EATPM has always been the favorite at my house for women. No matter what other pins I've had or currently have

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Theatre of Magic all the way. Several girls who want nothing to do with my machines in general tried and liked TOM.

same with mine

My wife's favorites are EATPM , she is a big fan of Elvira.
About 6 yrs ago, I bought it from her off ebay
and that is how we met.
Bought her a Scared Stiff for her birthday a couple years ago.
She also really likes (Rudy) FunHouse and TAF and Monsters Bash
(she is into Horror themes and Halloween),
those being some of the few she would be OK with to buy, (except for the high $$$)
should I ever decide to expand the collection.
She has also expressed interest in WOZ.

Mums and their daughters are attracted by the sight of NGG without knowing anything about pinball.

Her random favs.....

Who Dunnit
Bride Of Pinbot.
Star Trek. Next Gen
Spiderman Stern.
Stern Seawitch.
Lotr.
Congo.
WOZ

My wife is loving the looks of Rob Zombie. Can't wait to get a chance to play one.

The better question is "most popular women around pins".

I have a Data East Star Wars, Stern Sopranos, Stern Star Trek, and a Wizard of Oz.
My guy friends enjoy them all and like how they are different in play/toys/shots ect.
The ladies shift right to the Wizard of Oz. They love it, everything about it they love.
My one buddy who couldn't talk his wife into getting a pinball machine before, is now getting a WOZ after playing mine at a party.

Well, we may all agree that girls were never the target public of pinballs and video-games. Back in the day (also nowadays), 90% or more of the arcade audience is consisted of male kids and teens (I'm just refering to pinball and video-games here).... That's why I think JJP really screwed up when launched woz as its first pin machine. I guess Hobbit would have put themselves in another level to compete against Stern!

Any thoughts?

If playing experience is equal, I don't see any difference in preference between men and women. If there's a gap in experience, say a spouse that doesn't play pinball a lot, it's not that much different than your male buddy that doesn't play. I don't think there's anything in many specific games that caters well to men or women (aside from some pins being less objectionable/sexist).

Women: They're people too.

It doesn't seem like there's much of a pattern here. If some women who aren't into pinball find one they like, it seems to be one with a unique gimmick (RFM) or a theme they like (WOZ) or just a good game (TAF). With Centipede, there was a woman designer who was specifically targeting women and they succeeded. Maybe that's what is needed. A woman designer who can make a pin for women.

I know at LAX my mom tended to like GOT and Cue Ball Wizard but those games are friendly to novices.

In my collection WOZ, TOM, TAF and TZ tend to be liked by women players. Most find Rudy (FH) too creepy. Definitely not JD or AC/DC.

OP, of my collection, wife does like TAF the best (TAF, FH, TZ, TSPP)

My wife really isn't interested in playing my games but she would love a Tales of the Arabian Nights. I just need to find a fixer-upper. I'm not holding my breath..

My wife's favorite is TAF followed by AFM.

Twister. Women seem to always be drawn to licensed titles..

The Addams Family for my wife. Sorry I have never owned it.

My lady loves Stern Star Trek. We refer to it has "her machine."

My wife's favorite was always Scared Stiff...until I sold it.

Lucky for me, she seems to be diggin' the Kiss LE that took its place.

Ya, mine has some favorites, the common thread between them? Theyre out of my budget.

My wife is so uninterested in pinball that when I bring a new game in, a month might pass before she even knows it's there. In the last 5 years shes maybe played one game lasting like 2 min. Seriously.

TAF,SS,CFTBL,LOTR,MB,TZ

I'm a woman and I also work closely with shopper insights (i.e. what factors influence people to purchase things). As much as I tend to personally buck stereotypes, there's a lot of science that demonstrates clear gender-based preferences. It's not that 100% of women will like A or 100% of men will hate B, but that more often than not, it holds true.

When it comes to pinball, I'm still something of an outlier since I definitely like to play more than the average woman, but I think I share some preferences with other women--I know I personally wish there were more "humor/fun" themes, like GB, TSPP, WOZ, or even some of the home brew titles like the Minions or Hitchhikers Guide machines, to balance out all of the action-movie and sci-fi pins. That sounds right in line with what most (but not all) other women seem to respond to, based on the titles people are mentioning.

Of course the marketer in me assumes it's a chicken/egg situation--since women don't tend to play as much, the machines aren't marketed to them as much. But if there aren't appealing machines...well the cycle perpetuates.

i have noticed the chics seem to go for the horror theme pins

My wife and daughters love Bad Cats.

My wife is a not a big pinball fan, but enjoys Funhouse.

My youngest daughter and her friends get a huge kick out of the TWD Pro found at Jenkinsons. They all like to hit the "fat slob" found on the playfield.

Wife likes Woz, MM

CV as well but not as much as the others

Hates Tom because it was 'too stressful'

This isn't me saying what women like, but this is what my wife enjoys to play. My wife's favorite games (in no order) are:

- TZ
- WH2O
- EATPM
- AC/DC
- IM
- TAF
- JP
- BoP
- AFM

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned POTC

TAF
TOM
Sopranos ('cause of the offside swearing!)

Brought DrWho for wife, Woz for daughter and both like pinball magic as well.

Wife likes BSD, plays Met but not her fav. AMH due soon I think they will both like that.

In my experience its Tales of the Arabian Nights and Cirqus Voltaire. - Interestingly the designer of both games looks like a woman.

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In all seriousness...Its not really pinball...Bowling games. Shufflebowl, Strikes and Spares (Gottlieb) and those types of games that are slightly different. Touch screens are a must. Group games that all women can play at same time. El critical for keeping gameroom alive.

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I have some pins at my film house where I rent out rooms to female models that fly into town for work. The most popular table by far is The Getaway. Poor Swords of Fury gets no love though, it's the least popular game there, I'm guessing because it doesn't have enough toys on it. Occasionally Riverboat Gambler finds a fan as well.

My wife loves our POTC and would like a WOZ or either Elvira.

Out of the pins i have, it's Monster Bash.

My wife picked Shrek and WOZ for her favorites.

Monopoly. Easy ubiquitous theme.

MM. It was my gateway pin. It's responsible for convincing me that spending money on pins = good. And it wasn't even a very nice MM. It was a semi-beat one at PHOF (apparently I'm easy). And it only took one ball (apparently I'm very easy).

Makes sense considering that Centipede was partially designed by a woman (Dona Bailey). It and Galaxian was popular w/women because of their bright colors back in the day. Back to pins though one that I noticed is popular with women is Bad Cats. Can't figure out why

My wife loves AC/DC LE and LOTR.

My wife I don't think has played any of my games over the last 10 years. The only thing she will play and her girlfriends will play when we host a party is my Chicago Coin big ball bowler.

Scared Stiff
Monster Bash
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Theater of Magic

My Lovely Lady likes:

X-Men
Transformers
ACDC
TWD

Which ever ones fit their tiny hands.

i'm going all in that it's Gostbusters......Bite s nails to knuckle