PCP December Max Match Play
2024-12-14 10:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Details:
Saturday, Dec 14th
Qualifying Format: 20 rounds of Max Matchplay, top 8 or 16 will make finals.
Finals: 4 games per round IFPA scoring (7/5/3/1)
Prizes and trophies for top 4
Door Fee: $15
Tournament Fee: $10
Doors: 10:00am
Start: 10:45am
Estimated TGP: 144%

NYE Critical Hit
2024-12-31 11:00 - 17:00
NYE Critical Hit
$25.00

We will be playing a casual critical hit tournament. Every player will receive 2 cards to start their deck. Players can buy one more card for $10 which will go to Footprints Food Pantry in Kittery, Maine. You can only hold 5 cards at most. Each game will have a goal to earn more cards. Use your cards to help yourself or screw other players. 🙂
Example of cards: https://www.neverdrains.com/criticalhit/
Format: 8 rounds of single game match play.
Top 8 make finals. Finalists can draw one more card from the deck. There will also be one more opportunity to purchase an extra card for $20 donation to the food bank. Finals will be 3 games of matchplay where the top seed has choice of position for all 3 games. Games will be chosen at random (You can always use a card to change the game of your choice). At least one of the games will be from the fast playing game bank.
Cash prizes.
Doors @ 11am
Tournament: Noon – 6pm
Door fee: $15
Tournament: $10
No WPPRs. Just a good time.
Feel free to stick around until 8pm afterwards for open play.

Port City Pinball League Season 7 - Week 1
2025-01-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Every 2 months we will be hosting a league that lasts 6 weeks plus a finals. The format of the league night is 5 games of group match play. Each round you will be assigned into groups of 3 or 4 and a game will be assigned to your group. The scoring will be 7-5-3-1 on that game.

The league will consist of 6 weeks where your best 4 weeks will count towards standings. The top 50% (rounded to the nearest 4) of players will qualify for finals.

64 Player Limit!

Finals Format: Groups of 4 players will be playing on 4 games. The top seed of each group will decide on the games they will be playing on or the order in which that player wants to play on the games. The games must consist of at least 2 classic games. Players may not pick the same game twice throughout playoffs. The scoring will be 7-5-3-1. Each groups 2 best players will move onto the next round.

Every player that plays at least 3 weeks will be qualified for world ranking points!

Cost: $60 for the whole season. $40 goes to Port City Pinball for the door fees, $20 goes to cash prizes, trophies and IFPA for ranking points. If you want to pay for each night individually it’s $15 per night with $10 to the house and $5 to prizes. Top 4 players will get cash prizes.

Schedule: Each league night, doors will open at 5:30pm and the league starts promptly at 6:30pm. This is different than our normal opening hour of 6pm. Feel free to come in early at 5:30. After league night is over, you can stick around and play games until 11pm.

Season 7 League Dates: Jan 7thJan 14thJan 21stJan 28thFeb 4thFeb 11thFINALS Feb 11th or Feb 18th (Depending on who can play when)

Field Trip to Target
2025-01-11 10:00 - 18:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Qualifying:
We will play as many rounds of match play until 8 players reach the target score of 21 points. Scoring will be 3-2-1-0. Pairings will be swiss after the first round. Rounds will consist of 2 games in a row of quick playing games with 1 longer playing game after it.
Finals:
The first 8 to reach the target make finals. Seeds will be how quickly you passed the target. Finals will be on banks of 3 games (2 fast, 1 long). Banks will be pre-determined. The top seeds will have choice of bank or order. Bank cannot be chosen again for the rest of the playoffs by the same player. Scoring is 7-5-3-1.
Top 4 get paid prizes.
Anybody who doesn’t make playoffs can play in a single strike knockout for a Target Gift Card!
Door Fee: $15
Tournament Fee: $15
WPPRs. Projected 128% TGP
Doors: 10:00am
Tournament: 10:45am

Tournament Series Annual Pass
2025-02-03 - 2025-03-01
We are selling 20 annual passes for our tournament series. A ticket will guarantee you a spot in every tournament we run in the series in 2025. Your door entry is free for single day tournaments. You still will have to pay the tournament entry. For multi-day tournaments you will receive a $20 discount. We guarantee that a minimum of 15 events will be run in 2025.

