Backbox Pinball Podcast features Houston’s Belles & Chimes directors

June 13, 2019September 15, 2019

Lauren Gray, league coordinator for the Belles and Chimes chapter in San Antonio, kicks off her new pinball podcast with a fun conversation with Houston’s own Elizabeth Dronet and Raleigh Palis! Have a listen by clicking here.

	September 2025
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	1	2 Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: September 2, 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: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training S02 Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training S02 Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: September 2, 2025 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Dates: July 29, 2025 - September 09, 2025 Every Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm 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:6:30pm. 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. (6th score for seeding only). $1 Entry fee for IFPA and prize payout. More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q1 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q1 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: September 2, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall 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. Fall Semester Q1 series 9/2/2025 9/9/2025 9/16/2025 9/23/2025 9/30/2025 10/7/2025 plus finals More details... • • •	3	4	5	6 Space City Super Saturday Showdown Space City Super Saturday Showdown Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: September 6, 2025 - 7:00 PM Location: Eureka Heights Brew Co, 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: This month, we play at Eureka Heights! 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... •
7	8	9 Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: September 9, 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: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training S02 Space City Pinball: The Game Preserve Spring - Interstellar Training S02 Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: September 9, 2025 - 10:30 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Dates: July 29, 2025 - September 09, 2025 Every Tuesday night starting at 6:30pm 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:6:30pm. 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. (6th score for seeding only). $1 Entry fee for IFPA and prize payout. More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q1 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q1 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: September 9, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall 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. Fall Semester Q1 series 9/2/2025 9/9/2025 9/16/2025 9/23/2025 9/30/2025 10/7/2025 plus finals More details... • • •	10	11	12 Eureka Heights Friday Tournament Eureka Heights Friday Tournament Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: September 12, 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... •	13 Belles & Chimes Women's Monthly Belles & Chimes Women's Monthly Starts: 3:00 PM Ends: September 13, 2025 - 7:00 PM Location: Gandalf's 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... •
14 EinStein's Drainiacs EinStein's Drainiacs Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: September 14, 2025 - 6:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: 4 Strikes Knockout 21+ More details... •	15	16 Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: September 16, 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: September 16, 2025 - 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 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q1 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: September 16, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall 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. Fall Semester Q1 series 9/2/2025 9/9/2025 9/16/2025 9/23/2025 9/30/2025 10/7/2025 plus finals More details... • • •	17	18 8th Wonder Thursday Night Pinball 8th Wonder Thursday Night Pinball Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: September 18, 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... •	19	20 Monthly Matchplay at TGP Monthly Matchplay at TGP Starts: 4:00 PM Ends: September 20, 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... •
21 Meteor Strikes at the Little Dipper Meteor Strikes at the Little Dipper Starts: 1:30 PM Ends: September 21, 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... •	22	23 Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: September 23, 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: September 23, 2025 - 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 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q1 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: September 23, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall 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. Fall Semester Q1 series 9/2/2025 9/9/2025 9/16/2025 9/23/2025 9/30/2025 10/7/2025 plus finals More details... • • •	24 Belles League Nights Belles League Nights Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: September 24, 2025 - 9:00 PM Description: Women of all ages in the Houston area are invited to join the Belles of Space City during our fall league nights. We will play at the home of one of our members on her private collection. The women's league season will consist of six weeks of matchplay qualifying. Each week players will compete in groups of four on six different games. Players will be awarded points based on finishing position. Points will accumulate across the season to determine overall league standing. The best 4 weeks will be used, so players can safely drop two weeks. The top players will be eligible for a finals, which will use a group elimination format (aka PAPA style). These competitions will take place at a private location. Please contact the tournament director if you plan to attend either by email bellesandchimeshouston@gmail.com or spacecitypinball@gmail.com or by responding to the facebook event. For complete information, please view the calendar on spacecitypinball.com or follow Space City Pinball on Facebook. Qualifying matchplay on Wednesday nights: September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29. Finals on November 5. More details... •	25	26	27 Max Matchplay at Gandalf's Expo Kickoff Max Matchplay at Gandalf's Expo Kickoff Starts: 2:00 PM Ends: September 27, 2025 - 7:00 PM Location: 10606 Hempstead Rd Houston, TX Description: Join Space City Pinball at Gandalf's Arcade for 20 head-to-head matches plus playoffs for the top 4.If you wish to enter, PLEASE commit to playing the entire event! Cost: $15 ($10 to Gandalf's, $1 to IFPA, $4 to pot) Practice: 1-1:45 pm Intro and Rules: 1:45-2 pm Max Match Play: 2 pm until everyone has played 20 games Finals for the Top 4 only: Group Match Play PAPA style Preregister on matchplay.events and bring $15 cash. Correct change appreciated. Bring snacks to share. BYOB More details... •
28 EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: September 28, 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... •	29	30 Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Space City Pinball: NASA 3X Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: September 30, 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: September 30, 2025 - 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 2025 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall Semester Q1 2025 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: September 30, 2025 - 10:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450 Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Fall 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. Fall Semester Q1 series 9/2/2025 9/9/2025 9/16/2025 9/23/2025 9/30/2025 10/7/2025 plus finals More details... • • •