A paintball is basically a capsule of dye made from vegetable oil that comes in different colors and and a few variations. It is used in military style combat games that consist of teams playing against each other. The players of each team have to eliminate the opposing team players by shooting paintballs at them. When a paintball hits a player he is then eliminated frome the game. Variations of the games are noted below.

Capture the Flag
This is a classic paintball game. This game includes two opposing teams where each team must acquire the opponents flag and hang their flag on a designated location. During the game process the players of the each team must protect their own flag.

Center Flag
This game is similar to capture the flag with one difference. The flag to be captured is hung in the centre of the playing field. The teams fight to capture the flag and hang it on a designated location somewhere on the opponents base.

Elimination
This game requires the elimination of all the members of the opposition. The objective is to hit the players of the opposing team and get them all eliminated. Whichever team eliminates all the players of the opposing team wins the game.