On this week’s episode of Laser Unfocused Tag Talk we hear from east coast player Randall Meding, aka Bhodi Li, who knew from the first time he played Photon that he would be playing laser tag for life. Branching out from there into success playing competitive LASERTRON and now exploring more tactical laser tag, for him the game never stopped. ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xzXT3aqGa2edIlXpcaJBS ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laser-unfocu

A last minute addition to my Branson itinerary turned out to be a really awesome arena located inside Ripley’s Super Fun Park…believe it or not! I chatted a bit with Dave about my travels from upstate NY (an area he knew surprisingly well!) before he led me up a stairway towards the arena where we would play a game of Gen 7 Laserforce.  Let me start by sharing the first thing that impressed me…this display of backlit poster images. This is eye catching and a really smart way

The main purpose for my trip to Branson, MO was to play a handful of arenas in relatively close proximity to each other (a bit easier to do in this tourist attraction town) so I was glad to see several options all along the same road. This is all getting me closer to hitting another milestone number very soon. By dinner time I was also happy to see the Grand Country Fun Park and Grand Country Buffet buildings located side by side. I headed into the Fun Park first and was able

Operation Laser Tag is a hidden gem (perhaps a gem like a diamond…a baseball diamond!) tucked away inside a real life Field of Dreams. It’s co-located with the Puzzle Parlour at Ballparks of America in Branson, MO and to understand and appreciate what it is I think you have to know a bit about where it is. Antoine who runs the entertainment activities at the facility met me upon my arrival and explained to me that the laser tag and escape room are part of a really interesting

The arena at Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, MO just may be one of the best themed spaces I’ve ever played, and the kicker is that I almost missed it! When I plan a trip out of state I always Google search for laser tag in the area, but somehow this one just did not come up on the list as a local laser tag arena. This place is clearly a huge attraction in and of itself, so I imagine the oversight was simply due to laser tag being just one small piece of a very big puzzle. Howev

My visit to Modern Mission in Fayetteville, AR was three years in the making. The last time I ventured through Arkansas was on March 12, 2020 (so literally the day after the pandemic became official). It didn’t work out during that trip, but they have been on my radar ever since because I knew they use iCOMBAT equipment and I really wanted to have a chance to play using Invictus. However, at Modern Mission they actually have a selection of taggers from the iCOMBAT line that c

I’m delighted to share an update from the Tag 4 A Cause that took place last quarter with support from our laser tag friends in the Czech Republic. They wanted to include the laser tag 5K challenge as part of their tournament series and offer players a chance to support the cause in the process. I sent over a care package with medals for all the players who participated in the challenge in the Czech Republic and am glad to share the photos of these players receiving their “ta

I was supposed to be in Dallas this weekend (spoiler alert: I’m not, my flight got cancelled) and that got me thinking. It might be time for a “second time around” tour of the states. My original goal to laser tag in all 50 states concluded with my first trip to Dallas on Laser Tag Day 2019, nearly four years ago. Since then so much has changed. Lots of arenas didn’t make it through the pandemic, but I have continued my tag travels to support those that did and to play at new

I completed my laser tag 5K tonight for The Longest Day in support of the Alzheimer’s Association. Although I am working on event plans for this quarter, please remember you can accept the Tag 4 A Cause Laser Tag 5K Challenge on your own at any arena, anywhere and receive the medal when you donate to the cause. If you’d like to Tag 4 A Cause and help a great organization too please donate, go play laser tag and earn the medal. All the details are here: https://www.tiviachickl

Competitive laser tag player Andrea “Blueflame” Allmond joins me for some tournament talk on this week’s episode of the Laser Unfocused Tag Talk podcast. ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xzXT3aqGa2edIlXpcaJBS ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laser-unfocused-tag-talk-with-tivia/id1632442213 ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/5Ok4bowg04I And as we are talking with Andrea who is arguably one of the most competitive female laser tag players in the game