What Is Archery Tag & How Is It Played? 

If your family loves to watch movies featuring bows and arrows such as Robin Hood or the Hunger Games, we have a fun activity for your next backyard party, graduation, birthday, or family reunion – Archery Tag! 

This safe and fun game combines the needed agility of and aim of dodgeball with the skill and athleticism of paintball! It is the best of both worlds! 

With the comprehensive Archery Tag set up, instructions, and equipment from Seacoast Events, your backyard party can go from uninspired and boring to exciting and entertaining! 

What Are the Rules of Archery Tag?

Archery Tag starts by setting up two teams usually consisting of five or so players spaced on opposite sides of each other. The two teams square off with the ultimate goal of tagging the opposing team with the foam-tipped arrows as often as possible during each round. Each hit with an arrow is worth one point while catching an opposing team member’s arrow is worth a coveted 3 points. The team with the most “tags” at the end of each 7 minute session wins! 

Set up consists of splitting up your playing field (discussed further below) into three sections. Two sections should be 30′ long by 50′ wide, and one area should be 20′ Long by 50′ Wide. This last area is your neutral zone that separates the two teams. No players should enter the neutral zone during play as this keeps them at least 20 feet from each other to allow for shooting or being hit by a foam arrow.

While you may want to make your own specific rules, normally each player starts with two arrows with foam tips for safety and once they use those they must gather arrows from the field of play adding a sense of danger by leaving the safety of hiding places to gather much needed arrows.

What Size Field or Backyard Do I Need? 

Depending upon whether you are hosting a backyard party, a school function, or having an outing at a park, most spaces that are approximately 100’ long and ​​about 50” wide will work for this game. 

Fields, parks, gyms, multipurpose spaces, and even a typical backyard will work as long as there are no over hanging trees, poles or obstructions that could cause a safety issue. 

What Seacoast Events Includes in Archery Tag

The best part of playing Archery Tag with your friends and family using Seacoast Events is that we take care of all of the set up, clean up and equipment you will need to have a fun time! We provide: 

• 6 Team Bunkers which allow teams to hide and evade being hit
• Field Markers to delineate in and out of bounds
• 10 Archery Tag Bows for two teams of five
• 30 Archery Tag Arrows with safety foam tips
• 10 Archery Tag Safety Masks for each player for protection of eyes and face
• 10 Arm Guards
• And 2 Referees/Event Managers to run your game

The Benefits of Archery Tag 

If you love playing games, this one’s for you. Not only is Archery Tag fast-paced and exciting, it is great for people of all ages and skill levels. No one needs to be an expert marksman and sessions are broken into 7 minute sessions allowing everyone a few minutes to breath and collect arrows in between. 

Adults, children and young adults all love this game and want to play it again and again. Talk to our team about how you can plan your next Archery Tag day of fun!