Women's Target Matchplay
2025-02-03 08:00 - 17:00
Target Matchplay!
Target of 21 points. 3-2-1-0 scoring for 4 player groups. 2-1-0 for 3 player groups. Alternating between fast and slow playing games.
No finals, whoever gets to 21 first wins.
Doors 11am
Start 11:30am

Casual Critical Hit
2025-02-08 11:45 - 17:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Come join us for a non-WPPR critical hit tournament!
5 rounds of Critical Hit + Playoffs
Everyone starts with 2 cards and can earn more cards each round
Doors: 11am
Start:11:45pm
Doors: $15
Tournament $10

NH B&C: Monthly Women's Tournament - Feb
2025-02-23 11:00 - 17:00
6 rounds of matchplay, alternating between old and new games. Top 4 or 8 (depending on number of players) will advance to a finals of 3 games per round.
Don’t want to pay ahead of time but want to register still?
matchplay registrations are available too!
https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/178732
Always the last Sunday of the month. The format will change every month. We invite cis, trans, and nonbinary players for whom womanhood is a part of their gender identity or experience.
Doors Open at 11am
Tournament Starts at 11:30am
Be aware that Port City Pinball will open to the general public at 1pm. We should hopefully wrap up with qualifying by then and playoffs (if needed) may occur during open hours. We host an open 3 strikes tournament starting at 2pm for anybody that wants to stick around and play more tournaments. Your tournament entry also allows you to stay at Port City Pinball until 6pm.
Door Fee: $15
Tournament Fee: $10

Progressive Strikes
2025-02-23 13:00 - 18:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
12 strikes tournament
0-1-2-3 strikes for 1st – 4th.
3 player groups 0-1-2.
Top 3 get prizes!
Doors: 1pm
Start: 1:45pm
Doors: $15
Tournament: $15
WPPR Points

Port City Pinball League Season 8 - Week 1
2025-03-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Every 2 months we will be hosting a league that lasts 6 weeks plus a finals. The format of the league night is 5 games of group match play. Each round you will be assigned into groups of 3 or 4 and a game will be assigned to your group. The scoring will be 7-5-3-1 on that game.

The league will consist of 6 weeks where your best 4 weeks will count towards standings. The top 50% (rounded to the nearest 4) of players will qualify for finals.

64 Player Limit!

Finals Format: Groups of 4 players will be playing on 4 games. The top seed of each group will decide on the games they will be playing on or the order in which that player wants to play on the games. The games must consist of at least 2 classic games. Players may not pick the same game twice throughout playoffs. The scoring will be 7-5-3-1. Each groups 2 best players will move onto the next round.

Every player that plays at least 3 weeks will be qualified for world ranking points!

Cost: $60 for the whole season. $40 goes to Port City Pinball for the door fees, $20 goes to cash prizes, trophies and IFPA for ranking points. If you want to pay for each night individually it’s $15 per night with $10 to the house and $5 to prizes. Top 4 players will get cash prizes.

Schedule: New This Season Each league night, doors will open at 6pm and the league starts promptly at 6:45pm. After league night is over, you can stick around and play games until 11pm.

Season 8 League Dates:March 4thMarch 11thMarch 18thMarch 25thApril 1stApril 8th
FINALS April 8th or April 15th (Depending on who can play when)

The Match Play 200
2025-03-15 10:00 - 17:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Back again for another year, we bring you the The Match Play 200.
200% WPPRs
It will be a long day of pinball, with 10 rounds of matchplay, 2 games each round. Top 16 to finals (if 32 players). Otherwise Top 8 make playoffs
Doors: $20
Tournament: $20
Doors:9am
Start:10am
If you want to pre-register but pay at the door, feel free to register on matchplay: https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/178754

Warm Up Max Matchplay
2025-03-27 19:00 - 21:30 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Come join us for a warm up event to, well, warm up on all the games before the madness begins.
Max matchplay format. We will play max matchplay for 2 hours and a short final after.
Doors: 6:30pm
Start: 7:00pm
We should be ending around 9:30pm.
Doors: $10
Tournament: $10

IFPA WNACS - Open Strikes Tournament
2025-03-28 17:30 - 22:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Open to all!
5:30p: Doors
6:00p: Start Time.
Women qualified and participating in WNACS have discounted rate for tournament. Please choose the discounted rate at checkout.
Strict group strikes
4 player groups – 0-0-1-1 strikes
3 player groups – 0-1-1 strikes
3 strikes and you are out.
Top 4 will receive prizes. Cash and trophies.
Will be played on a rotation of fast playing and long playing games. Games will come in and out of the tournament as the finals of the WNACS will be running at this time.
Limited to 64 players

