Fulda Gap paintball is 70 acres of uphill
battle for both sides both ways, both
days. This may sound like something your
parents told you about how they went to
school when they were kids (minus the
snow) but I can assure you that Fulda Gap
at Command Decisions in Taylorsville North
Carolina is uphill both ways. For 13 years
in early November, the foothills of North
Carolina are turned into a re-creation of
what would have been the opening scenes
of a Soviet attack on the West if the Cold
War had become hot in the 1970s or 80s.
Fulda Gap has had basically the same
layout and points matrix for all 13 years.
Yet, no two games have ever been the
same in gameplay or strategy. This is the
longest running game in the country that is
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completely unscripted and where strategy
and troop movements are exclusively left
to the Generals and in 2017 something
shocking happened. The sides tied and at
the end of the game a rematch was offered
and excepted. I would once again go
against my good friend Richard “Mamba”
Money in 2018.
With all options open to the Generals,
it is imperative that they have excellent
command of control over their side and
even with that, the outcome is never
guaranteed. This year was no different. This
year the game was a week earlier because
of a week earlier because of World Cup
date change and this provided better
weather and warmer temperatures than in
years past.