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New & Restocked items at The Citadel Pro Shop

Echo 1 Troy MRF-C



Echo-1 Troy MRF-MX

Socom Gear "Larry Vickers" M4 with 12" Daniel Defense Reciever & DDM4RIS


Echo 1 Red Star AK Covert AEG


Echo 1 AKM Wood Stock


Restocks on UTG Tactical Flashlights, UTG Shootgun Shells (Finally!) and King Arms AK Mags (5 pack)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to be a member of The Citadel to play?
Yes, you do have to be a member, but membership is only $20.00 per year.
You can download a copy of The Citadel Membership form here.
You can download a copy of The Citadel Safety Waiver form here.


How much does it cost to play once I am a member?
Tuesday nights are $20 (If you bring a friend, you both play for $20)
Friday nights are $25 (Women play for free on Friday night!)
Saturday play is $25
Sunday play is $25
NOTE: Special events and training events are priced differently. (Price posted with the event information)


Can I use my own BB’s when I come to play?
You can bring your own BBs and use them, provided that they are quality BBs. Here is the current list of banned bbs:

Banned BB list 2/15/2011:

• Any Crosman Brand BB
  
• Gameface BBs / Marking Ammo
  
• Any metal or glass BBs
  
• Any graphite or ceramic BBs

What does this change mean for Chrono? You will be required to Chrono with our magazines, or leave room in yours for a few pumps from our speed loaders at chrono. The last thing we want is someone running 400 with .43s on the field. If you do not pass chrono with our bbs (.20′s) you would not pass with anything heavier.



Can I rent an Airsoft gun?
You can rent an Airsoft gun from The Citadel. Model will vary based on availability and are rented on a first come first served basis. Each rental includeds a full face mask and 500 BBs. Please check with us if you will need to rent a gun to ensure we will have one available for you.

Gun Rentals are $20
NOTE: The field fee and the rental fee are separate!


What is The Citadel FPS limit?
Please see our safety rules here.

Do I have to use Mid-Cap Magazines?
We would prefer that everyone use mid capacity magazines. In some games they are mandatory, but not for open skirmishes. If you do not have any mid-cap magazines, we may allow you one high-cap instead.

We do this to be new player friendly. Mid-Cap magazines are available for most AEGs in a variety of sizes and are fairly inexpensive by the box.

What is an Open Skirmish?
An open skirmish is a type of event at The Citadel that involves quick half-hour games with varying goals divided up into rounds. This type of game is quick and easy for new players and fun for new and veteran players alike.

What is a “Special Event”?
Special Events at The Citadel are structured game events that usually involve a theme or storyline and are usually referred to as an “Operation”. Events of this type are much more involved and will have more complex goals and challenges.

Do I have to wear a “Full Face Mask”?
Please see our safety rules here.

What clothing should I wear when I come to play?
Aside from comfortable boots (or sneakers), make sure to wear a long-sleeved shirt and long pants. Beyond that, gloves are a wise investment. Mechanic-style gloves work great. For an open skirmish, you do not have to wear any particular camouflage color or pattern. Sticking to green, tan or black is a good idea; otherwise, wear what you are comfortable with.

Note that for Special Events, the clothing rules may be different, but they will be posted with the event information.


What is a “Close Kill” or a “Close Kill Rule”?
Please see our safety rules here.

What does “Call your hits” mean?
You will usually hear “Call your hits” when a player shoots another and the shot player does not seem to notice they have been hit. If somebody is yelling this at you, chances are you have been hit. Call yourself out and go re-spawn or wait for a medic.

Do you allow “Shooting Glasses” or “Shooters” as they are sometimes called?
Please see our safety rules here.

Can I use “Smoke” grenades at The Citadel?
Please see our safety rules here.

Can I use “Noise Makers” and/or other distraction devices at The Citadel?
They are not only allowed, they are highly encouraged. As long as they are gas-operated and do not produce a sound above 120db, they are fine. You may NOT use any noise maker that uses pyrotechnics or “blanks”.

For BB Grenades -what is the rule? If you are behind hard cover, are you still out?
As long as the grenade goes off (bbs come out) the range is ‎10ft and hard cover blocks them..

