November 28, 2022November 28, 2022

Houston Arcade Expo Recap

Well, another legendary Week of WPPRS culminating with the Space City Open and Women’s Interstellar Showdown is officially on the books!

**Congratulations to our open winners:**
1. Colin MacAlpine, 2. Jim Mueller, 3. Tim Sexton, and 4. Mark Meserve

**Belle’s Interstellar Showdown Champions:**
1. Tracy Abrahams, 2. Lee Ann Scardina, 3. Elizabeth Savoie Dronet, 4. Emily Hoffman

It can’t be understated how much a team effort it is putting together a week of tournaments like this. It’s so awesome to see our community come together, help each other out, and put on a kick ass show! PREMIERE!
Long, but totally warranted list of thank you’s below!
Thanks to everyone who donated games to the tournament and SCPL booth, those who helped fix and repair games, and to everyone who stuck around to help set up and tear down the games, tournament room and booth. Thanks to Wormhole Pinball and Jamie Burchell for providing excellent streaming coverage of the finals! Thanks to Jim Mueller for donating flipper rebuild kits! Thanks to Quasar’s Arcade for the $500 prize pool donation! Thanks to Kalieda Fest Wear and 8 Bit Arcade for the fantastic women’s prizes! And lastly, thanks to Keith Christensen and the Arcade Expo for trusting us to run the tournaments.

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

Week of WPPRs

Space City – Home of the WPPRs

Join the excitement leading up to the Houston Arcade Expo with SCPL tournaments every day! Check the calendar for all the details.

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

Space City Open & Interstellar Showdown

The Space City Pinball League and the Belles of Space City will once again host tournaments at the Houston Arcade Expo on November 11-13, 2022. Mark your calendars to preregister for these events. Click on the images for details.

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022

Belles of Space City Spring League

Women in the Houston area are invited to attend our spring league at The Wormhole, a private pinball collection in the Houston Heights. We will play on Thursday nights in April and May. All ages! Keep up with the Belles on Instagram @bellesandchimeshouston. https://www.instagram.com/bellesandchimeshouston/

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

League Nights Return to Eighteen Twenty

And here we go, back at the home of Space City Pinball League! We return to Eighteen Twenty Lounge for the first time in nearly 2 years! Join us on Wednesday nights at 7pm starting on February 9th. This league will run for six straight Wednesdays with the playoffs scheduled for March 23. Get all the details here.

January 9, 2022January 9, 2022

TWIPY Awards

Let’s show the world why Space City is PREMIER! Our flagship tournament, the Space City Open, has been nominated for a 2021 TWIPY! Please take a moment to vote for it and the Houston Arcade Expo. There are lots of other Texans nominated in various categories. Show them some love too! Voting is open through January 17, 2022. Awards will be presented at the Texas Pinball Festival.

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021

Houston Arcade Expo Recap

Wow, what a weekend!

Thanks to all the competitors for being so excellent all weekend. Being a tournament director isn’t easy, but having such a great group makes all the difference in the world.

Thank you again to all the folks who brought games for the tournament room and Space City booth, as well as those who stepped up to assist with set up, tear down, and technical work. Tournaments like this are a community effort, and we are forever thankful.

Thanks to Quasars Arcade and Pin Shades for donating money, shirts, and a set of PinShades to the B-division prize pool, and to the Back Box Pinball Podcast and Kalieda Festival Wear for donating prizes to the women’s tournament.

Congratulations to the winners!

Space City Open

A-division — 1. Colin MacAlpine 2. Robert Byers 3. Jim Mueller and 4. Lee

B-Division — 1. Jeff Mleynek 2. Tim Hood 3. Eric Heskett and 4. Stephen Thaxton

Women’s Interstellar Showdown

1. Kelli Raisler 2. Maritza Chirichingno 3. Lisa Shore 4. Alana Johnson

If you didn’t see, there was a great writeup on the show and tournament in pinballnews.com

Hope to see you again next year! – The Space City Pinball team

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021

Space City Pinball League turns 5!

To celebrate our anniversary, we teamed up with league member and NASA artist Blake Dumesnil and Silverball Swag to offer new SCPL t-shirts, hoodies, and swag! There are a variety of options and shirt colors to choose from. Visit the online store anytime right here on our website. All proceeds benefit the league.

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

October Events

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021

Fall Women’s League

Women of all ages in the Houston area are invited to join the Belles of Space City during our fall league nights at The Wormhole, a private collection of machines provided by one of our league members from September 30-October 28, 2021. We will also host the Wormhole X-Treme Score best game tournament which will run over the same four weeks and challenge players to travel through time as they play machines from various eras. $10 dues to participate.

