Nice thread! looking forward to January when I can finally get to the Pincrossing monthly again. Might try to stop down and see what scores I can put up for the this month's selfie though.

Any word if Pincrossing is continuing the selfie league in 2017?

Any others? Any private leagues? Both PinCrossing and Pinball Gallery are too far away -- especially on weeknights when they are held. I live along 309 halfway between Philly and Allentown.

Not that I know of. But if you find something or want to try and tag team putting something together, let me know. I'm in the same boat just up 309 in Quakertown. The lack of pinball is driving me nuts.

Think the state of pinball in the burbs is pretty decent, sure you have to drive a little but there are games out there. There's a couple places right in Q'town!!

I'm in the area and they are the 2 closest leagues. Pinball Gallery is closest location to you. There are a few places to play, but only those 2 that have leagues.

In Ohio, I was in a private league for a while and we rotated to different members homes. A few of the guys had really nice collections of 15 to 20 games, so it was pinball heaven to go play their collections. I never hosted because I had only about 4 working machines at anytime, but we'd rotate taking turns providing the food/drink. We had about 20 to 25 guys in the league. Right around when I moved to PA, I think it stopped. Two of the guys really got into routing the games and so they started pushing leagues on location -- still fun, but also just as much a money making enterprise for them. There is a pinball place close to Hatfield but the guy definitely marching to the beat of a different drummer and his games are a wreck. Too bad because he has some top titles. I checked it out last year. If it was in better condition, it would be nice to host a league there. Instead, I either need to find some guys with nice private collections willing to share or some other location with enough machines. My own collection is only 4 machines -- with 2 needing some work, although I'd like to grow my collection again in the future.

Did that Pincrossing event for 7/5 get cancelled? I saw that it was no longer on the IFPA site?

Yeah thought the format sounded fun, will keep my ears open. Thanks for the update

Just wanted to say thanks for posting this info! Had a blast at Pinball Gallery last night and I would have missed it if not for this post.

The first tournament of a new monthly series at Penn Skate Arcade is a week from tomorrow! If anybody has any questions about the tournament, location, games, etc. please let me know. I'm happy to help. Hope to see some of you there.

Do you have a gamelist? this is the first time I heard of Penn Skate Arcade and I'd like to visit.

Sure do. The current list is: Rocky & Bullwinkle, BMX, Blackwater 100, Domino, Escape From The Lost World, Hook, Last Action Hero, Pirates of the Caribbean, Millionaire, Playboy 35th Anniversary, Pool Sharks, Radical, Secret Service, and Vulcan.

I'll do my best to get it added to the Pinside map shortly. It's definitely a unique lineup compared to most places in the area. Lots of Bally and Data East!

Hope you can check it out soon. Just as a heads up, the arcade is only open on weekends (Friday-Sunday). The only time it is open on a weekday is for the Tuesday tournament. More info at facebook.com/pennskatearcade

Updated the location on Pinside's map: https://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play/10454-penn-skate-allentown-pa

I don't know how I completely missed this thread. Thanks for adding us (River City Pinball).

We officially began our League last Thursday, but we have room if anyone is still interested in joining.

You'll just take a zero for the first week, but things get broken down into divisions, so you'll definitely still have a shot at taking home a trophy and some cash.

We also hold monthly tournaments on the third Saturday of each month.

Let just say that is what i did for the first week, lol!

We're planning on making the trip up for it. Looking forward to playing some of those titles - don't see them very often.

That's awesome, happy to hear it!

Just a recap since Penn Skate Park is a new event...

$10 to play the games all night. There is no tournament entry fee this month since it is the first tournament at this location and we want to see what turnout is like and if people are interested in buying in. There will be prizes though (and IFPA points).

Registration begins at 6:30 with the event starting at 7:00.

Lots of unique games in this collection including many that you don't frequently see in tournaments.

If there is enough interest in these monthly tournaments, a league will likely begin in the fall.

Hope to see you there!

Wow that was fun and so nice to see well-kept examples of games you don't find in the wild often. The owner was telling me they're getting ready to blow out a wall and put even more games in there so this is a pretty neat development all around.

Thank you again Casey for your efforts putting this together.

Penn Skate Arcade's first tournament was a success. Congratulations to the top 3 (1. Jerry K., 2. emkay 3. (tie) coreyhulse and Joel Z. (Joel left before I could get him in the picture).

The champioinship belt is our traveling trophy of sorts. Hope to see everybody next month and thanks for coming.

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I'm happy you were able to come up and glad to hear you had a great time. Your support means a lot!

Recap of a few things going on in August

August 19 - River City Pinball Monthly (Harrisburg, PA) http://www.rivercitypinball.com/tournaments.html
August 19 - Star Wars Launch Party at Pinball Gallery (Malvern, PA) https://www.facebook.com/events/119975475291255/
August 22 - Penn Skate Arcade Monthly at Penn Skate (Allentown, PA) https://www.facebook.com/events/107875953195528/
August 26 - PinCrossing Summer Classic at Railroad Street Bar & Grill (Royersford, PA) https://www.facebook.com/events/1948786548673680/

Tonight is the Penn Skate Arcade Monthly in Allentown, PA. More information available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/107875953195528/

Current lineup is pretty extreme and includes: Radical!, BMX, Blackwater 100, and more. 16 games in total plus other arcade games all set on replay. Arcade entry is $10 with games set on free play. The tournament itself is free. Hope to see you there.

Sweet! Very cool to see Village Arcade on there, I'll take the home field advantage..

(now I just gotta get Bob to raise the pitch on Triple Strike)

I NEED to get over to Village Arcade soon. I can't believe I still haven't gotten over there. It'll definitely be happening in the next month now that this is happening.

Friendly reminder that tomorrow is the next Allentown pinball tournament (https://www.facebook.com/events/139250096680677). Come and play in our monthly tournament (now with cash prize pool).

Penn Skate is also a participant in the PHILA regional pinball tournament. Between rounds you are welcome to put up scores and submit them to the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PHILAPinball/

Other upcoming events include:
September 30 - White Rose Gameroom Show in York, PA - IFPA Match-Play Tournament
https://www.ifpapinball.com/tournaments/view.php?t=20695#

October 3 - Pinball Gallery Monthly
http://www.pinballgallery.net/tournaments/

River City Pinball League in Harrisburg is holding League Orientation tonight (9/28/17) if anyone wants to stop by at 7pm.

The league starts next week (10/5/17) if anyone is interested.

The River City Monthly Tournament is this Saturday, October 21st at 4pm. I hope to see everyone there!