P & L Paintball

Hands down the BEST place to play paintball in all of Mew England! Friendly staff ready to help you with anything you need. Great for all skill levels. Every kids dream to have a birthday party in the multilevel ghost town. A dozen fields in the woods making up some of the best terrain for groups large and small. Pro shop has everything you need for repairs or rentals.
Pro Tip: check the schedule for a the Big Game events. Hundreds of players come to P&L to play in scenario style games.

I love playing at PNL paintball. The game types are good, the fields are AWESOME, and pricing is competitive.

I had a great time painballing here today but it could have been way better. My group tried to use the groupon but in the end we still forked over $ 152 in paint (for 3 people) and 2 masks. When we walked in to the store we handed in our waivers and a gift certificate and explained how we were using the groupon. Here’s where we got confused; as the man working the counter was talking to us another employee was testing a gun in this very small shop with a low ceiling so you couldnt hear anything. We’d called ahead to make sure we would only be paying $ 30 tops. The way rentals worked was «all or nothing» so I was forced to buy a mask. And, of course they were out of the cheapest mask ($ 15) so i had to pay $ 20! This place is crazy expensive and i swear they care more about money than attracting customers. Also, the paint you have to buy from them isnt allowed in their own guns! The sets they have to play games of paint ball are pretty sweet but i really dont think it was worth the money. Dont bother with the snack shack. The referees do a good job explaining rules of games but they are not so good at enforcement. I’m giving this place 2 stars for their money based interests and confusing service. I had a good time but I dont think i would go again anytime soon, i’d rather play in my friends back yard.

Went there last weekend and had a good time. Wait time between games was not that bad and I like the structures they had. Ref was good, he got us private matches on all the different fields. Rental equipment seems to be getting a bit old and paint is a bit much. but both are minor grips overall.

I haven’t played paintball in 10 years. My Angel speed 05 and nasty shocker was top of the line back in the day. Once, I got there, the guy (Greg) in the proshop that took care of the waivers remembered me. I was shock. He was a kid when I met him. Then when I walked down the field… the owner Mike came up to me and shook my hand and said «Long time no see Willie». I felt I was a VIP there. Prices dropped alot since I played. I use to use RP Scherer that cost about $ 120 a case and now its Valken for $ 55.
After a couple of games… my «antique» shocker and angel took out alot of players against these new guns. LOL. I will be back soon.

I’ve been coming here for a couple years now and I’ve always had a great time. The refs are amazing they always do the best to make it a fair and honest game. I’ll always continue to go here when I get a chance especially when they have their annual Take the Town.

This review is most relevant to private groups.
It was $ 100 extra for the group to be private (so for 8 of us about $ 12 extra each)
Our ref was really cool and let us play a variety of games each on a different field. The fields were really fun and varied quite a bit.
All in all it was a good value for paintball and is a great place for a group.
We bought a living social deal for this place. The deal got us all our rental equipment, but we each had to buy our own paint for $ 30 and plus the private group cost. So just over $ 40 per person for a full day of small group paintballing.
The cost was definitely hidden from us as presented in the living social deal, but was still less expensive than it would be somewhere else.
I can’t comment on the public group play, but for a private group I’d definitely return here again.

Pros: The variety of fields (including Ghost Town), game attendance can be from tiny (5v5) to huge (30 v 30+), the refs are fair, helpful, and have a great sense of humor.
Cons: Jacked up rental paint prices, no outside paint allowed, cash only while you’re out on the fields (paint, upgrades, food)
Was shot 6x once I surrendered and the ref banned the offender, just as he should have been. Obviously the poor refs weren’t on the field that day.

Been here on and off. The staff is nice enough. People have said this place is expensive, I really don’t know what they are talking about. They are about the same prices as the other locations, if not a little lower. I have rented, okay prices, but now used my own equipment, which does help out a decent amount. The Pro shop has all your basics covered, anything you need, they probably have it.
This place is probably best known for their ghost town. Two story set up with a jail house in the middle with one other structure, smilier to an old western town. Several other decent sized fields. With busier days, sometimes there can be a bit of waiting for field use. Its not bad though. I’m usually a walk on. I’ve always meet friendly players there, every now and then few kids lacking basic manners. Overall good experience. Recommend for first timers.
For some of the cons listed in other reviews, first off you are there to play. Basic prep for an active day outside, I bring my own drinks. With few other guys there, have ordered pizza for delivery to the field. As for wiping and cheating, I have never experienced any of this. If they do, bonus balls? Now the only actual con that should be mentioned is the lack of an air field, which means no speedball.