	May 2024
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 Space City Pinball Eureka Heights Spring League Space City Pinball Eureka Heights Spring League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: May 1, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: Eureka Heights Brew Co, 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: The league will use six weeks of group matchplay qualifying and seventh week for playoffs. Each week players will compete in groups of four on five games. Players will be awarded points based on finishing position. Points will accumulate across the season to determine overall league standing. Players must play in at least 4 of the 6 weeks to qualify for playoffs and for their participation to count for IFPA pts. The best 5 weeks will be used to determine eligibility for playoffs. The top 16 players will be eligible for finals which will use a group elimination format (aka PAPA style). More details... •	2 3x Thursdays at LOWer Level Arcade 3x Thursdays at LOWer Level Arcade Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: May 3, 2024 - 12:00 AM Description: 3x More details... •	3	4 Wormhole 4X Wormhole 4X Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: May 4, 2024 - 5:00 PM Location: 2017 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: Monthly 4X Tournament at Wormhole - April 1, 2022 Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive four strikes are eliminated. $20 More details... •
5 Graduation party tournament Graduation party tournament Starts: 1:30 PM Ends: May 5, 2024 - 6:30 PM Location: 5311 Climber Ct, Houston, TX 77041, USA Description: Practice starts at noon. Cake cut at 1pm Tournament starts at 1:30pm 7 Rounds of group matchplay. Top 8 in PAPA finals. $20 entry (This will divided between the four graduates as their gift.) More details... •	6 Wormhole Max Matchplay Wormhole Max Matchplay Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 6, 2024 - 10:30 PM Location: 2017 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: 15 games, no finals. Starts 6:30 sharp. Players must commit to playing all 15 games and may not leave early. $15 More details... •	7 EinStein's PhysXXX EinStein's PhysXXX Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 7, 2024 - 7:00 PM Location: EinStein's Pub, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - 2024 Spring Semester Instructor: Space City Pinball League Course Curriculum : The PhysXXX curriculum includes interactions of matter and energy, velocity, accelerations, force, and momentum. Space Cadets will test their skills to manipulate physical matter using electricity and mechanical engineering constructs. Course Instructions : SCPL Cadets will assembly in small study groups of 3-4. Each group will attempt to outperform their group peers in a test of skill on one of the specialized electromechanical PhysXXX simulators available. Group failure rate is 50% in groups of 4 (bottom 2) and 33% in groups of 3 (bottom 1). Failure results in a single X (strike). After three failures you are on academic probation until the next schedule PhysXXX class. Only one SCPL cadet will prevail. Material's List: $1 for IFPA fees & coin-drop Prerequisite: age 21+, familiarity with concepts such as "fun" and "a good time" Electronic Devices: Students should be able to access http://Next.Matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. SCPL Cadet Handbook: http://www.spacecitypinball.com/ More details... NASA 3X Tuesday NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 7, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: 3 strike knockout tournament at The Game Preserve NASA starting at 6:30 every other Tuesday night. Ten dollar admission to the venue, games are on free play, one dollar for IFPA fees. Strikes for 3rd and 4th for 4 player games, 3rd for 3 player games. Last person without 3 strikes is the winner. More details... Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 7, 2024 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... • • •	8 Space City Pinball Eureka Heights Spring League Space City Pinball Eureka Heights Spring League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: May 8, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: Eureka Heights Brew Co, 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: The league will use six weeks of group matchplay qualifying and seventh week for playoffs. Each week players will compete in groups of four on five games. Players will be awarded points based on finishing position. Points will accumulate across the season to determine overall league standing. Players must play in at least 4 of the 6 weeks to qualify for playoffs and for their participation to count for IFPA pts. The best 5 weeks will be used to determine eligibility for playoffs. The top 16 players will be eligible for finals which will use a group elimination format (aka PAPA style). More details... •	9 3x Thursdays at LOWer Level Arcade 3x Thursdays at LOWer Level Arcade Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: May 10, 2024 - 12:00 AM Description: 3x More details... •	10 Eureka Heights Friday 3X Eureka Heights Friday 3X Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 10, 2024 - 9:30 PM Location: 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... •	11 Belles & Chimes Women's Monthly Belles & Chimes Women's Monthly Starts: 3:00 PM Ends: May 11, 2024 - 7:00 PM Location: EinStein's Pub & Arcade, 16733 W Airport Blvd #290, Richmond, TX 77407, USA Description: Belles Monthly at Einstein's Pub and Arcade. Coin drop. All ages. Ladies are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. We will play 5 rounds of 2 games for a total of 10 qualifying games. Top players will compete in finals. This is an IFPA sanctioned event for women's ranking. Visit https://www.spacecitypinball.com/bellesandchimes/ or https://www.facebook.com/bellesandchimeshouston/ for more information. More details... •
