I find woodrails very interesting players, and love owning them. I play woodrails as often as possible.

- They were made in a time of heavy innovation on rules and layout design - many games offer multiple paths to special, in some cases the holdover extra or super specials that award a ton of replays at once.

- They are physically smaller and lighter, so much easier to move and move while playing.

- Impulse vs. hold flippers challenge the player differently than modern games that encourage trapping.

- Flipperless games offer a completely different challenge and understanding the rules is key to play. There's no way to flip your way to great reward in them, so the games are (typically) much more focused and, in some cases, complex. Woodrail bingos, in particular, are very complex players that have a variety of interesting features.

...not to mention the absolutely gorgeous artwork and appearance.

Someone mentioned York - that is hands-down the best show to play a variety of woodrails. The woodrail folks do a great job to ensure that there are several machines with varying goals and features for play. I've found many games which I've enjoyed by simply attending for a number of years and playing.