outstanding ticket, please email us with details of which event you’d like it transferring to – we will be planning next year’s open days in the coming weeks so you can plan ahead.

On a final note, we always get asked at this time of year if we do gift cards. We are proud to announce that these are now available for purchase on our website! Available in several different values, they can be used to buy anything from the website. They are in the form of an emailed code, the purchaser can enter their own email address and print it off if they wish to pop it in a card as a surprise to be opened at Xmas.

Futuretech Airsoft will be at every FilmSim open weekend at Eversley Alpha on both days.

We can help with many tech issues such as hot guns, new buckings etc, and happy to take guns with bigger issues or for any customising/upgrade work, all at reasonable prices. So dig out those guns you haven’t got around to fixing and bring them along. Guns taken will normally be fixed and returned at the next months game or collect from Farnborough.

Check us out at https://www.facebook.com/futuretechairsoft www.futuretechairsoft.com  and drop in for a chat :)

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Here is all the latest news from Gunman Airsoft:

Welcome to this week’s update from Gunman Airsoft.

We’re approaching the end of lockdown 2.0 and finally we’ve had some good news! Organised outdoor sports, including airsoft, will be permitted to run after the lockdown ends, even in tier 3 restricted areas. As such, it looks good for all of our planned weekends in December. We are currently constructing an official statement to be released as soon as possible.

If you still have a credit outstanding for cancelled games in November, please email us with your preferred date and venue so we can transfer you across before spaces are filled up.

Don’t forget that next weekend will be our (slightly belated) opening weekend at the awesome Battle Lakes site! If you know anyone who played at the site under Zed’s, we’d love for them to come as well and share their input of the site with us. The scenarios will be short and simple, and played across as many areas of the site as we can manage so we can get a feel for how it plays. Once we’re up to speed with the layout in a few months, we will be aiming to run mostly FilmSim games to make use of large areas or the entire site for longer scenarios. Come along and help us make the site yours!

We are also operating at Camp Bravo on the same weekend – this one will be the last regular skirmish game of the year, after that it’s Xmas themed madness across all sites until 2021!

There are also night games coming up at both Camp Bravo and Tuddenham.

Speaking of Tuddenham, we’ve been busy during the lockdown and have carried out a lot of groundwork at the site including digging trenches. We are hoping to have some photos to show you over the next week, so keep your eyes peeled and follow us on Facebook and Instagram if you haven’t already done so.

Futuretech Airsoft will be at every FilmSim open weekend at Eversley Alpha on both days.

We can help with many tech issues such as hot guns, new buckings etc, and happy to take guns with bigger issues or for any customising/upgrade work, all at reasonable prices. So dig out those guns you haven’t got around to fixing and bring them along. Guns taken will normally be fixed and returned at the next months game or collect from Farnborough.

Check us out at https://www.facebook.com/futuretechairsoft www.futuretechairsoft.com  and drop in for a chat :)

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(Gunman Airsoft)

Here is all the latest news from Gunman Airsoft:

Hi, Arnies,

Welcome to this week’s update from Gunman Airsoft.

We hope everybody is keeping well and managing during Lockdown 2.0 – we have now published all of our planned December open days on our website calendar. General ticket sales will start at midday on Wednesday 18th November. In the meantime, if you hold a ticket to a cancelled Open Day from November, please email us with the date you would like your booking transferred to and we’ll get you on before general sales open.

If you are unable to transfer to a December date, we will happily transfer your ticket in the new year for you instead.

We are really excited to have our first open days at our new Battle Lakes venue in Kent on 5th & 6th December, especially as we had to cancel the previous one at the last minute! We would very much welcome input on the weekend from previous players who used the site when Zed’s Adventures were running it, as it will be the first time that we’ve actually played on it. We expect the first few turnouts to be reasonably small compared to what the site can accommodate, so we plan on running shorter, skirmish scenarios in smaller areas of the site initially before moving on to full on FilmSim days as soon as possible.

Obviously, it’s that time of year again, so December will mostly be Xmas themed games which are not to be taken too seriously. Please at least be prepared to wear a bright red or green hat for team ID on the day, and bring your own if you can. Bonus points for full santa/elf/reindeer costumes!

We have two styles of Xmas events lined up for you – our annual FilmSim “SANTA vs ELF” games which see the evil ELF soldiers trying to ruin Xmas by bring down Santa’s sleigh with a SAM. The crack team of S.A.N.T.A. special forces will be trying to retrieve all of the scattered presents from the ELF’s clutches and save the day! This is not our usual FilmSim day, please don’t try and be “tacticool” and moan because you’ll get spotted in a red hat, just come and have some silly fun but using the FilmSim rules.

It would also be immensely helpful if every player could manage to bring along a couple of fake presents for us to scatter around and use as props – the more objectives to fight over, the more fun it is.

We will also be running our annual “Who Ate all the Pies?” post-Xmas skirmish. This year it will be on the Sunday and Monday after Xmas. Loads of fast-paced, shorter skirmish games to keep you moving and working off the extra calories which you will no doubt have taken on over the previous week. Again, leave your “tacticool” at the door and come along with a mind to have some silly fun. Please bear in mind that these events usually sell out pretty quickly and this year we can’t open anywhere near as many spaces as normal (the record was 120 I think), so make sure you decide sooner rather than later.

