We might have talk about this before but I came across this site today: bandguns.com/
I was roughtly aware of bandgun combat in the SCA but this was the first time I’ve ever gotten a good look at how it worked.
I think these things look great and they certainly open up some possibilities for new kinds of combat-LARPs that we haven’t explored yet, such as campaigns set in the colonial era or an industrial fantasy setting. They’re nicer and look more relibable than most rubber band guns and anything is better than calls. Who wouldn’t love to see a group of players standing in a line and releasing a volley of bands?
I would be happy to face a shot fired by one of these. There would be some safety concerns such as figuring out what the minimum range that one should fire one of these at would be, but overall surgical tubing doesn’t look much more dangerous than padded melee. Has anyone ever been shot by one of these?
So how would people feel if there was a game using these? Would you play in it?