Rockabilly Zombie Weekend

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
J. Brian Simmons
C: 904.710.9962
E: brian@mindgame-productions.com

MindGame Productions assists in new film, “Rockabilly Zombie Weekend”

May 9, 2012 at Orlando-Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Florida

MindGame Productions (“MGP”) proudly assisted with consulting the director and production team on military operations related to the film, as well as providing the personnel who composed the Special Forces and Army National Guard teams represented on screen.  The film is slated to be released internationally in September 2012.

In addition to movie/film production support, MGP also provides real-world, immersive training support to military and law enforcement agencies, helping them train against a wide spectrum of threats that they may face, both at home and abroad. They also host recreational military simulation events nationwide.

Their website can be found at www.mindgame-productions.com.

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Amerika 2 Recap

Reposted from Game Industry News.


On Feb. 25, 2012, Mindgame Productions hosted a very successful airsoft milsim event at Waynes World of Paintball in Ocala, FL.



The scenario is based on "what if D-Day failed."

When the D-Day landing fell apart on the beaches of Normandy, the hope of Democracy died alongside tens of thousands of Allied troops. The success of the Third Reich's atomic weapons project halted the Red Army in the radioactive ruins of Poland. Operation SeaLion ground the British Empire beneath the heel of the Reich. The threat of German atomic bombers over Moscow brought Stalin to sign a ceasefire in 1945. German and Japanese troops landed on the east and west coasts of the United States in 1946, ripping through the broad heartlands with strategic atomic strikes that neutralized massed US resistance. Working feverishly, the Manhattan project was able to complete its work from new facilities in Calgary and the remnants of the United States and Canada detonated atomic weapons against German forces near Colorado Springs and Rapid City. By the time the cease-fire was signed in 1949, all that remained of the United States was a crippled handful of states in the Pacific North-West and east along the Canadian border to North Dakota.  

Over 60 years later, the citizens of chafe under the control of Berlin and the Amerikanisches Reichsgovernor. Crop failures and inability to meet industrial production quotas have increased the pressure from Berlin. Deadly force has quelled protests against the Reichsgovernor, until the embers of resistance flashed to open flame in the Reichstaat of Florida, rapidly spreading through other regions of the Amerikan Reich. The campaign has begun as the Alliance of Free America, Canada and Cuba join their regular troops with the freedom fighters of the underground resistance movement. The fight to liberate Amerika has begun! 

This game was the kick-off event for what will be a series of games held throughout Florida this year, in an ongoing campaign.

"Think of a game of RISK... in which many of the battles are fought on airsoft fields...Teams that have staked out their alliegence to the Amerikan Reich or the Resistance movement will see the results change the strategic map over time, as the two powers fight over Florida - one corner of the greater war underway for the liberation of Amerika." -Mac McLaughlin, Mindgame Productions

The campaign is set to conclude in Feb. 2013.

Check out the after-action reports on the forum here.

Players assembled for briefing (Photo: Shwell)

Keeping Score: Axis vs. Allies

The Spear of Destiny (Photo: Allyson Capecea) 

A "tank" (Photo: Chantal Jost)

Check out more photos from the event here, here, here, and here.

A nice recap of the event was posted in an article on Airsoft Squared, here.

Video, part 1 (by Shwell):


Video, part 2 (by Shwell):


For more information about Amerika and other MGP events, visit the Mindgame Productions web site.

Next TacOps: March 2012

TacOps (March 2012)

CSENTRI Training Facility

Orlando, FL

$50 per person / Pre-registration only

March 10, 2012

Register Here
Download Players Pack Here!

MGP is back again at the CSENTRI facility in Orlando, Florida for another round of intense Airsoft Close Quarter Battle! 80,000 square feet of rooms, hallways and stairs... numbers are limited to maximize tactical movement options for teams. The event is for participants 18+ and full face protection is required!

