Port City Pinball

Summer in the Port City
2024-07-06 09:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Qualifying:
6 Rounds of 2 games of match play. One game will be on a fast playing game. One on a slow playing game. Pairings are balanced.
Finals:
8 players make finals and will play in a double elimination bracket best of 3.
Top 4 get paid prizes.
Door Fee: $15
Tournament Fee: $15
Expected 152% TGP
Doors: 9:30am
Tournament: 10:30am

New England Pinball Championship
2024-06-28 08:00 - 2024-06-30 17:00 | NH
4 Days. 4 Events. Streaming on Backhand Pinball!
Main Event
5 Game Card. There will be a bank of 12 games and you need to put your best card on 5 of the 12 games.
Main Bank:

Dipsy Doodle
Doctor Who
Fathom
Foo Fighters (Pro)
Guardians of the Galaxy (Pro)
Iron Maiden (Premium)
James Bond 007 (Premium)
Johnny Mnemonic
Metallica (Pro)
Meteor
The Shadow
Tron
Backup: 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.
Certified event with projected 250% TGP!
Cash prizes for all finalists.
Cards: $10
Classics
5 Game Card Format. Bank of 8 classics games.
Classics Bank:

Aquarius
Grand Prix
Harlem Globetrotters
Hot Shot
Playboy
Quicksilver
Seawitch
Wild Fyre Reignyted – Rules
Backup: Paragon

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. All games will be chosen ahead of time before play starts as to prevent slowdown due to small amount of games in Classics.
Cards: $5
Sunday Classics Strikes
Sunday @ noon
For those that don’t make the Main finals or lost in round 1 of playoffs, there will be a 3 strikes 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
$10 entry
Registration begins on Sunday at 10am.
Door Fee:
$20 a day or $40 for the weekend which includes 1 card into Main if registered before June 6th, 2024. After June 6th there will be no card perk. Last day for refunds: May 28th.
Thursday NH Belles Tournament
Doors open at 5:30
Tournament starts at 6:30
$15 Door fee + $10 buy in, all games on free play.
10 rounds (depending on headcount) of head to head matches. Top 4 or 8 players will make group matchplay finals, 3 games per round. Cash prizes for top 4
Hotels
Best Western – Group Rate – .91 miles – $189 a night. Discount at the Roundabout Diner. Our favorite breakfast place in Portsmouth.
There are plenty of other hotel options, but here are a few!
Residence Inn – .25 miles – ~$380 a night
AC Marriott – Next door – ~$450 a night
Courtyard Portsmouth – 1.1 miles – ~$260 a night

Parking: Location & Directions
Attendees:
Derek Carroll +1
Matt Lemoine
Vincent Vitello
Will Parks
Ed Giardina
Jessica Reagan Salzman +1
Adam Meader
Seamus Meader
Zheanna Murray
Jared Garvey
Brian O’Neill
Allison O’Neill
Brian Yurick
Wyatt Winters
Erik Haynes
Lindsay Cole
Drew Dolan
Andrew Logan
Greg Poverelli
Chyle Cameron
Mike Havens
Joe Lemire
Zoe Vrabel
Jeremy Gagnon
James McFatter
Amber Lee
Nick Zendejas
Cody Gamache
Corina Malbaurn
Jillian Towne
Michael Sandler
Barbara Martin
Sarah MacLean
Shawn Chastney
Noah Crable
Allison Havens

When Do You Reopen?
2024-05-12 10:00 - 20:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
How many times have been asked that question? Too many! We have reopened! Or maybe we haven’t? Come join for the most unsure tournament of the year!
This will be a 10 round 2 game match play tournament. One game will be a long playing game, one will be a short playing game. Tiered Swiss pairings after Round 1. Scoring will be 7-5-3-1.
Top 8 players will make playoffs. The next 4 players will qualify for a fun B division playoff competing for a bit of cash and prizes. B finals does not affect the final IFPA submission.
Playoffs will be groups of 4 playing on 3 games with 7-5-3-1 scoring. Banks will be chosen ahead of time consisting of 2 fast playing games and 1 long playing game. Top seed has choice of bank or order for the first game. Games 2 and 3, the top seed has choice of order.
Door fee: $15
Tournament fee: $15
Cash prizes! Trophies! Will you have fun? Signs point to yes.
200% TGP. Big WPPRs!
Doors @ 9:30am
Tournament starts @ 10:30am
32 player limit.
Attendees:
Vincent Vitiello
Adam Meader
Seamus Meader
Matt Lemoine
Geoff Alterman
Noah Crable
Zheanna Murray
Brian O’Neill
Allison O’Neill
Augustus Eustis
Anne Whipple
Jillian Towne
Zackary Holt
Seth Gouin
Aaron Gunn
Michael Schmitt
Misha Ayer
Will Parks
Ben Bloomstein