For BB Shower style Grenades, (Like M203 style or S-Thunder) what is the rule?
If you are hit by BBs from it, you are out.


Riot Shields
Riot Shields are not equal to Class III+ Ballistic Shields….. and even those cannot take sustained fire from assault rifles before they degrade and become a liability (or break your arm).

Riot Shields give some protection against small caliber pistols but mostly from bottles/rocks/etc. In real life, they are not an effective means of protection against rifle rounds, certainly not sustained automatic fire.
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Riot_shield
http://en.wikipedia....allistic_shield

Riot Shields are not to be used in The Citadel. If they are used, they are considered part of your gear, and according to game rules, gear hits eliminate you from play.

Do you have a driving map?

From Route 290 East get off at Exit 14 and take a right at the end of the ramp onto Grafton St (Rt 122), and the first light (at Walgreens) take a right onto the access road that leads into our rear parking lot. From Route 290 West get off at Exit 14, and either take a right onto Grafton Street and follow the directions above, or continue to Franklin Street (diner on corner) and take a right, then take a right onto Suffolk St after the David Clark building and then a right into our front parking lot.

Where can I park?


Before 5pm a few cars parking to access the pro-shop is fine if you park along the Brick wall or the fence is not a big deal. After 5pm the map above is accurate. Also please at no time park in front of the loading docks, the fire lanes, or any other places marked as a no-parking zone.

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Outdoor Field is go! How can you help?!...

We have completed the permit process and are GO! for Citadel Outdoors in Sutton MA. This will be an outdoor CQB field, not a woodland field. A lot of people have asked us how they can help, and we will need your help to get up and operational as fast as possible.

Mostly we need manpower, and stuff to make this happen. We also need money (like everything in the world). So here are ways you can help.

1. We will be having build/cleanup days in May and early June. Show up, bring some basic tools and we will gladly put you to work! You will get fed, and get other perks from us for helping out including free games and other things for those who go all out! Also if you are a licensed contractor of some sort and are willing to work with us in a cost friendly manner we need you for a few projects! Please please email us!!!

2. We need stuff, tools, building supplies, etc. If you work in the trades and have extra building materials, nails, screws, tools, or other props that would work well on the outdoor field WE NEED IT!!!

3. While I never say no to free money we would prefer you just come and play at the indoor field, buy stuff from us instead of big-box online, and support us that way so you are directly getting something for your hard earned money. If you really want to directly support us we won't say no, and we will hook you up of course but please just come an extra few times to play, or buy some stuff from us!


General Field Info

Location: 100 Worcester-Providence Turnpike, Sutton MA
Size: ~10ac
Hours: Probably Sat/Sun afternoons, and some weekday afternoons during the summer. Winter we will reduce hours but still plan to be open.
Costs: Same as the indoor site.
Shop: We will have a small presence for BBs, Gas, Rental Gear, etc but our main shop will remain at the field in Worcester MA.
Basic Rules: Same as our indoor field with some modifications. BIO BBS ONLY!!!
Special Events: Of course! Milsim, Thematic, and otherwise.
When: Soft Opening in June, Grand Opening shortly after.

We will be building on the old Drive-In site. Our goal is to build between 50-100 shanties/shacks on the site with a few larger 'buildings' as well. The goal is to keep it as re-configurable as possible to keep it fresh. This is a MOUT/CQB/CQC site, not an attempt at a woodland field.

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Back in Stock - KWA ATP Pistols and Magazines,...

Back in stock!

KWA ATP Pistol! (Addition Magazines available)



We also have CO2 magazines for WE Hi-Camp's and CO2 Magazines for the WE M92!

Plus a ton of restocks on MAGPUL items!!!

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Citadel Outdoor Field Info !

As many of you know we are in the process of opening an outdoor field of our very own. We figured the time was right to review some details and answer some more questions.

We are opening a 10 Acre outdoor MOUT/CQB field at 100 Worcester-Providence Turnpike, Sutton MA. Yes this is the old drive-in on 146 South. The total build for this location will allow the construction of around 100 'shanties' although the first build wave will be around 1/2 that number.

