Week of WPPRs

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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.

	July 2025
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		1 Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve NASA - Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve NASA - Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 1, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve League Night - Interstellar Training Season 1! Every Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm for 7 weeks we will have 7 rounds of one game match play qualifying, with points accumulating for the length of the league, and the top qualifiers will play in a playoff on the 8th week. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 1, 2025 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve League Night - Interstellar Training Season 1! Every Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm for 7 weeks we will have 7 rounds of one game match play qualifying, with points accumulating for the length of the league, and the top qualifiers will play in a playoff on the 8th week. More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 1, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2025 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. SCPL Cadets will perform 3 rounds of 2 games each class session. The series will be 6 weeks long with a minimum attendance of 4 weeks. Cadets desiring to audit for less than 4 weeks are welcome to attend. On the last scheduled date of class after qualifying rounds a class finals will held. The top 4 qualifying SCPL Cadets will compete in a PAPA style finals. 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://app.matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. Summer Semester Q1 series 6/10/2025 6/17/2025 6/24/2025 7/1/2025 7/8/2025 7/15/2025 plus finals More details... • • •	2	3	4	5 Space City Super Saturday Showdown Space City Super Saturday Showdown Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: July 5, 2025 - 5:00 PM Location: Eureka Heights Brew Co, 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: The first Saturday of every month Space City Pinball will host an all-ages showdown tournament at various venues that can host large groups. Each event will consist of 8 rounds of group matchplay that will be used to accumulate series points. Those who play in the Super Saturday Showdown Series will be eligible for an award given out by SCPL at the end of the year. Series Standings: https://app.matchplay.events/series/4499 More details... •
6	7	8 Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve NASA - Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve NASA - Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 8, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve League Night - Interstellar Training Season 1! Every Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm for 7 weeks we will have 7 rounds of one game match play qualifying, with points accumulating for the length of the league, and the top qualifiers will play in a playoff on the 8th week. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 8, 2025 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve League Night - Interstellar Training Season 1! Every Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm for 7 weeks we will have 7 rounds of one game match play qualifying, with points accumulating for the length of the league, and the top qualifiers will play in a playoff on the 8th week. More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 8, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2025 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. SCPL Cadets will perform 3 rounds of 2 games each class session. The series will be 6 weeks long with a minimum attendance of 4 weeks. Cadets desiring to audit for less than 4 weeks are welcome to attend. On the last scheduled date of class after qualifying rounds a class finals will held. The top 4 qualifying SCPL Cadets will compete in a PAPA style finals. 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://app.matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. Summer Semester Q1 series 6/10/2025 6/17/2025 6/24/2025 7/1/2025 7/8/2025 7/15/2025 plus finals More details... • • •	9	10	11 Eureka Heights Friday Tournament Eureka Heights Friday Tournament Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 11, 2025 - 9:30 PM Location: 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: Six rounds of group matchplay (7/5/3/1). Top 8 finals. More details... •	12 Belles & Chimes Women's Monthly Belles & Chimes Women's Monthly Starts: 3:00 PM Ends: July 12, 2025 - 7:00 PM Location: LOWer Level Arcade 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... •
13 EinStein's Drainiacs EinStein's Drainiacs Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: July 13, 2025 - 6:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: 4 Strikes Knockout 21+ More details... •	14	15 Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve NASA - Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve NASA - Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 15, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve League Night - Interstellar Training Season 1! Every Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm for 7 weeks we will have 7 rounds of one game match play qualifying, with points accumulating for the length of the league, and the top qualifiers will play in a playoff on the 8th week. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 15, 2025 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve League Night - Interstellar Training Season 1! Every Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm for 7 weeks we will have 7 rounds of one game match play qualifying, with points accumulating for the length of the league, and the top qualifiers will play in a playoff on the 8th week. More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 15, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2025 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. SCPL Cadets will perform 3 rounds of 2 games each class session. The series will be 6 weeks long with a minimum attendance of 4 weeks. Cadets desiring to audit for less than 4 weeks are welcome to attend. On the last scheduled date of class after qualifying rounds a class finals will held. The top 4 qualifying SCPL Cadets will compete in a PAPA style finals. 