Teams will register by uniform and we will rotate the force mix throughout the day to allow a variety of opponents and a range of tactical situations. Games will include full-facility scenarios as well as sub-section games with several smaller engagements going on at once. We’ll include pistol/shotgun games and low-light scenarios as well, so be sure to bring a tactical light or night-vision.

Also plan for a round of "hunt the groom" with our fellow airsofter Doug Brittain's bachelor party gang on March 10!

Uniforms and Units
Black, Multi-Cam, Urban, Olive Drab, Woodland

Special Rules and Requirements
- A red chem.-light or red lens flashlight is a REQUIRED safety item in this facility as a red dead-rag alone is not always visible in the darkened hallways.

- Face protection is required. Rigid protection such as a paintball style mask, a mesh lower-face mask, chemical respirator covering the lower face below protective goggles are all recommended options. A balaclava or shemagh is acceptable as a soft cover alternative. Protect your teeth and face as this is a CLOSE QUARTER BATTLE situation.

- Please remember that ANSI rated, full-seal eye-protection is required! Eye-protection must have a foam or rubber gasket to create a seal against the face. Mesh is permitted only if prescription glasses or shooting glasses are worn beneath the mesh goggles. Mesh or shooting glasses alone are not sufficient.

- Standard MGP CQB rules are in effect regarding FPS limits, and safety protocol (ie 400fps with 0.2g)

- No smoke grenades allowed but Thunder-Bs, Tornado Grenades, TLSFX Grenades and GREGGS (Grenade Eggs) acceptable. Please use BBs in GREGGS... No rice or popcorn please to minimize potential of rodents.

- No High-Cap or Box mags except for approved SAWs. All other weapons must run mid or low-cap mags only!

- No sniper weapons are permitted due to close quarters of the facility.

- Pre-registration only as names must be turned into site security prior to the event. Players must be 18 years of age or older by March 10, 2012.

Kick off event to the Amerika Campaign this Saturday!

Last week for advance (discount) registration!

Amerika 

February 25th , 2012

Waynes World of Paintball, Ocala FL

$35 online pre-registration / $40 onsite registration

Download Players Pack here!

Register Online here!

When the D-Day landing fell apart on the bombers over Moscow brought Stalin to sign a ceasefire in 1945. German and Japanese troops landed on the east and west coasts of the United States in 1946, ripping through the broad heartlands with strategic atomic strikes that neutralized massed US resistance. Working feverishly, the Manhattan project was able to complete its work from new facilities in Calgary and the remnants of the United States and Canada detonated atomic weapons against German forces near Colorado Springs and Rapid City. By the time the cease-fire was signed in 1949, all that remained of the United States was a crippled handful of states in the Pacific North-West and east along the Canadian border to North Dakota.

Over 60 years later, the citizens of chafe under the control of Berlin and the Amerikanisches Reichsgovernor. Crop failures and inability to meet industrial production quotas have increased the pressure from Berlin. Deadly force has quelled protests against the Reichsgovernor, until the embers of resistance flashed to open flame in the Reichstaat of Florida, rapidly spreading through other regions of the Amerikan Reich. The campaign has begun as the Alliance of Free America, Canada and Cuba join their regular troops with the freedom fighters of the underground resistance movement. The fight to liberate Amerika has begun!

UNIFORMS and Units
Free American Troops - Woodland
Free American Rangers - ACU
Canadian Forces - Urban Digital
Cuban Troops - Olive Drab
Resistance Fighters - Civilian Clothing

9th PanzerGrenadier Division - Flecktarn / Woodland MARPAT
1st Fallshirmjager Division - MultiCam
AfrikaCorps - Desert Patterns
Amerikan SS Division (Charles Lindbergh) - Black

USMSC at MegaCon 2012

We had a blast at MegaCon this year with the United States Marine Space Corps in Orlando, FL. Some of my favorite moments, captured here:

Mac briefing a group of players before they go into the simulation. 

USMSC group photo

NPCs

It's THAT guy

A team prepares to enter the simulation

Wasteland 3 Event!