12 EinStein's Drainiacs EinStein's Drainiacs Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: May 12, 2024 - 6:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: 4 Strikes Knockout 21+ More details... •	13	14 NASA 3X Tuesday NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 14, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: 3 strike knockout tournament at The Game Preserve NASA starting at 6:30 every other Tuesday night. Ten dollar admission to the venue, games are on free play, one dollar for IFPA fees. Strikes for 3rd and 4th for 4 player games, 3rd for 3 player games. Last person without 3 strikes is the winner. More details... Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 14, 2024 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... • •	15 Space City Pinball Eureka Heights Spring League Space City Pinball Eureka Heights Spring League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: May 15, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: Eureka Heights Brew Co, 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: The league will use six weeks of group matchplay qualifying and seventh week for playoffs. Each week players will compete in groups of four on five games. Players will be awarded points based on finishing position. Points will accumulate across the season to determine overall league standing. Players must play in at least 4 of the 6 weeks to qualify for playoffs and for their participation to count for IFPA pts. The best 5 weeks will be used to determine eligibility for playoffs. The top 16 players will be eligible for finals which will use a group elimination format (aka PAPA style). More details... •	16 3x Thursdays at LOWer Level Arcade 3x Thursdays at LOWer Level Arcade Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: May 17, 2024 - 12:00 AM Description: 3x More details... •	17	18 Monthly Matchplay Monthly Matchplay Starts: 4:00 PM Ends: May 18, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: $5 for the tournament in addition to admission to The Game Preserve arcade. 7 rounds of qualifying of matchplay Top 8 in A finals Everyone else invited to a B division 2 strike knockout All ages. All skills. All fun. Visit www.spacecitypinball.com/monthly-tournaments/ for more information! More details... •
19 Space City Pinball: The Perfect Inning* Space City Pinball: The Perfect Inning* Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: May 19, 2024 - 6:00 PM Location: Poison Girl, 1641 Westheimer Rd B, Houston, TX 77006, USA Description: Ten Strikes Progressive Pinball Tournament (0-1-2-3) Gates open at 1 PM. First pitch 1:30. Poison Girl is a 21+ establishment. More details... •	20 Wormhole 3X Wormhole 3X Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 20, 2024 - 10:30 PM Location: 2017 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated.$15 More details... •	21 EinStein's PhysXXX EinStein's PhysXXX Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 21, 2024 - 7:00 PM Location: EinStein's Pub, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - 2024 Spring Semester Instructor: Space City Pinball League Course Curriculum : The PhysXXX curriculum includes interactions of matter and energy, velocity, accelerations, force, and momentum. Space Cadets will test their skills to manipulate physical matter using electricity and mechanical engineering constructs. Course Instructions : SCPL Cadets will assembly in small study groups of 3-4. Each group will attempt to outperform their group peers in a test of skill on one of the specialized electromechanical PhysXXX simulators available. Group failure rate is 50% in groups of 4 (bottom 2) and 33% in groups of 3 (bottom 1). Failure results in a single X (strike). After three failures you are on academic probation until the next schedule PhysXXX class. Only one SCPL cadet will prevail. Material's List: $1 for IFPA fees & coin-drop Prerequisite: age 21+, familiarity with concepts such as "fun" and "a good time" Electronic Devices: Students should be able to access http://Next.Matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. SCPL Cadet Handbook: http://www.spacecitypinball.com/ More details... NASA 3X Tuesday NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 21, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: 3 strike knockout tournament at The Game Preserve NASA starting at 6:30 every other Tuesday night. Ten dollar admission to the venue, games are on free play, one dollar for IFPA fees. Strikes for 3rd and 4th for 4 player games, 3rd for 3 player games. Last person without 3 strikes is the winner. More details... Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 21, 2024 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... • • •	22 Space City Pinball Eureka Heights Spring League Space City Pinball Eureka Heights Spring League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: May 22, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: Eureka Heights Brew Co, 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: The league will use six weeks of group matchplay qualifying and seventh week for playoffs. Each week players will compete in groups of four on five games. Players will be awarded points based on finishing position. Points will accumulate across the season to determine overall league standing. Players must play in at least 4 of the 6 weeks to qualify for playoffs and for their participation to count for IFPA pts. The best 5 weeks will be used to determine eligibility for playoffs. The top 16 players