Inside Houston’s Competitive Pinball Scene

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019

With growing groups like the Space City Pinball League and Belles & Chimes in action, this retro sport is all the rage again.

The Houstonia Magazine features Space City Pinball in their March issue!

IMAGE: MARCO TORRES
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	April 2020
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			1	2 3X Thursday 3X Thursday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: April 2, 2020 - 9:00 PM Location: 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598 Description: Three Strike Thursday! A three strikes tournament is held on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at The Game Preserve NASA starting at 6:30 pm. This tournament series will start on 20 February 2020. Cost for the tournament is $1.00 per player. There is an additional cost to enter The Game Preserve. During the tournament, players are placed in 3 or 4 player groups and assigned to play on a random pinball machine. The bottom two finishers at the end of the game (last place finisher in 2 or 3 player groups) receive a strike. Players who receive 3 strikes are eliminated from the tournament. The last player without 3 strikes is the winner. The tournament is run on www.matchplay.events. Getting a free matchplay.events account is strongly recommended. More details... •	3	4 Belles & Chimes Women's Tournament Belles & Chimes Women's Tournament Starts: 3:00 PM Ends: April 4, 2020 - 7:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: 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... •
5	6	7 Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: April 7, 2020 - 10:00 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	9	10	11
12 EinStein's Drainiacs EinStein's Drainiacs Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: April 12, 2020 - 6:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: 4 Strikes Knockout 21+ More details... •	13	14 Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: April 14, 2020 - 10:00 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	16 3X Thursday 3X Thursday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: April 16, 2020 - 9:00 PM Location: 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598 Description: Three Strike Thursday! A three strikes tournament is held on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at The Game Preserve NASA starting at 6:30 pm. This tournament series will start on 20 February 2020. Cost for the tournament is $1.00 per player. There is an additional cost to enter The Game Preserve. During the tournament, players are placed in 3 or 4 player groups and assigned to play on a random pinball machine. The bottom two finishers at the end of the game (last place finisher in 2 or 3 player groups) receive a strike. Players who receive 3 strikes are eliminated from the tournament. The last player without 3 strikes is the winner. The tournament is run on www.matchplay.events. Getting a free matchplay.events account is strongly recommended. More details... •	17	18 Monthly Matchplay Monthly Matchplay Starts: 4:00 PM Ends: April 18, 2020 - 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	20	21 Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: April 21, 2020 - 10:00 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	23	24	25
26 EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: April 26, 2020 - 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 Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: April 28, 2020 - 10:00 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	30