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ACAE Amateur Pinball Tournament
2023-03-19 17:30 - 21:00, 2023-03-26 17:30 - 21:00, 2023-04-02 17:30 - 21:00, 2023-04-09 17:30 - 21:00, 2023-04-16 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Another Castle Arcade Edmonds, 23303 Hwy 99 Suite C, Edmonds, WA, 98026, United States
Haven’t played pinball competitively but wondering what the flipping out is about?

Come check out the Another Castle Arcade Edition Edmonds Amateur Pinball Tournament. Every Sunday.

530PM Start Time.

Come check it out in a judgment free zone and learn the rules as you try for the top prize.

Tournament Rules:

$5 buy-in, 3-strike tournament

3 balls for players ranked over 4000 IFPA, MNP rating 3 or lower, and any unranked players

2 balls (plunge 1) for 4000-1500 IFPA and MNP rating 4-5

1 ball (plunge 2) for sub-1500 IFPA and/or MNP rating 6

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/AnotherCastleArcadeEdition/

NWPC Free Play Open House
2023-03-21 17:00 - 21:00, 2023-04-18 17:00 - 21:00 | The Sanctuary of the Silver Ball, 1120 N 97th St, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Every 1st Saturday 12pm-4pm and 3rd Tuesday 5pm-9pm
Open Sanctuary access for the public – go check out the Northwest Pinball Collective and play some free pinball!
If you also want to grab a membership, you can complete your new member orientation on-the-spot and have ongoing full access to the Sanctuary every day!
https://nwpinballcollective.org/

Slippery Pig Pinball Tournament
2023-03-21 18:00 - 21:30, 2023-03-28 18:00 - 21:30, 2023-04-04 18:00 - 21:30, 2023-04-11 18:00 - 21:30, 2023-04-18 18:00 - 21:30 | Slippery Pig Brewery, 18801 Front St NE, Poulsbo, WA, 98370, United States
Poulsbo’s nearly every weekly pinball tournament!
$5 buy in, 6pm start time and the top 3 players go home with cash!
Look at their FB page for updates and etc: https://www.facebook.com/slipperypigbrewery

20th Tuesday Match Play Tournament
2023-03-21 19:00 - 23:00 | 20th Century Bowl, 1411 N State St, Bellingham, WA, 98225, United States
Bellingham monthly tournament at 20th Century Bowl:
Group match play tournament!
$5 buy in, 7pm start
IFPA Sanctioned!
All-Ages
Bellingham Pinball: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486345028099896/events

ACAE Saturday Night IFPA Tournament
2023-03-25 20:00 - 23:30, 2023-04-08 20:00 - 23:30, 2023-04-15 20:00 - 23:30 | Another Castle Arcade Edmonds, 23303 Hwy 99 Suite C, Edmonds, WA, 98026, United States
Another Castle Arcade Edition Edmonds weekly:
Classic head to head 3-strike knockout
Registration @ 7pm
Flippers Up @ 8pm
$5
IFPA points
All-ages
https://www.facebook.com/AnotherCastleArcadeEdition

Max Matchplay Qualifying @ 8-bit Arcade
2023-03-26 14:30 - 20:00 | 8 Bit Arcade bar, 916 3rd S. 3rd st, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
On Sunday March 26th at 3:00pm, South Sound Pinball will host a max matchplay qualifier at 8-bit Arcade. Entry fee is $10. You do not need to be 21+ to enter, but there is a chance that you could be removed from the finals on Tuesday (at 9:30pm when 8-bit becomes 21+).
Finals for the top 16 (or 12 or 8 depending on turnout) will be held Tuesday evening at 7:30. There will be a casual side tourney during the Tuesday finals. Finals groups get game priority. Finals will be PAPA matchplay, with the top two players in each group advancing after each round. If there are 12 players in the final, the top 4 will recieve a bye through the first round. Each round will be a bank of three games, bank or player order is chosen by the top seed in each group.
Sunday Qualifying: 2:30 sign ups, 3:00pm start;
Tuesday Finals: March 28th at 7:30pm;
$10 buy-in
Good sportsmanship required.
IFPA event page:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/tournaments/view.php?t=60080#
*finals on Tuesday at 7:30 could run past the 9:30 age cutoff, at which point all under 21 participants would be removed from play.
FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/167059702404438

Max Matchplay Finals @ 8-Bit Arcade
2023-03-28 19:30 - 23:30 | 8 Bit Arcade bar, 916 3rd S. 3rd st, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Tonight is the finals for the Max Matchplay Qualifier that happen on Sunday March 26th.
See Sunday’s calendar listing for qualifying details: https://skill-shot.com/event/max-matchplay-qualifying-8-bit-arcade
IFPA event link:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/tournaments/view.php?t=60080#
Finals for the top 16 (or 12 or 8 depending on turnout) will be held tonight at 7:30.
There will also be a casual side tourney tonight during the finals – so you don’t have to attend Sunday’s event to play in a tournament, but finals groups get game priority.
Finals will be PAPA matchplay, with the top two players in each group advancing after each round. If there are 12 players in the final, the top 4 will recieve a bye through the first round. Each round will be a bank of three games, bank or player order is chosen by the top seed in each group.

