SCPL Guides to the City

November 4, 2025November 4, 2025

We love Houston, playing pinball, and hosting out-of-town players during the annual Week of WPPRs! For our visiting friends, the amazing Dawn Hayes has put together guides to the city so you can explore during the day and play with us at night. Find them all on our Week of WPPRs page.

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2 Space City Pinball: Can you outPACE an old man? Space City Pinball: Can you outPACE an old man? Starts: 2:00 PM Ends: November 2, 2025 - 7:00 PM Location: 5311 Climber Ct, Houston, TX 77041, USA Description: This will be a PACE matchplay tournament and birthday event for David Dronet at UpKick, a private collection. $10 entry in lieu of birthday gifts as a donation to NDF (Neuromuscular Disease Foundation) Format is PACE match play qualifying (7/5/3/1).After the first 6 qualifying rounds, players who do not achieve 30 points are out.Rounds following the first 6 qualifying rounds will have the target score increase by +5.The final 8 players who are not eliminated will compete in a PAPA (4/2/1/0) style finals. Practice at 1pm, Tournament at 2pm. Have the address ready for the security guard at the gate. BYOB and snacks to share. More details... •	3	4 Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 4, 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... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q2 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q2 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 4, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall 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. Fall Semester Q2 series 10/21/2025 10/28/2025 11/4/2025 No class: Week of WPPRs 11/11/2025 11/18/2025 No class: Thanksgiving Break 11/25/2025 12/2/2025 12/9/2025 plus finals More details... Space City Pinball: TGP Interstellar Training S3 Space City Pinball: TGP Interstellar Training S3 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 4, 2025 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Start Date: September 23, 2025 End Date: November 04, 2025 Start Date: September 23, 2025 End Date: November 04, 2025 Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve North Tuesday Series - Interstellar Training! Every Tuesday night starting at 7:00 PM for 6 weeks we will have 4 rounds of two games match play qualifying, with points accumulating for the length of the league, and the top qualifiers will play in a playoff on the 7th week. Details: Dates: Tuesdays from September 23 to October 28th for qualifying and November 4th for finals. Start Time is 7:00 pm. Location: The Game Preserve entry fee is $10.00 per night for tournament players if not a member - all games on free play. Qualifying: Players must play in at least 3 of the 6 weeks in order to qualify for IFPA submission and for playoffs, best 5 weeks will be used to determine standings for playoffs. Playoffs: November 4th. Format to be determined. $1 Entry fee each week for IFPA and prizes. More details... • • •	5	6	7	8 Week of WPPRS Week of WPPRS Starts: 12:00 AM Ends: November 14, 2025 - 11:59 PM More details... Eureka Heights Week of WPPRs kick off Eureka Heights Week of WPPRs kick off Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: November 8, 2025 - 8:00 PM Location: 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: 7 rounds of group matchplay (7/5/3/1). Top 8 finals. SCPL Guide to the City: https://www.spacecitypinball.com/week-of-wpprs/ More details... • •
9 EinStein's Drainiacs EinStein's Drainiacs Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: November 9, 2025 - 6:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: 4 Strikes Knockout 21+ SCPL Guide to the City (See Katy) https://www.spacecitypinball.com/week-of-wpprs/ More details... •	10 Week of WPPRs: 3x and Whiskey at Poison Girl Week of WPPRs: 3x and Whiskey at Poison Girl Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 10, 2025 - 11:00 PM Location: 1641 Westheimer Rd B, Houston, TX 77006 Description: 7PM. 21+. 3x group knockout. Top 2 scores in a group do not get strikes. SCPL Guide to the City (See Montrose) https://www.spacecitypinball.com/week-of-wpprs/ More details... •	11 Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 11, 2025 - 10:30 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. 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 SCPL Guide to the City (See NASA & Clearlake) https://www.spacecitypinball.com/week-of-wpprs/ Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday XXX Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday XXX Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 11, 2025 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Week of WPPRs special. This is at the TGP Woodlands location. A three strikes knockout tournament is held every Tuesday at The Game Preserve starting at 7PM. 