Asomodai Posted January 7 Posted January 7 (edited) Red 1 has announced the last game day at Chislehurst is this weekend and they are moving to Fawkham... I hope it's a brand new site, but I am guessing the old Bedlam Paintball site (Which was briefly used by Mayhem SE (The Kent based one) or they might share the Ultimate Wargames site. This is significant as both Bunker and Chislehurst have shut down in a couple of months, which means only three active sites still left within the M25 (And only just!) D&A Dropzone in Swanley, Tactical Warfare in Croydon and Mayhem in Abridge being the last three. Edit: They are site sharing with Ultimate Wargames. I assume they will rotate weekly, UG being on Saturdays and R1 beings on Sundays. It's a shame because Chislehurst used to be a bus ride away from Central London. Fawkham is two trains and a 1 hour walk uphill. Edited January 7 by Asomodai
Moderators Jez_Armstrong Posted January 7 Moderators Posted January 7 That's a shame, I really liked the site when I lived near it
AirsoftTed Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Sad to see another site go. Not sure if it's still there as I'm up in Scotland now - but there is (or was) also Tactical Warfare Airsoft in Croydon/New Addington. That's where I started out 12 years ago!
Asomodai Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 1 minute ago, AirsoftTed said: Sad to see another site go. Not sure if it's still there as I'm up in Scotland now - but there is (or was) also Tactical Warfare Airsoft in Croydon/New Addington. That's where I started out 12 years ago! AHH yes I keep forgetting about that one... It's so bad ? AirsoftTed 1
Cannonfodder Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Never played there but I heard the site had potential but was poorly run (not surprising if the school was anything to go by)
Moderators Jez_Armstrong Posted January 7 Moderators Posted January 7 34 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said: Never played there but I heard the site had potential but was poorly run (not surprising if the school was anything to go by) Have to disagree there, it was ran really well
ButcherBill Posted January 7 Posted January 7 3 hours ago, AirsoftTed said: Sad to see another site go. Not sure if it's still there as I'm up in Scotland now - but there is (or was) also Tactical Warfare Airsoft in Croydon/New Addington. That's where I started out 12 years ago! Tackle, Enid_Puceflange and AirsoftTed 3
Colin Allen Posted January 7 Posted January 7 6 hours ago, Asomodai said: AHH yes I keep forgetting about that one... It's so bad ? A truly awful site. 5 hours ago, Jez_Armstrong said: Have to disagree there, it was ran really well Too much waiting around, poorly briefed games, marshals not knowing the game rules and terrible marshalling in general.
Cannonfodder Posted January 7 Posted January 7 (edited) 2 hours ago, Colin Allen said: Too much waiting around Glad I missed it then. As I don't get to play as often as I used to this is one thing which really annoys me. I've paid to play not sit on my arse. Edited January 7 by Cannonfodder Tackle 1
Moderators Jez_Armstrong Posted January 8 Moderators Posted January 8 14 hours ago, Colin Allen said: A truly awful site. Too much waiting around, poorly briefed games, marshals not knowing the game rules and terrible marshalling in general. Strange I never had that at all when I used to go
Colin Allen Posted January 8 Posted January 8 3 hours ago, Jez_Armstrong said: Strange I never had that at all when I used to go When did you go there?
Moderators Jez_Armstrong Posted January 8 Moderators Posted January 8 11 minutes ago, Colin Allen said: When did you go there? Probably from when it opened up until about 2018
Colin Allen Posted January 8 Posted January 8 18 minutes ago, Jez_Armstrong said: Probably from when it opened up until about 2018 Ok, my experience there was more recent than that.
Colin Allen Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Has anyone tried D&A Dropzone? It seems to be pretty exclusively inhabited by people from the Baltic states.
Asomodai Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 2 hours ago, Colin Allen said: Has anyone tried D&A Dropzone? It seems to be pretty exclusively inhabited by people from the Baltic states. Yup. Love going there. Really nice bunch of people and it's very family friendly.
Colin Allen Posted January 9 Posted January 9 7 hours ago, Asomodai said: Yup. Love going there. Really nice bunch of people and it's very family friendly. Excellent! I assume it is the old Doomsday site, so will be heading back there.
Asomodai Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 1 hour ago, Colin Allen said: Excellent! I assume it is the old Doomsday site, so will be heading back there. Its the very same site
Colin Allen Posted January 9 Posted January 9 6 hours ago, Asomodai said: Its the very same site Excellent! Doomsday was so good. Tackle 1
Moderators Tackle Posted January 9 Moderators Posted January 9 2 hours ago, Colin Allen said: Excellent! Doomsday was so good. Does anyone know if the site comes under the ulez zone ?
Asomodai Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 34 minutes ago, Tackle said: Does anyone know if the site comes under the ulez zone ? Just outside it. Tackle 1
Jaylordofwaargh Posted January 10 Posted January 10 (edited) I had mixed feelings for it, had a couple of really good days and a couple of meh days there. But importantly I could take the bus to get there and also take the kid. The Falkham site is not travel friendly so looking around So now having looked around at Dropzone, where do they publish game days? Edited January 10 by Jaylordofwaargh .
Tiercel Posted January 10 Posted January 10 TW Croydon... ugh... Gave it 3 chances, each time it got worse if my choices were play there, or quit airsofting, Id probably quit airsofting.
Colin Allen Posted January 10 Posted January 10 31 minutes ago, Tiercel said: TW Croydon... ugh... Gave it 3 chances, each time it got worse if my choices were play there, or quit airsofting, Id probably quit airsofting. A terrible site; it seemed to improve for a while but then dropped off a cliff. The final straw for us was when a marshal refused to wear eyepro in the playing area when people had loaded guns and later, when he had eventually put eyepro on, totally ignored a player standing next to him with no eyepro. A terrible site run by terrible people. Tackle 1
Asomodai Posted January 11 Author Posted January 11 6 hours ago, Jaylordofwaargh said: I had mixed feelings for it, had a couple of really good days and a couple of meh days there. But importantly I could take the bus to get there and also take the kid. The Falkham site is not travel friendly so looking around So now having looked around at Dropzone, where do they publish game days? Facebook only. They are currently on a winter break.
Asomodai Posted January 22 Author Posted January 22 On 10/01/2025 at 19:18, Jaylordofwaargh said: I had mixed feelings for it, had a couple of really good days and a couple of meh days there. But importantly I could take the bus to get there and also take the kid. The Falkham site is not travel friendly so looking around So now having looked around at Dropzone, where do they publish game days? Sadly D&A wont be reopened any time soon, and may not even reopen at all.
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