Wasteland 3

November 5-6, 2011

Waynes World of Paintball

Ocala, FL

$40 pre-registration / $50 day of the event

Register for the event here!

Download the Wasteland Survival Guide (Players Pack) here!

Welcome back to the Wasteland! The Wasteland 3 is the next installment of MGP’s successful Wasteland event series. The Wasteland is an alternate reality event based on the FallOut computer games. The setting is an area around the ruins of Washington DC, two hundred years after a devastating nuclear war.

The FallOut world is not quite our own. It is an alternate reality that diverged from ours at some point after the second World War. The base concept for the setting is the World of Tomorrow as imagined in the Golden Age of Science Fiction. This means that before the Great War, the FallOut world was more or less what the people of the 1940s and 1950s thought things would be like in 2077. The most important event in the FallOut setting was the Great War which happened on October 23, 2077.

Our game continues in the Capitol Wasteland of 2282. The Capital Wastes were abuzz with news that the dreaded Slavers of Paradise Falls had been crushed by a force from the West. The joy was short-lived, however when the true nature of The Legion was revealed. Originating from the deserts of the south-west, the Legion is a cruel, highly militarized slaver society based on the old Roman Empire. Other tribes and communities are forced to join the Legion and its way or life, or be destroyed and enslaved. The Legion’s westward expansion was halted at the Colorado River by the New California Republic. The God Mars spoke to Caesar in a dream and said that his path to domination would be assured if he could capture the seat of the Old American Republic and prove his right to rule. Caesar has assembled a sizable army, marching them for months across the ruined and hostile countryside, to seize the Capital Wasteland.

The self-proclaimed saviors of America, the Enclave, have mobilized their forces to deal with this direct threat to the old Capital region. Wastelanders and communities of survivors scramble to arm themselves as these two armies prepare to battle over the Capital Wastes while the Regulators and Reilly’s Rangers try to maintain order and protect those too weak to help themselves. Talon Company and groups of raiders watch the gathering clouds of war with an appreciative eye for contracts and loot. Supermutants hungrily watch the growing supply of human flesh for their gore-bags.

Fame, fortune and relics of pre-war technology await! Welcome to the Capitol Wasteland!

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Cost for advance, online registration is $40. Note that several factions have restricted registration and may be unavailable for walk-on players. Sign up in advance to lock in your team and save money! Onsite registration is $50. Pay attention to uniform requirements! They will be enforced! The Wasteland 3 is a MGP Legacy Game, open to players 16+. Players must be 16 years of age or older by November 5, 2011. Wasteland is a 24 hour game starting the morning of Saturday, Nov. 5 and concluding the morning of Sunday, Nov. 5.

The Hive 2 

CSENTRI Training Facility Orlando, Fl 

$60 per person / Pre-registration only 

October 15, 2011 

 Register for the Hive here 

 Registration Closes Thursday, October 13th at Midnight! 

 Download Players Pack here 

Six months ago… At approximately 1657 hrs, April 22, 2011 the biohazard alarm sensor in Lab K-7 detected a release of experimental virus T-02271. Whatever the cause, the highly unstable T-02271 variant vaporized at room temperature and was rapidly drawn into the air circulation system. The contaminated laboratory level was immediately shutdown by the Hive’s AI, but the virus was sweeping into other levels of the facility. One level after another shut down amidst alarm klaxons and the screams of panicked employees. Teams of Raccoon City’s elite STARS unit descended into the Hive on the morning of April 23, to rescue workers trapped in the bowels of the facility. Heavily armed troops from Umbrella Corps Biological Containment Service went in as well to recover critical company research property. Only a handful returned alive to the surface.

The Hive was sealed behind massive blast doors and put under permanent watch by the Umbrella Corporation. As the months passed, and due to the efforts of the Umbrella Corporation public affairs team, the incident was all but forgotten to the general public as an unfortunate industrial accident. 

[Read more here]