Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The Airsoft Bible: Book of Tactics



So here I am working on the book of tactics.  The problem is that every time I read through it I think, oh wait!  I forgot to mention this, or that.  I glance through my other books or web sites of tactics, from paintball, to USMC to Army to Airsoft and I see sections and think, oh, yea, I need to include a section on this, or that.

I have a LOT of books on Tactics.  I never realized quite how many I have.  Probably because as I read through them I realize they are lacking in some area and I really like learning different techniques and tactics.  Lots of good ones though.  I'm quickly getting to the point where I am going to have to make a decision and limit additional sections.  I'll have to save them for the re-release if I'm ever going to release the first one.  I'm not exactly thrilled with this decision though because I think the current plan will be to release the e-book, let it simmer for a month or two, get feed back and then update things and release the paper back for the people who don't get the whole technology thing.  When I need a break from one of the other books I can revisit it and update it.

I figure the paperbacks will be as-is without any significant updates until the full Bible comes out, which will incorporate any and all changes to e-books since the beginning.  I expect the full Bible will also include a lot of pictures from games, players, etc.  I see this project taking many months, possibly years.  Should be interesting.

The Book of Tactics will be focused on Firefights, pre-firefight and post-firefight.  It is not about individual skills and tactics (which will be in The Airsoft Bible:  Book of the Warrior) or on team deployment, organization or strategic actions (The Airsoft Bible:  Book of Generals), yet all three overlap.  It covers in detail things you just don't find in many tactics manuals as well.  It takes tactics and doctrines from several different militaries and branches and covers the strengths and weaknesses AS THEY APPLY TO AIRSOFT and/or Paintball.

The book is very educational for me as well, because as I write it I am going to games, watching other players and more closely observing their tactics (or lack thereof in some cases).  Good stuff.  Should be very interesting to get feed back on.

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