Port City Pinball League Season 3 - Week 1
2024-04-23 17:30 - 2024-04-30 17:30 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
More details here: https://migrate.portcitypin.com/port-city-pinball-league/
Walk ins still welcome if you don’t want to play league!
Season 3 League Dates:
April 23rd
April 30th
May 7th
May 14th
May 21st
May 28th
FINALS May 28th or June 4th (Depending on who can play when)
If time doesn’t allow or if we have too few players finals will be June 4th.
Doors: 5:30pm, League: 6:30pm
Parking: https://migrate.portcitypin.com/location/

New Hampshire Pingolf Championship
2024-03-09 10:00 - 19:30 | NH
Note: This tournament has been moved to Funspot and has a new date
Qualifying:
We will play a 15 hole qualifying round. Games will be set to 5 balls. Reach the target score in 3 balls? You get 3 strokes. If you don’t reach the goal in 5 balls your score matters because your strokes can add up to 10. Example of scoring if you don’t reach the goal:
Goal 10M points:
8M – 9,999,999: 6 strokes
6M – 7,999,999: 7 strokes
4M – 5,999,999: 8 strokes
2M – 3,999,999: 9 strokes
<2M: 10 strokes
Finals:
The top 8 will make playoffs (if under 32 players). Otherwise we will take 16 players for over 32 registered players. Playoffs will be group matchplay pingolf. The top seed in each group can pick bank or position for the round. Scoring will still be pingolf style. The round will consist of 4 games. The top two finishers in each group will advance. The same games cannot be picked the rest of the tournament so choose wisely.
Tournament Fee To Benefit Port City Pinball: $15
Prize Pool Fee: $10
$10 in tokens will be provided to all registered players.
Location:
Funspot
579 Endicott St N,
Laconia, NH 03246
Doors: 10am
Tee Time: 11am
IFPA points. Expected 100%+ TGP
Cash prizes for top 8.
Prize for most holes in one!
Prize for most 10s!

Stern Army - February Target Matchplay
2024-02-10 10:00 - 17:30 | 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 24 points. Scoring will be 3-2-1-0. Pairings will be swiss after the first round. Rounds will rotate between older games and newer games.
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 (1 classics, 2 modern). 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.
Door Fee: $15
Tournament Fee: $10
Doors: 10am
Start: 11am
IFPA points. Expected 128% TGP
Cash prizes for top 8.

The Match Play 200
2024-01-27 09:00 - 22:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
This will be a 200% TGP tournament and will take all day. But the world ranking points will be worth it!
Qualifying:
We will play 10 rounds of match play, 2 games each (1 classic and 1 modern). First round pairings is random, subsequent rounds are tiered swiss. Scoring is 7-5-3-1.
Finals:
Top 16 will make finals. Finals will be on banks of 3 games (1 classics, 2 modern). The top seeds will have choice of bank or order. Scoring is 7-5-3-1.
Door Fee: $15
Tournament Fee: $15
Doors: 9am
Start: 10am
IFPA points. 200% TGP
Cash prizes for top 8.

NH State Finals Warm Up - Max Matchplay
2024-01-19 18:00 - 22:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Qualifying:
We will play a 15 – 16 round max matchplay. The top 4 from the qualifying go onto the finals.
Finals:
Finals will be on 4 randomly chosen games. The top seeds will have choice of order. Scoring is 7-5-3-1.
Door Fee: $15
Tournament Fee: $5
Doors: 6pm
Start: 6:30pm
IFPA points
Cash prizes for top 4.

NYE Critical Hit
2023-12-31 11:00 - 18:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
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 charity. 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. Finals will be 3 games of matchplay where the top seed has choice of game or position for all 3 games. At least one of the games must be from the classics bank.
Cash prizes and other fun surprises.
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.

Venom Launch Party
2023-12-30 12:00 - 18:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
We will play a 2 hour flip frenzy. The top 10 from the flip frenzy go onto the finals.
Finals (Amazing Race):
Seeds 5 – 10 play on Game 1. The lowest score is out. The survivors proceed to Game 2 with the addition of seed 4. So seed 1 will not have to play the first 4 games. The final game will be on Venom. The winner will be crowned the Venom Launch Party Champion.
Prizes from Stern plus cash prizes.
IFPA points
Door Fee: $15
Tournament Fee: $10
Doors: Noon
Start: 12:30pm
Prizes from Stern plus cash prizes.
IFPA points

Winter Slam 2023
2023-12-15 12:00 - 2023-12-17 19:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Winter Slam 2023
3 Days. 3 Events.
Main Event
7 Game Best Game Format Unlimited Qualifying. There will be a bank of 12 games and you need to put your best scores on 7 of the 12 games. This is not a card format. You can play as many of the same game as you’d like until you get the score you need to qualify. #1 score on a game will be 100 points. 2nd will be 97. 3rd is 95 and then it goes down by 1 point after that.
Main Bank:

Stranger Things
Metallica
World Cup Soccer
Guardians
Tron
Doctor Who
Lost World
Dipsy Doodle
Fathom
Fish Tales
Iron Maiden
Venom