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 from the next round. $10 Entry for The Game Preserve if not a member. Free play machines. $1 Entry fee for IFPA. Hanging out during the day? See the SCPL Guide to the City https://www.spacecitypinball.com/week-of-wpprs/ More details... • •	12 Week of WPPRs: 10 on Wen Won't Win Week of WPPRs: 10 on Wen Won't Win Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 12, 2025 - 11:00 PM Location: EinStein's Pub & Arcade, 16733 W Airport Blvd #290, Richmond, TX 77407, USA Description: Space City Pinball's Week of WPPR's Progressive Strikes Tourney. Start time is 7pm. Progressive strike knockout tournament, 10 strikes to give, 1 strike taken for 2nd place, 2 for 3rd and 3 for 4th. Last player with a strike left wins.Venue is non-smoking, coin drop. 1 dollar for IFPA fees. Hanging out during the day? See the SCPL Guide to the City https://www.spacecitypinball.com/week-of-wpprs/ More details... •	13 WOW Matchplay at EinStein's WOW Matchplay at EinStein's Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 13, 2025 - 11:30 PM Location: EinStein's Pub, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: Space City Pinball presents a Week of WPPRS! Join us for a 8 rounds of group matchplay (7-5-3-1) at EinStein's Pub the night before the Houston Arcade Expo. No finals unless there is a tie for first place. All other ties will be automatically broken with most first and second place finishes. Hanging out during the day? See SCPL Guide to the City (Katy) https://www.spacecitypinball.com/week-of-wpprs/ Traffic can be bad on I-10 to Katy. Allow time. Take the HOV if you can. Check in at 6:45pm. Tournament starts at 7pm sharp. $1 IFPA fee. Coin drop. There is a coin machine. Most games are 75 cents. There is a hamburger with fries special that night. Please note this tournament will be at the EinStein's in Katy, TX. While smoking is allowed in the bar, we ask that you do not smoke in the tournament room. PLEASE REGISTER to help speed check-in. Registration opens on Sat, Nov 8. https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/219069 Please review the tournament rules and etiquette expectations for Space City Pinball so we do not have to review them that evening with such a big crowd: https://www.spacecitypinball.com/rules/ More details... •	14 Houston Arcade Expo Houston Arcade Expo Starts: 12:00 AM Ends: November 16, 2025 - 11:59 PM More details... Space City Open Space City Open Starts: 12:00 AM Ends: November 15, 2025 - 11:59 PM Description: Registration for this tournament opens on August 30, 2025 here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/space-city-open-pinball-tournament-at-the-houston-arcade-expo-2025-registration-1309167909459?aff=oddtdtcreator Start Date: November 14, 2025 End Date: November 15, 2025 There will be two unique qualifying groups (Early & Late), each following a 12 round matchplay format. Each round, competitors will be placed in groups of four and play on one randomly chosen machine. Players will earn points based on how many opponents they beat in the round (3, 2, 1, or 0). Points will accumulate across the twelve rounds to determine each players overall qualifying score. Players may only play in one qualifying group. The top 16 qualifiers from each qualifying group (32 total) will compete in the finals for trophies and cash prizes. During finals, players will be placed in groups of four and will play three games. Players will score points on each game based on finishing position (4-2-1-0 scoring). After three games, the two players from each group with the most points will advance to the next round. Player limit is capped at 128. Pre-registration will be on August 30, 2025 at 11AM. See website for info on how to pre-register. Visit the Space City Pinball calendar for complete information on the week of tournaments leading up to the Houston Arcade Expo: the Week of WPPRs! https://www.spacecitypinball.com/calendar/ More details... SCO Go/No Go Launch Readiness Test SCO Go/No Go Launch Readiness Test Starts: 10:00 AM Ends: November 14, 2025 - 2:00 PM Location: Houston Marriott Westchase, 2900 Briarpark Dr, Houston, TX 77042, USA Description: Registration for this tournament opens on November 08, 2025 at 10AM: https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/213184 Tournament Date: November 14, 2025 Registration for this tournament opens on Saturday, November 8, 2025 Tournament Date: Friday, November 14, 2025 Space City Pinball is recruiting cadets to assist with launch readiness testing in the hours preceding the SCO liftoff! Your primary objective is to stress test and gather data on our launch vehicles. Players are expected to remain calm during any and all launch failures. The event will take place at 10am the morning of the first Space City Open qualifying session in the tournament room. This tournament is capped at 48 players. Pre-registration opens on Matchplay.events on Saturday, November 8 at 10am and will include a waitlist. The link will be posted here on the SCPL calendar at that time. Format Fair strikes format. 5 strikes per player. (0-1-2 in 3 player groups, 0-1-1-2 in 4 player groups). Swiss pairing. Balanced game selection. Balanced player order. 