Women’s World Championship Consolation Tournament
2025-03-30 13:00 - 17:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Progressive Strikes Tournament
Start Time: 1pm
Tournament Fee: $10
Door Fee: $15
Come join us for the end of the women’s world championships festivities with a progressive strikes tournament! The start time will be slightly later than our usual last sunday tournaments to allow for a few more people to be able to play.
Any women (even those that didn’t compete in the events this weekend) are welcome to come.
Prizes for top 3
For those that played in the Women’s World Championship have their door fee covered already. Choose the discounted rate. For those women that only played in the WNACS or unaffiliated with either should purchase the full price ticket.

Portsburgh Satellite Tournament - Pinburgh Ticket Giveaway!
2025-04-05 09:30 - 18:00
Play for your chance to win a ticket to Pinburgh! We will be playing on banks of 3 games. Old-mid-new. 5 rounds of match play. Swiss tiered groups after round 1. 3-2-1-0 scoring. We will take up to 50% into the playoffs. Playoffs will be on the banks of 3. Playoff banks will include at least one game that was previously owned by the Replay Foundation.
Everybody who plays will have a chance to win. If you already have a Pinburgh ticket or cannot attend, you can request a $350 refund within 7 days of your winning the ticket.
$30 to play in the tournament. Port City Pinball is fronting the money to pre-purchase the ticket which is almost double retail. $20 of the $30 will go to paying off the ticket. $10 will go to Port City Pinball for door fees plus IFPA fees. Once we have over 32 players, a large portion of the following entry fees will go towards cash prizes instead. Player limit is set at 64 players.
The ticket will be raffled off. The better you play, the more raffle tickets you receive. Just by showing up you get at least one raffle ticket. We will have other prizes to raffle as well as cash prizes for over 32 players. Here’s a breakdown of raffle tickets for if we have 32 players.
1st – 50
2nd – 47
3rd – 43
4th – 40
5th – 37
6th – 34
7th – 32
8th – 29
9th – 26
10th – 24
11th – 22
12th – 20
13th – 18
14th – 16
15th – 14
16th – 12
17th – 11
18th – 10
19th – 8
20th – 7
21st – 6
22nd – 5
23rd – 4
24th – 25th – 3
26th – 28th – 2
29th – 32nd – 1
Doors: 9:30am
Start: 10am

Eggcellent Adventure
2025-04-19 10:30 - 17:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Come join us for a fun filled day of egg hunting, pinball playing, and special powerups!
The event starts with an easter egg hunt to find your matchups for the day. Find your fill of eggs and then get playing.
Play your 10 head to head matchups based on what you’ve found in the eggs, and top 4 will play a 3 game playoff to see who rules Easter.
Keep an eye on your email for a survey before the tournament as well.
Everyone that comes gets special powerups (play extra ball one handed, play extra ball with both hands, etc)
Limited to 24 people. Trophies for top 4.
PRE-REGISTER ONLY. NO WALK INS. THIS IS DUE TO TOURNAMENT CUSTOMIZED FOR YOU.
Registrations turn off on the 16th!
Doors 10:30am
Start 11am
Price: $25

Women's Strikes
2025-04-27 11:00 - 17:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Head to head strikes.
Whoever is left standing wins!
Doors 11am
Start 11:30am

New England Pinball Championship 2025
2025-05-23 12:00 - 2025-05-26 18:00
4 Days. 5 Events. Streaming on Backhand Pinball!

MAIN EVENT
7 Game Hybrid Best Game. There will be a bank of 14 games and you need to put your best 7 scores of the 14 games. Max entries: 56
Main Bank:

Baywatch
Creature From The Black Lagoon
Deadpool
Frontier
Harlem Globetrotters
James Bond 007 Premium
Jaws Premium
Lord of the Rings
Michael McTallica (Metallica)
Stargazer
TRON Pro
Viking
Volley
World Cup Soccer ’94

Backup:

Congo
Guardians of the Galaxy
Johnny Mnemonic
Pinball Magic
Star Trek Pro

Qualifying:
Friday noon – 10pm
Saturday noon – 10pm
Insignificant ties will be broken by number of 1sts, 2nds, etc. All ties for byes and playoffs will be played on a random game from the Main bank.
Finals:
Sunday @ 10am
Top 24 with 8 getting a bye.
Finals will be 4 games of match play with scoring of 7-5-3-1. The top seed in the group will have choice of game or position for each game. They cannot pick the same game twice throughout the playoffs until all games have been picked. Top seed has the option to swap out a game from Main with a game from Classics.
B Division will be the next 8 players over the IFPA Top 500.
Certified event with projected 250% TGP!
Cash prizes for all finalists.
64 Player Limit
Cost (Sold Day of Event):
$60 for 56 entries
$20 for 14 entries
CLASSICS
5 Game Hybrid Best Game. There will be a bank of 10 games and you need to put your best 5 scores of the 10 games. Max entries: 40
Classics Bank:

Beat the Clock (Bally)
Dimension
Fathom
Grand Prix (3 Ball)
Jacks Open (Backup In)
Jungle Queen
Paragon
Playboy
Quicksilver
Seawitch
Solar Fire

Backup:

Atlantis

Qualifying:
Friday noon – 10pm
Saturday noon – 4pm
Insignificant ties will be broken by number of 1sts, 2nds, etc. All ties for byes and playoffs will be played on a random game from the Classics bank.
Finals:
Saturday @ 5pm
Top 16 make finals.
Format: Top seed will have choice of game or position on 4 classic games. Scoring will be 7-5-3-1. Top two players move on. All finalists will receive prize money.
B Division will be the next 4 players over the IFPA Top 500.
64 Player Limit
Cost (Sold Day of Event):
$50 for 40 entries
$20 for 10 entries
Women’s Saturday Strikes
Saturday @ noon – 4pm
3 strike tournament. Groups of 4 or 3 where the bottom 2 players get a strike. 3 strikes and you are out.
20 Player Limit
Cash and trophies for top 3
$10 tournament fee. Door fee still applies. Women who only want to participate in this tournament will be guaranteed door entrance past our 64 player capacity.
Womens Bank:

Atlantis
Foo Fighters
Jacks Open
Meteor
The Shadow

Backup

Doctor Who
Venom Premium

Open Sunday Strikes
Sunday @ noon
For those that don’t make the Main finals or lost in round 1 of playoffs, there will be a 4 strike tournament. Groups of 4 where the bottom 2 get a strike. If it’s a group of 3 only last place gets a strike.
32 Player Limit
Cash and trophies for top 3
$10 tournament fee. Door fee still applies.
Registration begins on Sunday at 10am.
NEPC Target Matchplay

Monday @ 11am
18 point Target Matchplay. Groups of 4 with 3-2-1-0 scoring or 3-1.5-0 for 3 player groups. Rounds will rotate between fast playing and long playing games. The first 8 players to reach the target will make playoffs. Playoffs will be 3 game match play. Top 2 move onto finals. Finals is another 3 game match play.
64 Player Limit
Cash and trophies for top 4
$20 tournament fee. Door fee still applies.
Door Fee:
$25 a day (Sold daily at Port City Pinball if weekend not sold out) or $60 for the weekend (Friday – Monday). Weekend pass guarantees you door entry for Main, Classics, Women’s and Target Matchplay. Last day for refunds: May 15th.
Hotels
Sheraton Portsmouth
Hilton Garden Inn
AC Hotel next door – use link for 15% discount
Hampton Inn use link for 15% off discount
Courtyard Marriott (1.4 mile walk)
Parking: Location & Directions
Attendees:
Brian O’Neill
Allison O’Neill
Cody Gamache
Seth Gouin
Zheanna Murray
Zoë Vrabel
Dustin Grossbier
Gwen Fischer
Nicole Villacres
Jess Salzman
Michael Salzman
Matthew Lemoine
Mike Havens
Jeffrey Pinard
Noah Crable
Drew Dolan
Lindsay Cole
Ashley Carroll
Derek Carroll
Vincent Vitiello
Micah Weston
Gabe Noblesmith
Mischa Ayer
Connor Mullbury
Michael Sandler
Ed Giardina
Kim Musgrave
Coleman Papa-Musgrave
Seamus Meader
Adam Meader
Daniel Rone
Cody Erickson
Luke Norman
Jared Garvey
Wyatt Winters
Ryan Lazzarin
Aaron Gunn
Jill Towne
Marc Patenaude
David Huang
Shawn Chastney
Will Parks
Erik Haynes