Alternates: Foo Fighters, Deadpool, Meteor, The Shadow
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.
Certified event with projected 235% TGP!
Cash prizes for all finalists.
Classics
3 Game Best Game Format Unlimited Qualifying. Bank of 6 classics games.
Classics Bank:

Seawitch
Harlem Globetrotters
Quicksilver
Grand Prix
Aquarius
Atlantis

Alternates: Playboy, Meteor
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.
Expected TGP: 122%
Entry cost (Both Main and Classics):
$20 for 12 entries
$10 for 5 entries
$5 for 2 entries
Sunday Classics Strikes
Sunday @ noon
For those that don’t make the Main finals or lost in round 1 of playoffs, there will be a 3 strikes 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
$10 entry
Registration begins on Sunday at 10am.
Door Fee:
$15 a day or $35 for the weekend which includes 10 free entries into Main/Classics if registered before December 8th. After December 8th you receive 5 free entries. Last day for refunds: Dec 14th.
just added!
Thursday Womens Warm Up Tournament
Format: Max Matchplay
TD: Jill Towne
Door Fee: $15
Tournament Fee: $10
Doors: 5:30pm
Start: 7pm
The tournament will be 13 or 14 rounds depending on the number of players. Top 4 or 8 players will make playoffs depending on turn out.
Parking:
https://migrate.portcitypin.com/location/

Womens Warm Up Tournament
2023-12-14 17:30 - 22:30 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Thursday Womens Warm Up Tournament
Format: Max Matchplay
TD: Jill Towne
Door Fee: $15
Tournament Fee: $10
Doors: 5:30pm
Start: 7pm
The tournament will be 13 or 14 rounds depending on the number of players. Top 4 or 8 players will make playoffs depending on turn out.

November Drain
2023-11-19 09:30 - 21:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
8 rounds of 2 games each matchplay. Scoring is 7-5-3-1. 1 game will be modern and 1 game will be classic. Each round will be tiered swiss pairings.
After 8 rounds we will take the top 8 to finals. Playoffs will be 4 game banks with 2 games being modern and 2 being classic. Top seed chooses the bank or order. Same scoring for finals.
Top 4 to receive prizes and cash.
$20 door fee. $10 tournament
Doors at 9:30. Tournament starts at 10:30.
Qualifying Rounds: 10:30am – 5:30pm with 30 lunch minute break after Round 3.
Playoffs: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
192% TGP!
Parking: https://migrate.portcitypin.com/location/

A Night to November
2023-11-10 18:00 - 23:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
9 Strike Progressive strikes tournament. You will play in groups of 4 and with strikes being 0-1-2-3. When you get 9 strikes you are out. We will be open until 11pm so feel free to keep playing on non tournament games until then.
$15 Door Fee + $1 Credit Card processing. (Cash is welcome at the door if we don’t hit capacity) Tournament is free.
Doors at 6pm. Tournament starts at 6:30.
Parking: https://migrate.portcitypin.com/location/
BYOB

Port City Pinball League - Fall 2023
2023-11-07 17:30 - 2023-12-12 23:00 | NH
More details here: https://migrate.portcitypin.com/port-city-pinball-league/
2023 Fall League Dates:
November 7th
November 14th
November 21st
November 28th
December 5th
December 12th
FINALS December 19th
Doors: 5:30pm, League: 6:30pm
Parking: https://migrate.portcitypin.com/location/

Open Play 6-11pm
2023-11-03 18:00 - 23:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Door fee: $15
All of our games will be available to play from 6 – 11pm. Music will be bumping. Sodas and snacks for sale. Feel free to BYOB.

Soft Opening Tournament
2023-10-29 10:00 - 20:00 | Port City Pinball, 1 Raynes Ave Unit 208, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Come celebrate the soft opening of Port City Pinball. We will be opening the doors at 10am and starting the tournament at 11am. This will be an IFPA sanctioned event and have a soft cap of 36 players. We will adjust things if more show up.
Format: It will be 12 rounds of matchplay with 7-5-3-1 scoring for 4 players and 7-4-1 for 3 players. For under 36 players, it will rotate between modern games and classic games (pre-1990 or so). For over 36 players, you will be assigned 2 games per round, 1 classic and 1 modern (6 rounds total). Pairings will be random for round 1 and tiered swiss after that. Top 8 make finals.
Finals: Top 8 will make playoffs. We will play out any significant ties for playoffs. Playoffs will be 2 rounds of 3 games each with 4-2-1-0 scoring. Top 2 from first round advance to finals. Top seed in each group has choice of games or position. You cannot pick the same game twice for the entire playoffs.
Stall ball: Once finals starts, stick around for stall ball games. You can also play on non-playoff games. We will stay open until playoffs are done.
Parking: https://migrate.portcitypin.com/location/
$20 door fee. $20 tournament for prizes.
$1.50 fee for credit card processing.
BYOB (be responsible).
Sodas, chips and water will be for sale for $1. Bring snacks and food as there won’t be a break
