Skill Shot

The 7th Edition of the Emerald City Cup is now a multi-day tournament begining Friday March 3rd at the Ice Box.

The new tournament format follows the new IFPA rules for maximum points and will have multiple day qualifiers with the finals being held Sunday at 4. Check out our calendar for more details (including all of the text from Germain’s facebook event page!)

Another Castle Edmonds will now have two different IFPA tournaments on the first Saturday of the month beginning March 4th.

Their monthly match-play tournament is moving to 2pm and the weekly 3-strike tourney will now be every Saturday. This is their plan going forward with the exception of April when a NWPAS Satellite Tournament is happening there.

If you are interested in either volunteering your time or your games two different volunteer parties this weekend will help get you started.

Saturday at Round Table Pizza in Burien is the place to be to learn how to volunteer your time, ideas and more. This event begins at noon and has free refreshments! There’s a repair party all day Sunday at James Edes in Milton. Bring any games or other projects you want help working on or just show up and help others get their games ready for the show. More info for both parties are on our Calendar.

The last weekend of the month converges with the fourth so there’s a lot of tourney action happening this weekend.

Saturday has the Monthly Kitsap Matchplay happening at Another Castle (Bremerton), as well as the the weekly all-ages tourney at the Edmonds’ Castle. Sunday is packed with the monthly group knock out at Triple Knock, pin-golf at Georgetown Pizza, the final Kraken tournament, a matchplay tourney at the Pinball Collective, the monthly Belles & Chimes at Ice Box – Plus the regular Sunday weeklies at Another Castle (both Edmonds and Bremerton), Crave 80s and the Airport Tavern. All the details will be found on the Skill Shot Calendar – link at the top!

A new IFPA-endorsed classics matchplay and BBQ extravaganza happens on March 12th; Pre-registration encouraged (opens Feb. 25th, noon pst).

Update Feb. 26th: pre-reg filled up and any new requests are for the wait-list. Details on the Calendar: https://www.skill-shot.com/event/spring-kitten-classics-matchplay

This year’s poster poster is revealed!

This year’s poster was designed by artist Randy Martinez, who did the artwork for Stern’s Mandalorian and Star Wars Comic Book Edition pinball games! https://www.randymartinez.art/

Tickets on sale now: https://www.nwpinballshow.com/

From Edmonds to Bellingham western Washington’s pinball scene is on the rise!

New locations and regular tournaments are happening now for pinball players who live north of Seattle. The Northend Street Pinball League begins their new season on Thursday Feb 22nd and there are weekly tournaments happening in Edmonds, Bellingham, Arlington, Marysville plus the occasional special events. Choose the Out of Town filter on the Skill Shot Calendar for more info: https://www.skill-shot.com/calendar/category/out-of-town-kipsap-co

Bellingham’s pinball tournaments got a nice write up on The Front (a Western WA student newsite); The Northend Pinball League site is Here; the Facebook page for Northend pinball is Here; and find Northend pinball locations on our Pinball List by choosing either Snohomish Co. or Road Trip (link at the top). Bola Salvada!

The Skill Shot Pinball List has had a lot of new locations added in the past month (Jan 13 – Feb 19); here is a quick run down of where they are…

Nun Chucks Brewing (Lynnwood)
Three Bull Brewing (Snohomish)
Elysian Taproom (Georgetown)
The Pour House (North Bend)
Two Beers Brewery (SODO)
Lariat Bar (White Center)
Half Pint Pizza (Tacoma; re-added games)
7 Seas Brewery (Tacoma)
Easy Monkey Taphouse (Shoreline)
The Garage (Capitol Hill)

Sadly there have been a few deleted locations also: Zippy’s Burgers, Victory Lounge, Lagunitas Brewing, Great State Burger (Ballard) and Full Tilt Ballard. Smoke a Ball and the Kraken are slated to close at the end of the month also.