Hey guys and gals, Pinball at the Zoo is coming up in just over two months, April 19th-21st. The show is one of my favorites year in and year out. There is a tournament that is run great, a nice venue with lots of space, an auction where you never know what is going to show up, Mr. Soda Pop selling all the unique beverages you can handle, and lots of games on free play both pinball and arcade.

The show is really a show for the community and as such, it relies on people bringing in games to be shared. I’ll be taking up my Total Nuclear Annihilation and Fathom for the show this year. If I have more space maybe something else as well. Bringing a game gets you into the show for free and in past years you have gotten a special t-shirt as well. I hope a lot of you will check it out and if you can bring a game to share.

Their website has a lot of basic information and if you have any other questions let me know as I can help to answer or get you in contact with those who can answer.

Dan finally had a week where he wasn’t at the top of the heap, yet he remains with a commanding 4 point lead in the overall standings. All groups had competitive play this week, and we had a new member who will be joining regularly from Michigan in Josh Dosson. Full recap and results are below.

The games for week 5 are Spanish Eyes, Star Trek Premium, The Walking Dead Premium, Theatre of Magic, and Twilight Zone. See you all next Tuesday at 7:30 PM!

Tonight we will be paired up by league standings, the regular start time of 7:30 PM at Main Street Amusements! Games this week are below.

Also, this past Saturday, Wizard’s World in Fort Wayne hosted Indiana’s first Women’s Tournament, the champion was none other than Lafayette Pinball League member Danielle Alexander! Congrats to Danielle and way to represent! She outlasted 30+ other women on her way to victory.

Hope everyone had a good time last night at league. Dan continued his hot streak putting up 18 points on his way to the lead for the night. Matt and Craig each finished the night with the leads in their groups. The full week’s results and overall standings after 3 weeks of league play are below.

The games for week 4 are Funhouse, Monopoly, Olympic Hockey, Power Play, and Spider-man VE.

Gorgar has decided to take a trip back to the Nether Realm (aka temporarily down) and as a result, has been replaced by none other than TOTAL NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION! So the update games for tonight are below. Remember 7:30PM start time and random group pairings tonight!

Just a quick reminder that Week 3 of Winter League is tomorrow night at 7:30. Group pairings for week 3 are totally random. The games we are playing are below. See you all there tomorrow night!

Thanks to everyone who came out and joined us for week 2 of the Lafayette Pinball League Winter Season. Congrats to Dan St. John on pulling off the first perfect week with 5 first place finishes that I can recall! Full results and current standings are below.

The games for Week 3 are Fire!, Game of Thrones, Ghostbusters, Gorgar, and Hollywood. Remember that as part of our season changes next week we will again be paired with random players in our groups, and then in Week 4, we will again be paired by the standings. Hope to see everyone there and as always anyone is welcome to come and join the league at any time. 

This past Saturday the Indiana IFPA State Championships were hosted at Centerpoint Brewing in Indianapolis. The location there is managed by Bud Sommerville and provides the best place to grab a pint and play some pins in the state’s capital. Bud did an amazing job of having the games in tournament condition and bringing in several others so that we had emergency backups and still room for the general public to play as well. We can’t thank the location and operator enough for all their help in making this event run smoothly.

The bracket featured 10 Hoosiers and 6 out of state competitors this year. By the semi-finals, no Hoosiers remained as we have to wait another year to reclaim our state’s title. In the end, a hard-fought series came down to ball 3 of game 7 on Game of Thrones between former Indiana Champion Brad Smith, and last year’s Minnesota Champion Fred Richardson. Fred was able to overcome Brad’s comeback attempt to clinch his second state title in a row. The winner’s bracket is shown below, and the full bracket is available in the spreadsheet below that. Congrats to Fred, and thank you to everyone who showed up and participated in the tournament!

Get down to Main Street Amusements and enjoy some competitive pinball tomorrow night at 7:30. The games for week 2 are below. I recommend getting there early and staying late to check out the newest addition to MSA, Total Nuclear Annihilation from Spooky pinball. For those of you unfamiliar with the game it is brand new, but it harkens back to the days of old with an 80’s inspired layout, lock stealing, and simple rules….at the same time it is in your face with 100% color changing RGB LEDs and an incredible sound system and custom music to match! The game was specifically designed to be played with friends so you can steal the multiball from each other and talk trash. Travel from the future to the past to destroy nuclear reactors to save the future….yep I think that sums it up. We will add it to league soon, but for this week just enjoy it!

Mike starts out 2018 with a big victory in the new format monthly tournament. It seemed that people enjoyed the new way to play, and we will stick with it for another month. Everyone got to play the whole time, and everyone had a shot at winning money all the way until the end. Thanks to all who came out and participated.

A reminder that next week is week 2 of our Winter League, anyone can come and play so feel free to bring some friends. Games for week 2 are below. 

Then most importantly after a new State Champion is crowned on Saturday in Indianapolis come back to Lafayette for the 6th Anniversary Party at Main Street Amusements! The only public location in the country that will have two Total Nuclear Annihilation machines to play, on top of all the other amazing games at MSA!