A slide-show showing paintball history. For more visit: http://history.paintballx3.com The game of paintball is not even 30 years old, yet already its recorded history is thin. The game's early details are few and far between. Sadly there is so much misinformation regarding the history of paintball on the internet. Back in 1981 when that first multi-player game was held in the woods of New Hampshire there was no internet, there were no digital cameras, and no one thought to pack a video camera. So we knew it was time. Time to make preserving the game's history a priority. In the process of putting this website together we've interviewed many of the game's early players, including some of the first game's participants and those credited with founding the game