Have you ever been to a tournament where everyone is wandering around saying "we're using APPL at this event" or "we use NPPL here" without ever having seen a copy, and having little confidence that many of the other teams had seen one either? Well now there is no excuse, The tournament rules section contains all of the rules commonly in use in N.Z. and a few others besides, so copy them, paste them and study them. After all knowing the rules is one of the first steps to winning the game.
On a lighter note I have included some rules for Scenario's I ran for the Bethells Beach field club in '95 to '97. I'm also always on the hunt for more idea's so don't forget to email them and I'll have a look and post them within the week.
Regardless of whether you play tournament or social all players should follow the MERCENARIES' CHARTER of good conduct.

The following rules are in common use in the various regions of New Zealand. The most common is APPL or local adaptations of the APPL rules, which are in turn interpretations of the IPPA rules:

The following rules are not in use in New Zealand at all but I've added them for research purposes:

Scenario Ideas for those few of you in New Zealand still interested in such things:





Last an by no means least, paintball is supposed to be fun, so I have included some more Laws and rules to put everything into perspective:






Please feel free to email any submissions, corrections or updates to me and I will attempt to verify and correct the information within the week.