$19 for a Kids’ Paintball Package at Stormin Norman’s Paintball Adventures ($39.20 Value) [groupon.com]

Paintball evolved from the days when Michelangelo challenged da Vinci to a duel with the slap of a watercoloured glove. Defy foes using Pollock-esque weaponry with today?s Groupon: for $19, you get a kids? paintball package at Stormin Norman?s Paintball Adventures [storminnormanpaintball.com] (a $39.20 value) on Vancouver Island.
For 29 years, Stormin Norman?s has loaded ammo into hue-spewing machines on more than 11 acres of open, rustic terrain [gr.pn]. Kids of all experience levels can pull the trigger on finger-painting?s untamed cousin with up to 2.5 hours of colourful manhunts [gr.pn] overseen by referees. Today's package snares a paintball gun, 200 paintballs, safety goggles, and a pair of coveralls for fuss-free controlled frenzy. Obtain package upgrades [gr.pn] at additional cost to benefit from a snazzy camouflage jacket or a portable force field of stretched canvas. Stop by and visit the facility?s new seven-acre course on Sooke Highway, with mountaintops that facilitate birds?-eye views on enemy camps and bald-spot bull's-eyes.

Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per visit. Reservation required; subject to availability. Must sign waiver. Tax included.