In the event that any of these events (or future events in the new year) are unable to go ahead due to national or local restrictions being brought in at the last minute, we remain committed to ensuring that our customers do not lose out financially as a result. You guys have been really understanding of the situation so far in accepting options such as holding your booking until a future date of your choice or issuing a gift voucher for the website which has really helped us out. Anyone awaiting a refund should receive it within a few days following the ticket sales going live – we really appreciate everybody’s patience.

Stay safe, we look forward to seeing you all soon.

Futuretech Airsoft will be at every FilmSim open weekend at Eversley Alpha on both days.

We can help with many tech issues such as hot guns, new buckings etc, and happy to take guns with bigger issues or for any customising/upgrade work, all at reasonable prices. So dig out those guns you haven’t got around to fixing and bring them along. Guns taken will normally be fixed and returned at the next months game or collect from Farnborough.

Check us out at https://www.facebook.com/futuretechairsoft www.futuretechairsoft.com  and drop in for a chat :)

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Hi, Arnies,

Welcome to this week’s update from Gunman Airsoft.

We’ve had a hugely exciting week with confirmation that we will be taking over running open days and events at the awesome Battle Lakes site near Tunbridge Wells in Kent! The site requires minimal preparation before we start, so we’ve already published three open weekends, with tickets going live at midday on Friday.

This is an amazing site with all sorts of natural and man-made features with great facilities in the safe-zone as well. We will be running a skirmish open weekend on the first Saturday of every month, and a FilmSim open weekend every third Saturday. The first skirmish is lined up for the 7th & 8th of November, with numbers limited to 50 players, so get in quick so you don’t miss out.

Work is continuing at our Tuddenham site, with the guys putting in huge efforts to get the new features up and running that you’ve been patiently waiting for! This weekend is a FilmSim Battlefield special at Tuddenham – featuring our take on some of our favourite video game multiplayer modes, but in a live action style. The “shazam!” defib pads will of course be putting in an appearance for instant revives (or kills) as well as plenty of things that go bang!

Don’t forget that there are still spaces available for the revival of our (im)famous Halloween night operation at Tuddenham as well – secure your place with a £5 deposit and come and help contain the incident at the secret research facility. Torch mandatory, rifles optional, spare underwear strongly recommended…

Next weekend sees the ever popular skirmish open weekends at Camp Bravo and Tuddenham, and after that we’re into November already!

Futuretech Airsoft will be at every FilmSim open weekend at Eversley Alpha on both days.

We can help with many tech issues such as hot guns, new buckings etc, and happy to take guns with bigger issues or for any customising/upgrade work, all at reasonable prices. So dig out those guns you haven’t got around to fixing and bring them along. Guns taken will normally be fixed and returned at the next months game or collect from Farnborough.

Check us out at https://www.facebook.com/futuretechairsoft www.futuretechairsoft.com  and drop in for a chat :)

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Here is all the latest news from Gunman Airsoft:

Hi, Arnies,

Welcome to this week’s update from Gunman Airsoft.

We’ve had a busy couple of weeks with some awesome games at our Tuddenham and Camp Bravo sites as well as the 24hr Descent MilSim at Alpha. Massive thanks to everyone who made it and were able to adapt to the last minute changes.

We also had another great night game at Tuddenham – don’t forget that we are squeezing in an extra night game this month with the return of our freaky Halloween night game spectacular! The chainsaw gimp has been coaxed out of his retirement chest and is straining at the leash to get at you! Tickets are now available on the website, but places are limited and will sell out fast, so get your deposits in.

This weekend we are back at Tuddenham for another FilmSim open event – Sunday is sold out, but we still have three tickets left for Saturday at this point.

Next weekend we return to Eversley Bravo with another FilmSim open event – this one is “Operation Spider” details to follow on the Facebook event page. There are still spaces available for both days, so get booking if you’re interested.

We also have a skirmish open event on at Tuddenham on the same dates (17th & 18th) with plenty of tickets available for both days at the moment.

We have also decided to squeeze in an extra FilmSim open weekend at Tuddenham this month, this special weekend will be a Battlefield theme and will be hosted by Doug to give Robbie a well-earned break!

We have now introduced a new consent/insurance waiver form, we will now need every player to bring a completed form with them to every game – the same for can be used for adults and under 18s and will be all that is required in the way of paperwork (apart from your ticket) when arriving on site. Forms can be downloaded from our website and filled out in advance – we hope that this will help to speed up the signing in process as well as reducing clustering and unnecessary physical contact in the safe zone.

We will have blank forms to fill in on site, but it would really help speed up your experience if you can pre-fill one in advance.

We will also have QR codes on display on our sites now for users of the NHS test & trace app.

For the latest updates on our COVID measures, be sure to check the frontpage of our website, where we will link any new announcements.

Futuretech Airsoft will be at every FilmSim open weekend at Eversley Alpha on both days.

We can help with many tech issues such as hot guns, new buckings etc, and happy to take guns with bigger issues or for any customising/upgrade work, all at reasonable prices. So dig out those guns you haven’t got around to fixing and bring them along. Guns taken will normally be fixed and returned at the next months game or collect from Farnborough.

Check us out at https://www.facebook.com/futuretechairsoft www.futuretechairsoft.com  and drop in for a chat :)

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