Editing Scenario paintball (section)

=== Origins ===

Scenario paintball developed from the woodland capture-the-flag games that characterised the sport's early years.

An early example was ''Operation CIA (Cash in Action)'', reportedly organised by Wayne Dollack in 1985. According to a retrospective history based on Dollack's recollections, the game involved 38 participants attempting to capture a tower defended by an opposing team.

The game lasted approximately eight hours and incorporated an objective beyond the conventional elimination of opposing players.[2]

Dollack subsequently developed more elaborate games incorporating night-time play, fictional characters and elements adapted from tabletop role-playing games.

These developments helped establish the mission-based and role-playing formats that became associated with scenario paintball.