NWPC Free Play Open House
2023-04-01 12:00 - 16:00 | The Sanctuary of the Silver Ball, 1120 N 97th St, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Every 1st Saturday 12pm-4pm and 3rd Tuesday 5pm-9pm
Open Sanctuary access for the public – go check out the Northwest Pinball Collective and play some free pinball!
If you also want to grab a membership, you can complete your new member orientation on-the-spot and have ongoing full access to the Sanctuary every day!
BYOB, all-ages, and conveniently located on the E Line.
https://nwpinballcollective.org/

ACAE Saturday IFPA Tournament
2023-04-01 14:00 - 18:30 | Another Castle Arcade Edmonds, 23303 Hwy 99 Suite C, Edmonds, WA, 98026, United States
Another Castle Arcade Edition Edmonds weekly:
Classic head to head 3-strike knockout
Special start time today only: 2pm
$5
IFPA points
All-ages
https://www.facebook.com/AnotherCastleArcadeEdition

NWPAS Satellite Series: Castle Crush
2023-04-01 19:00 - 23:30 | Another Castle Arcade Edmonds, 23303 Hwy 99 Suite C, Edmonds, WA, 98026, United States
The NWPAS Satellite Pinball Tournament Series is a promotional tour of local establishments in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. A total of 15 tournaments are scheduled in the month’s leading up to the NW Pinball and Arcade Show (June 2 – 4).
• Estimated dozens Tournament Prizes to be won!! for a combined prize pool valued at over $10,000!
• Any player can win up to 2 weekend passes, and up to 2 tournament entry packages, during the tournament series, to give one to a friend or family member.
• Variety of tournament formats: Match Play with Multi-Play finals, 3-Strike Knockout, 8-Strike Progressive Strike Knockout and Pingolf.
• IFPA World Pinball Player Ranking (WPPR) points towards state and international rankings for many events
• Entry $10
• Lots of raffle prizes at every event
• Win Guarantee – details on NWPAS website
• New special offer, participate in 3 events and if you do not win a weekend pass, you can purchase one for $100
Details concerning specific tournament rules and prizes can be found on NWPAS website: http://nwpas.wapinball.net/satellite.html
Todays event: Castle Crush
Format: Match Play, MMP Final
Cap# 56
Restrctions: All-Ages
IFPA points: yes
Please note that listed time is the START TIME. Registration closes approximately 10 minutes before listed time; earlier if it fills up.
Tonight: The qualifying round is a traditional match play tournament.
• There will be 5 rounds of 4-player games (or some 3-player games if odd number of players).
• Points will be earned per game based on IFPA Scoring.
• Ties will be broken as described below.
Match Multi-Play Playoff Rounds:
• With 46 or less players, top 8 make semi-finals, as two groups of 4 players. Top two of each group moves on to Finals.
• With 47 or more players, top 16 make semi-finals. Winner of each semi-final group move on to finals and win packages. 2nd in each group move to consolation finals to compete for remaining packages. In case of a 9th package being available, multi-play consolation final will be among those who finish 3rd in each group (instead of 2nd) in semi-finals, as everyone finishing 2nd will have also won packages.
• Ties will be broken as described below.
• Play proceeds similar to qualifying rounds, except that there are 4 players on 4 machines. Rotation to the right occurs similarly.
• Points are earned for each game based on IFPA Scoring.
Refer to the NWPAS Website, http://nwpas.wapinball.net/satellite.html, for full details and official rules.

Max Value Classic Challenge
2023-04-02 14:00 - 20:30 | The Ice Box, 615 NW Bright St, Seattle, WA, 98107, United States
This will be a full day, 200% rated tournament!
We will play on Classic games only (Pre-DMD), with 9 rounds of Matchplay for qualifying (7/5/3/1, balanced pairing, automatic tiebreakers) then top 50% of the players move on to a Progressive Group Strike finals. The number of Strike will be based on how many players makes finals to get the remaining 16 meaningful games.
$10 registration, Ice Box open at 1 for practice, 1:30 sign up and 2PM start.
Entry fee paid back in full as cash prizes to the top 16 players.
This tournament will follow official IFPA rules: https://www.ifpapinball.com/rules/

https://www.facebook.com/events/663125835617470

GPA Sunday Detention Tournament
2023-04-02 17:00 - 21:00, 2023-04-09 17:00 - 21:00, 2023-04-16 17:00 - 21:00 | Georgetown Pizza & Arcade, 5513 Airport Way S, Seattle, WA, 98108, United States
Georgetown Pizza’s weekly Sunday 3 Strike Knockout tournament (every Sunday except the last one of the month)
3:30pm signups
4:00 start
$5 entry
all level friendly. All ages welcome!
IFPA points.
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/gpaseattle