will be eligible for finals which will use a group elimination format (aka PAPA style). More details... •	23 3x Thursdays at LOWer Level Arcade 3x Thursdays at LOWer Level Arcade Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: May 24, 2024 - 12:00 AM Description: 3x More details... •	24 Belles Space Camp 3X Belles Space Camp 3X Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: May 24, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: 2017 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: For full details, registration and costs visit: https://www.spacecitypinball.com/bellesandchimes/womens-weekend-at-the-wormhole/ Because someday, you're goin' up! The Belles of Space City invite women of all ages and skills to a women's weekend at the Wormhole - Space Camp 2024! The weekend will consist of several tournaments including this 3 Strike Knockout tournament on Friday night. 3X Knockout: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. Participants should understand that Wormhole may stream any of the weekend events. More details... Belles Space Camp: Best Game Belles Space Camp: Best Game Starts: 8:00 PM Ends: May 26, 2024 - 10:30 PM Location: 2017 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: Registration for this tournament opens on April 06, 2024 Start Date: May 24, 2024 End Date: May 26, 2024 The Belles of Space City invite women of all ages and skills to a women's weekend at the Wormhole - Space Camp 2024! The weekend will consist of several tournaments including this Best Game tournament. Participants should understand that Wormhole may stream any events during this women's weekend. Check out all the details, times, entry fees along with the other weekend events on https://www.spacecitypinball.com/bellesandchimes/womens-weekend-at-the-wormhole/ Best Game: Players will receive 14 entries to use on a bank of 7 machines with the the top two scores over 6 games counting toward overall standings. (You must put 2 scores on at least 6 machines.) This tournament will run on next.matchplay.events. All photos of scores must be timestamped/approved/witnessed by TD. Game scores must be single player. Qualifying starts on Friday 5/24 at 8pm and ends on Sat, 5/25 at 6:30pm. Playoffs on Sun, 5/26 at 10am. Sunday PAPA Finals: Playoff qualifiers will be based on number of participants, but likely will be the top 8 players. Playoff bank will consist of games from qualifying. More details... • •	25 Belles Space Camp Main Matchplay Belles Space Camp Main Matchplay Starts: 12:00 AM Ends: May 26, 2024 - 11:59 PM Description: Registration for this tournament opens on April 06, 2024 Start Date: May 25, 2024 End Date: May 26, 2024 Because someday, you're goin' up! The Belles of Space City invite women of all ages and skills to a women's weekend at the Wormhole - Space Camp 2024! The weekend will consist of several tournaments including this main matchplay tournament. We will have qualifying on Saturday and finals on Sunday morning. Saturday- 4 rounds of 2 games in the morning and 4 rounds of 2 games in the afternoon. (16 total qualifying games) Sunday morning - PAPA finals for top 12 qualifies. Participants should understand that Wormhole may stream any events during this women's weekend. Check out all the details including time and entry fees along the other weekend events on https://www.spacecitypinball.com/bellesandchimes/womens-weekend-at-the-wormhole/ More details... Belles Space Camp - Mission Max Matchplay Belles Space Camp - Mission Max Matchplay Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: May 25, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: 2017 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: The Houston and San Antonio Belles are hosting a party - TO THE MAX! Join us for Mission Max Matchplay and an out of the world Space Camp Party at Wormhole! We will compete in 16 head-to-head matches with no set duration. All ages. All skills. All fun! If you wish to enter, PLEASE commit to playing the entire event! More details... • •
26 EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: May 26, 2024 - 7:00 PM Location: 16733 W Airport Blvd #290 Richmond, TX 77407 Description: 7 rounds of matchplay qualifying. PAPA finals for top 8. 1 PM start. All ages welcome. $1 + coin drop. More details... •	27	28 NASA 3X Tuesday NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 28, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: 3 strike knockout tournament at The Game Preserve NASA starting at 6:30 every other Tuesday night. Ten dollar admission to the venue, games are on free play, one dollar for IFPA fees. Strikes for 3rd and 4th for 4 player games, 3rd for 3 player games. Last person without 3 strikes is the winner. More details... Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: May 28, 2024 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... • •	29 Space City Pinball Eureka Heights Spring League Space City Pinball Eureka Heights Spring League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: May 29, 2024 - 10:00 PM Location: Eureka Heights Brew Co, 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: The league will use six weeks of group matchplay qualifying and seventh week for playoffs. Each week players will compete in groups of four on five games. Players will be awarded points based on finishing position. Points will accumulate across the season to determine overall league standing. Players must play in at least 4 of the 6 weeks to qualify for playoffs and for their participation to count for IFPA pts. The best 5 weeks will be used to determine eligibility for playoffs. The top 16 players will be eligible for finals which will use a group elimination format (aka PAPA style). More details... •	30	31