I planned a surprise birthday for a loved one 😉 and tried to come up with a new and fun activity to do. While speaking with friends, the idea of “laser tag” came up and I decided to dig up around that theme as it sounded quite fun.
Laser tag is like paintball. It is a game played in team or individually (depending on the number of players). Each player wears a jacket with infrared-sensitive targets that other players hit with a laser ray. At the beginning, it seemed hard to find a place in Barcelona. Usually for space reasons, paintball venues are situated out of town and therefore require a car. So it had been a nice surprise to find Play Point right in the middle of Barcelona in Carrer de Comte Borrell, 88.
It is not a fancy venue but the gamefield itself is big enough to enjoy. It is indoor so it is perfect for cold weather and rainy days like now in October. The price is also attractive: 7.50 Euros for a game, 13 euros for 2 and 18 euros for 3.
Laser tag: game on!
After a 5mn briefing, each player gets his jacket. Then the game is on. You cannot run in the corridors. That limits physical exhaustion if you are a tad lazy like me. When you play individually, you play against each other and try to score points hitting the others. In teams, you protect a base. Shooting the base is worth 2000 points and it is quite exciting to enter the adversary camp to try to hit it.
Anyone can play laser tag: kids, teens and adults (even my 65 year old mum, yes she is cool!). As we were just two of us the first time, they added us to a team of teenagers who took us under their wings. We fought against some kids and their parents who came for a birthday.
It was quite fun to go around and try to win points targeting adversaries, all this in the dark. It was also fun to hide and to protect oneself not to be a target. I was so focused in the game, I forgot the time and lived completely in the present. 20 mn felt like eternity. And the bonus? As you play with laser light, the game is much less painful than with paintball balls. No bruises going home!! But even if the venue is not huge and running is prohibited, you still do sweat! So if you go, don’t plan a fancy dinner like I did afterwards! They don’t have showers…