Waterland High Score Contest
2023-04-08 11:00 - 19:00 | Waterland Arcade, 22306 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines, WA, 98198, United States
High score competition details:
* Machine will be Monster Bash
* $1 coin drop per try
* Machine will be open for high score competition from 11am until 7pm.
* Top score at the end takes the prize! (Day pass to NWPAS)
There may be more details on the Waterland Fb page: https://www.facebook.com/WaterlandArcade

NW Pinball and Arcade Show Volunteer Meeting
2023-04-08 12:00 - 14:00 | Round Table Pizza Shoreline, 15725 Westminster Way N, Shoreline, WA, 98133, United States
Get the latest news and updates for the show, find out where they need help, chat and network with other volunteers and eat free pizza! Address: Roundtable Pizza, 15725 Westminster Way N Suite B, Shoreline, WA 98133
This is part of an on going series of events leading up to the NW Pinball & Arcade Show (June 2 – 4 at the Tacoma Convention Center).
For more info on how to volunteer go to the NWPAS website: https://www.volunteer.nwpinballshow.com/

Pinheads: The Next Generation
2023-04-08 14:00 - 17:00 | Waterland Arcade, 22306 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines, WA, 98198, United States
Do you have a kiddo in your family that is a pinball fanatic? Do you want to?? Come join in at the Waterland Arcade for “Pinheads: The Next Generation,” youth tournaments!
Meet friends, learn some new skills, and practice good sportsmanship! Tournaments will occur on the second Saturday of each month.
Before the tournament begins, there will be a small presentation on how the tournaments work; standard pinball terms, sportsmanship, and maybe a few tips on how to play your best game.
This event will be Junior IFPA sanctioned! Players will earn World Pinball Player Ranking (WPPR) points which will be reported on the ifpapinball.com web site.
The entry fee is $2 per player, with CASH prizes for the top 3 players.
The prize pool will include 100% of the entry fees, plus $15 extra contributed by Waterland Arcade.
Signups open at 2 pm, flippers up at 2:30pm.
-17 and under only
– 3 strike knockout (everyone will play in at least 3 rounds)
– one-on-one, 2-player games
More tournament rules: https://www.facebook.com/events/958615998627540/958616011960872

NW Pinball & Arcade Show Repair Party
2023-04-08 14:00 - 19:00 | The Sanctuary of the Silver Ball, 1120 N 97th St, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
After the Volunteer Meeting there is going to be a repair party at the Northwest Pinball Collective! Head show Medic, Oz, will be on hand, as well as other Medics that help with game repair at the show. Bring your games, boards, and monitors to work on, as well as any tools and parts you think you might need. There will be some tools and parts on hand, and if you let us know ahead of time what project you are bringing, that can help us plan what tools or parts to bring. The Collective also has a ton of great games to play and this is a perfect opportunity to check it out.
This is part of an on going series of events leading up to the NW Pinball & Arcade Show (June 2 – 4 at the Tacoma Convention Center). Stay tuned for more repair parties and other volunteering opportunities!
For more info on how to volunteer your games go to the NWPAS website: https://www.volunteer.nwpinballshow.com/

Pinbrawl on the Waterfront
2023-04-08 19:00 - 23:45 | Waterland Arcade, 22306 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines, WA, 98198, United States
2024 UPDATE: Pinball is now free play at Waterland Arcade with admission. Admission is normally $15 but for tournament players it will be discounted to $10, and this replaces coin drop no quarters necessary leave them at home.
Players pay $5 buy in which goes to the pot like normal.
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Please come and join us for the “Pinbrawl on the Waterfront” tournament, at Waterland Arcade near the waterfront in Des Moines, on the 2nd Saturday of each month!
Registration will open at 7pm, with the tournament beginning at 7:30 p.m. The entry fee is $15 (includes $10 to Waterland for unlimited pinball play and $5 to the pot), with a $50 pot splash from Waterland Arcade. All entry fees + pot splash paid out as prizes to the top 3.
$50 pot splash by Waterland Arcade. $100 for 20, $150 for 25 players!
Waterland pays player IFPA fee.
This tournament will use one of 6 different formats. The format for a given month will be announced at least two weeks in advance on the tournament’s Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/WaterlandArcade/events