48 player limit. The tournament will be managed using the next.matchplay.events website. The IFPA/PAPA rules will be used. Proper etiquette is expected. Pre-Registration and Fees There will be a $5 fee, paid in CASH at check in. Fees will be used to cover awards and miscellaneous expenses. Any remaining fees will be paid out to the highest finishing finalists: 40% to 1st, 30% to 2nd, 20% to 3rd, and 10% to 4th. More details... • • •	15 Women's Interstellar Showdown Women's Interstellar Showdown Starts: 12:00 AM Ends: November 16, 2025 - 11:59 PM Location: Houston Marriott Westchase, 2900 Briarpark Dr, Houston, TX 77042, USA Description: Registration for this tournament opens on August 30, 2025 here: https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/204786 Start Date: November 15, 2025 End Date: November 16, 2025 The Belles of Space City Interstellar Showdown Women’s Pinball Tournament at the Houston Arcade Expo! Women of all ages are invited to a cosmic battle of skill that will test their mastery of gravitational fields over metal spheres. Battle-ready earthlings will target jackpots and nudge their way around the unknown terrors of outer space to avoid the deep black hole straight down the middle. If you have what it takes to be a space cadette, register for the Interstellar Showdown! This matchplay tournament will take place during the Houston Arcade Expo with qualifying rounds on Saturday, November 15 and finals for the top 8 on Sunday, November 16. A Houston Arcade Expo show pass is required to participate. Check in on Saturday between 3-4pm or between 7-7:30pm at the tournament desk where an entry fee of $10 CASH will be collected. YOU MAY NOT PAY VIRTUALLY. We will meet in the tournament room on Saturday at 7:45pm for announcements and a group picture so the tournament may begin promptly at 8pm. We will walk together to the show floor on the other side of the hotel for the tournament. Games on both the show floor and the tournament room will be used. It is our intention to use the games in the Space City booth for the qualifying rounds and the games in the tournament room for finals; however, any game on the floor or in the tournament may be used should the need arise. Check in for finals is at 9am Sunday morning. Registration Ladies may preregister online or register in person at the tournament desk during the Expo. We will limit the tournament to 44 players with a waitlist. We reserve the right to increase the number of players if suitable games become available for competition. For example, last year we were able to add 8 to have 52 players. If you are on the waitlist, check in a the tournament desk at 7:30pm. Online registration on matchplay.events will open on Saturday, August 30 at 11:30am. (This is the same day as the Space City Open registration.) There is no cost to pre-register. Check the website for detailed information and links. More details... •
16	17	18 Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 18, 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... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q2 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q2 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 18, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall 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. Fall Semester Q2 series 10/21/2025 10/28/2025 11/4/2025 No class: Week of WPPRs 11/11/2025 11/18/2025 No class: Thanksgiving Break 11/25/2025 12/2/2025 12/9/2025 plus finals More details... Space City Pinball: TGP Interstellar Training S4 Space City Pinball: TGP Interstellar Training S4 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 18, 2025 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Start Date: November 18, 2025 End Date: December 30 2025 Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve North Tuesday Series - Interstellar Training! Every Tuesday night starting at 7:00 PM for 6 weeks we will have 4 rounds of two games match play qualifying, with points accumulating for the length of the league, and the top qualifiers will play in a playoff on the 7th week. Details: Dates: Tuesdays from November 18 to December 23 for qualifying and December 30th for finals. Start Time is 7:00 pm. Location: The Game Preserve entry fee is $10.00 per night for tournament players if not a member - all games on free play. Qualifying: Players must play in at least 3 of the 6 weeks in order to qualify for IFPA submission and for playoffs, best 5 weeks will be used to determine standings for playoffs. Playoffs: November 4th. Format to be determined. $1 Entry fee each week for IFPA and prizes. More details... • • •	19	20	21	22
23 EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: November 23, 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... •	24	25 Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: November 25, 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: TGP Interstellar Training S4 Space City Pinball: TGP Interstellar Training S4 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: November 25, 2025 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Start Date: November 18, 2025 End Date: December 30 2025 Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve North Tuesday Series - Interstellar Training! Every Tuesday night starting at 7:00 PM for 6 weeks we will have 4 rounds of two games match play qualifying, with points accumulating for the length of the league, and the top qualifiers will play in a playoff on the 7th week. Details: Dates: Tuesdays from November 18 to December 23 for qualifying and December 30th for finals. Start Time is 7:00 pm. Location: The Game Preserve entry fee is $10.00 per night for tournament players if not a member - all games on free play. Qualifying: Players must play in at least 3 of the 6 weeks in order to qualify for IFPA submission and for playoffs, best 5 weeks will be used to determine standings for playoffs. Playoffs: November 4th. Format to be determined. $1 Entry fee each week for IFPA and prizes. More details... • •	26	27	28	29
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