Plenty of courses, variety of games, friendly staff.
Expensive, but paintball is expensive everywhere.
If you are going to go, especially for a first time, this is the place

its the only paintball place near me. The kids that work there are unprofessional. The place is pricey and rental are not worth it

I had never been paint balling before… actually I bought a paintball gun back in the day when it first was hot, never actually used it, sold it. thank god the mischief I would have caused if I knew how cool it was earlier.
The first time I went was with over 30 people for a bachelor party not really knowing what to expect. The place had tons of fields, a ghost town, enough to keep your fingers cramped from pulling the trigger and keeping boredom at bay. Ref’s were wicked cool

I’ve gone here for a couple of years (in the spring/​summers) and I’ve had a pretty good experience. My fiancé is the one who got me into playing and while I was nervous at first, I’ve found the sport to be enjoyable and exciting!
I have to say that P & L has a fair amount of fields to play on (as well as a ghost town) so that you can get a good experience and different types of games. Some are in the woods, some on more open fields.
Your experience will depend largely on the other people playing (in an open game) and on the refs. I’ve played with some really cool people and also some real jerks. That means the people are either fair and respectful or they cheat (don’t call themselves out after being shot) and don’t mind causing you to have bleeding wounds (from shooting you at a close range instead of asking you to surrender).
I’ve found most of the refs to be cool and fair. I find the older the ref, the more experience and the better they are as refs. Usually most games only have one or two refs, so they can’t be everywhere and they do their best to keep teams and games fair.
I have my own equipment and luckily, my fiancé knows what is good to get and I have a nice gun, etc. but overall playing this sport is expensive. We buy paint at P&L and get the cheapest they have and don’t have too many problems. We’ve brought our own paint and it’s not that much cheaper. I am not sure how much it costs to rent a gun.
I never buy snacks on site but it’s a good idea to bring granola bars or trail mix to snack on in between games. We bring water and Gatorade. I’ve even seen people have a pizza delivered! We usually eat a big meal after spending the day playing.
Don’t forget paper towels and a water bottle with a spray head to clean your masks and guns between games! People often seem to leave out these items! They do come in handy and we tend to bring a big chest of tools, extra parts, etc.
Overall I have enjoyed my times at P&L!

PnL has a lot of build up, but the organization is really poor. The owner is money-​focused so everything is expensive and they «ban» everything except the wierd brand of balls they sell which are totally overpriced. Gas is free which is nice. The snack shop is useless. The guy took 10 minutes to give me a coke and I was the only one in line, figure that out.
The big problem with PnL is that the games are poorly organized. The refs do absolutely nothing so cheating is rampant. Most of the game is kids screaming at each other about hits. A lot of players wipe routinely. The games are way too long (45 minutes+) so you often run out of ammo or gas. There are long delays between games so there is a boredom factor. Also, they allow multiple «lives» so you eliminate a guy and 10 seconds later he is shooting at you again so 90% of the games end in stalemates. Also, with multiple «lives» everybody has marks all over them so it makes it easier for the cheaters (who are abundant). The team discrimination is by yellow tape tied around one arm which is very hard to see and often you have no idea if you are shooting at a teammate or not.
The fields are overbuilt with a lot of structures and are on the small side. This combined with the one-​game-​at-​a-​time system results in massive overpopulation and automatic stalemates. There is a ghost town, it looks cool, but it is the worst game. Everyone cheats and there is no way to tell who is an enemy. One guy on my team had like 10 hits on him and he was running around shooting out of windows. It was a joke.

One of the best fields in the New England area in my opinion. I have been paintballing for seven years and P&L is the the place to be. No matter what game you want to play, the referee will cycle to that field as long as you ask. From Woodsball, urban, to speedball.
Downside:
The only con I’ve encountered is if people reserve private games. They can sometimes hog a field to two hours. P&L also closes early as well since they are an outdoor facility, but I’ve heard the referees talking about night game set ups in the near future.

I’ve been doing a tour of paintball fields within an hour of Boston and this place has the best woodsball fields. They have at least 6 fields, and some incredible 2 and 3 story structures/​towns to play from. Their speedball field is mediocre, made of big wooden spools. Pro-​shop is good, decent prices and the repair techs are super helpful. On the downside, they charge $ 100 a case for paintballs, most expensive place around for paint. But if you have your own equipment, you can bring your own paint and the field/​air fees are pretty reasonably priced.