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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.

Super Saturday at EinStein's in Richmond!
Join us at 1pm for a Super Good Time!
Register here: https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/244113

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

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.
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Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website)

EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Spring 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.

Start Date: March 10, 2026
End Date: April 21, 2026

Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve North Tuesday Series - Interstellar Training!

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 March 10th to April 14th for qualifying and April 21st 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: April 21st. Format to be determined.
$1 Entry fee each week for IFPA and prizes.

Five rounds of group matchplay (7/5/3/1).  Top 8 finals.  

This month we will play at Gandalf's, a private arcade. $10 entry plus $1 IFPA. Practice at 2pm. Tournament at 3pm.

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.

4 Strikes Knockout
21+

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.
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Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website)

EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Spring 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.

Start Date: March 10, 2026
End Date: April 21, 2026

Welcome to Space City Pinball's The Game Preserve North Tuesday Series - Interstellar Training!

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 March 10th to April 14th for qualifying and April 21st 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: April 21st. Format to be determined.
$1 Entry fee each week for IFPA and prizes.