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://app.matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. Summer Semester Q1 series 6/10/2025 6/17/2025 6/24/2025 7/1/2025 7/8/2025 7/15/2025 plus finals More details... • • •	16 Eureka Heights Summer League Eureka Heights Summer League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 16, 2025 - 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 a seventh week for finals Each week players will compete in groups of four on six 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 points. The best 5 weeks will be used to determine eligibility for playoffs. The top 16 players will be eligible for finals using a head to head format. More details... •	17 8th Wonder Thursday Night Pinball 8th Wonder Thursday Night Pinball Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 17, 2025 - 10:30 PM Location: 8th Wonder Brewery, 2202 Dallas St, Houston, TX 77003, USA Description: Six rounds of group matchplay (7/5/3/1 scoring). Top eight play Amazing Race finals. More details... •	18	19 Monthly Matchplay at TGP Monthly Matchplay at TGP Starts: 4:00 PM Ends: July 19, 2025 - 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... •
20 Meteor Strikes at the Little Dipper Meteor Strikes at the Little Dipper Starts: 1:30 PM Ends: July 20, 2025 - 5:30 PM Location: Little Dipper Bar, 304 Main St, Houston, TX 77002, USA Description: Space City Pinball: Meteor Strikes at the Little Dipper Four Strike Tournament 3rd Sunday of the Month 1:30 pm (Doors open at 1pm) 21+ Coin drop. 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 from the next round. More details... •	21	22 Finals for Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve NASA - Interstellar Training Finals for Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve NASA - Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 22, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve League Night - Interstellar Training Season 1! Every Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm for 7 weeks we will have 7 rounds of one game match play qualifying, with points accumulating for the length of the league, and the top qualifiers will play in a playoff on the 8th week. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Finals for Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training Finals for Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 22, 2025 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve League Night - Interstellar Training Season 1! Every Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm for 7 weeks we will have 7 rounds of one game match play qualifying, with points accumulating for the length of the league, and the top qualifiers will play in a playoff on the 8th week. More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 22, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2025 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. SCPL Cadets will perform 3 rounds of 2 games each class session. The series will be 6 weeks long with a minimum attendance of 4 weeks. Cadets desiring to audit for less than 4 weeks are welcome to attend. On the last scheduled date of class after qualifying rounds a class finals will held. The top 4 qualifying SCPL Cadets will compete in a PAPA style finals. 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://app.matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. Summer Semester Q2 series 7/22/2025 7/29/2025 8/5/2025 8/12/2025 8/19/2025 8/26/2025 plus finals More details... • • •	23 Eureka Heights Summer League Eureka Heights Summer League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 23, 2025 - 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 a seventh week for finals Each week players will compete in groups of four on six 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 points. The best 5 weeks will be used to determine eligibility for playoffs. The top 16 players will be eligible for finals using a head to head format. More details... •	24	25	26 Jimburgh 2025 Jimburgh 2025 Starts: 12:00 AM Ends: July 26, 2025 - 11:59 PM Description: Preregistration required. Starting 6/7/2025 @ 11 AM. Player capacity of 32. Waitlist will be maintained. Please advise asap of any cancellations. Registration link: https://forms.gle/gLW9kmZjwvthddci9 Private residence confirmations will include address. Email spacecitypinball@gmail.com for questions. Practice starts at noon, tournament at 1pm. Players will play four rounds of pinball. Each round consists of 4 games in a bank designed to be from different eras. 3,2,1,0 scoring. PAPA Style Finals for top 8 players. More details... •
27 EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: July 27, 2025 - 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... •	28	29 Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 29, 2025 - 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 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. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 29, 2025 - 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. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 29, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2025 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. SCPL Cadets will perform 3 rounds of 2 games each class session. The series will be 6 weeks long with a minimum attendance of 4 weeks. Cadets desiring to audit for less than 4 weeks are welcome to attend. On the last scheduled date of class after qualifying rounds a class finals will held. The top 4 qualifying SCPL Cadets will compete in a PAPA style finals. 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://app.matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. Summer Semester Q2 series 7/22/2025 7/29/2025 8/5/2025 8/12/2025 8/19/2025 8/26/2025 plus finals More details... • • •	30 Eureka Heights Summer League Eureka Heights Summer League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 30, 2025 - 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 a seventh week for finals Each week players will compete in groups of four on six 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 points. The best 5 weeks will be used to determine eligibility for playoffs. The top 16 players will be eligible for finals using a head to head format. More details... •	31