Paintball is like a production of Hamlet: it's exciting, demanding, and by the end everyone has pretend-died. Take paintball arms against a sea of troubles with today's Groupon: for $44, you get two Extreme Saver paintball packages at Matt's Outback Paintball in Coventry (an $88 value). Each package includes:

• Rental of a Proto SLG electric marker
• Air tank
• Extreme Rage electronic hopper
• Proto Switch mask rental
• 250 paint balls
• Chest-protector rental
  
  

At Matt's Outback Paintball, players orchestrate tactical, technicolor strikes against rival teams in classic paintball, speedball, and x-ball games. Pigment warriors aged 10 and up stalk through 17 acres of woods, camping out in four two-story forts and unleashing an artful attack on unsuspecting enemies and the occasional disoriented bird watcher. Patrons can undertake a diversity of paintball games on both indoor and outdoor battlegrounds, including a tire field, a seven-man speedball field, and two fields for x-ball––a game in which teams vie to bring a flag from the center of the field to the opponents' starting station. Chest protectors and masks keep paintball platoon members safe from direct contact with the colorful ammunition, and extra ammo may be purchased (not covered by today's Groupon) to prevent chromatic commandos from desperately defending themselves with handfuls of crushed blueberries.