Why are we doing MOUT/CQB? That is a simple one to answer, there are plenty of quality woodland fields in New England. RPC, UBG, Warzone, StratPlus, GroundZero, and many other part-time fields as well. The Citadel is known for CQB and this is a natural extension. We will continue to look for properties for a large woodland site down the road to provide all types of game experiences to our players. There is some woods available on the site and it will be used but the focus is clearly on the MOUT site.

We will not be using any of the existing structures for player use. They are quite run down and rehabilitating them is not in the cards during the first phase of getting things running. So no rappelling down the screen

Our intention is the field will operate on Saturday and Sunday mid-days weather permitting, there is little point in being open outdoors for a day of solid rain. Fortunately we have a lovely indoor field 15 minutes away. During vacations and the Summer we will also open up 1-2 weekdays/weeknights as well.

There will be no 'store' at the site, we will have BBs, Gas, Drinks, Rental Gear, and a few other things for sale but this is really just a field.

When will this be open? How far along is this? We have our lease in place and are waiting for a final Sutton Zoning Board public hearing on May 3d. If you live in the town of Sutton and can come to the meeting and support us that would be awesome! Please contact us at info@citadelairsoft.com.

Things will progress quickly if we want get this approval. Our goal is to hold a grand opening on Memorial Day weekend, with a fallback plan of a Fourth of July weekend grand-opener.

We will obviously be looking for help from people for the buildout. You would have to be over 18, and ideally have tools to bring down as that is what slows us down.

I will be uploading a bunch of additional photos soon.

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School Vacation Week

We know its school vacation week. Its always busy and as much as we would like to be able to let anyone who wants to come and play in, we do have to set limits on how many players we have on the play floor for safety and to ensure games stay fun.

We hate turning away customers, but it happens. The best way to make sure you will be able to play is to buy your ticket in advance.

Want to make sure you don't get shut out of all the fun for upcoming open skirmishes?

CLICK HERE AND BUY A TICKET

Help us help you!

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sunday april 15

Please be advised the The Citadel will be closed Sunday april 15th because of our outdoor game - Operation Blackjack.

We will be open for our normal scedule again on Tuesday April 17th schedule

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Operation: Blackjack April 15th 2012

Codename Blackjack, a CIA signals intelligence mission over North Korea has gone terribly wrong. After collecting very valuable intelligence on North Korea's nuclear capabilities and procedures during a missile drill the spy aircraft went down just off the coast of North Korea. The pilot at EWO made landfall and Delta Force was sent in on a SAR mission to extract them and their blackbox but their escape plan has been compromised by North Korean naval and air assets leaving them stuck in hostile territory.

China was monitoring North Korean airspace and through their intelligence has realized what has happened. China has sent in an elite force to capture the blackbox from the US Airmen, capture them and use them as a bargaining chip with the US. The North Koreans also are searching for the US Airmen but are unaware of their covert mission or the Chinese involvement as well.

This is a MilSim event and many MilSim rules will be in use.


Game Info

$35 , no membership required, waivers required

Check-In starts at 11am

Formup at 12:30pm

Game from 1pm - 6pm

Buy your ticket here: http://opblackjack.eventbrite.com/

Uniform Rules

Chinese PLA Commandos
Uniform: Tan Patterns (Desert, Multicam, ATACS Arid, etc) NO GREEN RIGS.
Comm Channels: FRS 3,4,5

North Korean Army
Uniform: Green Patterns (Woodland, Marpat, Cadpat, etc) NO TAN RIGS
Comm Channels: FRS 6,7,8

Roleplayers - US Airmen / Delta
Uniform: Urban Digital


General Rules (subject to change)

Riflemen - 400fps with .20g BB, Semi-Auto Only (10ft MED)

SAW Gunners (1 per 5 riflemen) - 400fps with .20g BBs (10ft MED)

Scout-Snipers - 2 person team, 500fps with .20g BBs 75ft MED (Radios Required), One Sniper, one spotter with Rifleman rules.

Grenades - All grenades including thunder-B 10ft kill radius unless hard cover.

Medic Rules - 1 Medic per 10 rifleman, must be marked with a red +. 60 seconds uninterrupted to bring a player back in play.

Respawn Rules - Group-Spawn, you need at least 3 people in a group to respawn

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Sunday Bunny Sunday!!!

This Sunday April 8th!

http://sundayskirmish.eventbrite.com/

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Friday Night Firefight!

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