Month: August 2026

August 16, 2026August 29, 2026

Space City Open 2026

The Space City Open pinball tournament will take place at the Houston Arcade Expo on Friday, November 13, to Saturday, November 14, 2026. Online pre-registration will open on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at 11am Central. You will need your IFPA number if you have one. After the event is sold out, the waitlist will open on Saturday, September 5 at 11AM central. Visit the Houston Arcade Expo website for all the details and links.

This year the Women’s Interstellar Showdown will take place on Sunday morning in the tournament room. Online registration will open on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at 11:30am Central. You will need a Matchplay.events account. There is no cost to pre-register. Visit the Expo website for detailed information.

Don’t forget that Space City Pinball League hosts the Week of WPPRs, a week of tournaments leading up to the Houston Arcade Expo! Check out the schedule and guide to the city on our WoW page.

Space City Open Registration

Women’s Interstellar Showdown Registration

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	October 2026
				1	2	3 Super Saturday Showdown Super Saturday Showdown Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: October 3, 2026 - 6:00 PM Location: Eureka Heights Brew Co, 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: SCPL presents: The Super Saturdays Showdown Explore pinball around Space City on the first Saturday of the month! Space City Pinball will host WPPRtunity tournaments at various venues around town with space for large groups. Each event will consist of 8 rounds of group matchplay that will be used to accumulate series points. Rounds will use IFPA scoring (7/5/3/1). Finals formats may vary depending upon the location. Our 2026 series will begin in February with ten opportunities to play to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Space City Pinball! The top 7 events will count towards the series ranking for division awards in December: February 7 – Gandalf’s Arcade, a private collection March 7 – Eureka Heights April 4 – EinStein’s Pub & Arcade in Richmond May 2 – Gandalf’s Arcade, a private collection June 6 – The Game Preserve NASA July 4 – EinStein’s Pub in Katy (21+) August 1 – The Game Preserve NASA September 5– EinStein’s Pub & Arcade in Richmond October 3 – Eureka Heights December 5 – UpKick Pinball, a private collection More details...
4	5	6 Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: October 6, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Every Tuesday starting around 4:30 PM (as soon as a tournament director arrives), we'll kick off a weekly high-score game that runs until the end of the match play tournament that night. Then at 6:30 PM, our 6-week match play league gets underway. Each week features two rounds of four-game match play qualifying. Players earn points each week, and the top point leaders after 6 weeks will advance to the playoff during Week 7. You don’t have to participate every single week to join in. While points accumulate over the 6 weeks, we'll still be celebrating weekly Highscore,1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners every Tuesday night. Fee: $10 Entry to TGP NASA, $1 IFPA Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: October 6, 2026 - 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. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q1 2026 FINALS EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q1 2026 FINALS Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: October 6, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Katy, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q1 2026 PLUS FINALS 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. More details...	7 Eureka Heights Fall League Eureka Heights Fall League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: October 7, 2026 - 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 format to be determined at a later date. More details...	8	9 Eureka Heights Friday Tournament Eureka Heights Friday Tournament Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: October 9, 2026 - 9:30 PM Location: 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: Five rounds of group matchplay (7/5/3/1). Top 8 finals. More details...	10
11 EinStein's Drainiacs EinStein's Drainiacs Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: October 11, 2026 - 6:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: 4 Strikes Knockout 21+ More details...	12	13 Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: October 13, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Every Tuesday starting around 4:30 PM (as soon as a tournament director arrives), we'll kick off a weekly high-score game that runs until the end of the match play tournament that night. Then at 6:30 PM, our 6-week match play league gets underway. Each week features two rounds of four-game match play qualifying. Players earn points each week, and the top point leaders after 6 weeks will advance to the playoff during Week 7. You don’t have to participate every single week to join in. While points accumulate over the 6 weeks, we'll still be celebrating weekly Highscore,1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners every Tuesday night. Fee: $10 Entry to TGP NASA, $1 IFPA Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: October 13, 2026 - 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. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Einstein’s PhysXXX Study Group Einstein’s PhysXXX Study Group Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: October 13, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Katy, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Study Group Outline 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://app.matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. More details...	14 Eureka Heights Fall League Eureka Heights Fall League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: October 14, 2026 - 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 format to be determined at a later date. More details...	15	16	17 Belles & Chimes Women's Monthly Belles & Chimes Women's Monthly Starts: 3:00 PM Ends: October 17, 2026 - 7:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve arcade, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: This month we are at The Game Preserve NASA. $10 entry plus $1 IFPA. 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...
18 Meteor Strikes at the Little Dipper Meteor Strikes at the Little Dipper Starts: 1:30 PM Ends: October 18, 2026 - 5:30 PM Location: Little Dipper Bar, 304 Main St, Houston, TX 77002, USA Description: Space City Pinball: Meteor Strikes at the Little Dipper Three 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...	19	20 Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: October 20, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Every Tuesday starting around 4:30 PM (as soon as a tournament director arrives), we'll kick off a weekly high-score game that runs until the end of the match play tournament that night. Then at 6:30 PM, our 6-week match play league gets underway. Each week features two rounds of four-game match play qualifying. Players earn points each week, and the top point leaders after 6 weeks will advance to the playoff during Week 7. You don’t have to participate every single week to join in. While points accumulate over the 6 weeks, we'll still be celebrating weekly Highscore,1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners every Tuesday night. Fee: $10 Entry to TGP NASA, $1 IFPA Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: October 20, 2026 - 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. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q2 2026 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q2 2026 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: October 20, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Katy, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q2 2026 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. More details...	21 Eureka Heights Fall League Eureka Heights Fall League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: October 21, 2026 - 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 format to be determined at a later date. More details...	22	23	24
25 EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: October 25, 2026 - 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...	26	27 Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: October 27, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Every Tuesday starting around 4:30 PM (as soon as a tournament director arrives), we'll kick off a weekly high-score game that runs until the end of the match play tournament that night. Then at 6:30 PM, our 6-week match play league gets underway. Each week features two rounds of four-game match play qualifying. Players earn points each week, and the top point leaders after 6 weeks will advance to the playoff during Week 7. You don’t have to participate every single week to join in. While points accumulate over the 6 weeks, we'll still be celebrating weekly Highscore,1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners every Tuesday night. Fee: $10 Entry to TGP NASA, $1 IFPA Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: October 27, 2026 - 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. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q2 2026 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q2 2026 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: October 27, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Katy, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q2 2026 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. More details...	28 Eureka Heights Fall League Eureka Heights Fall League Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: October 28, 2026 - 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 format to be determined at a later date. More details...	29	30	31 Tilt or Treat! Tilt or Treat! Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: October 31, 2026 - 7:00 PM Location: The Echo Chamber- 3102 Norris Dr. , Houston, 77025 Description: Play will be 4 rounds with 2 games/round. IFPA scoring. 8 person finals, if possible. Come check out Henri's amazing collection of over 45 pins! Registration cap- 48. Registration opens 10/10 @ 10am. https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/275354 More details...