Come and join us for an early celebration of Krampusnacht with an official IFPA strikeout pinball tournament, themed food and treats, and a concentrated blast of holiday spirit.

1) Toy Drive - In lieu of a tournament fee, we will be collecting new, unwrapped toys to donate to the NBC 4 / Columbus Firefighters toy drive. Trophies and prizes will awarded to top finishers.

2) Naughty or Nice - There will be an additional (for fun) team-based component where you get to hand coal from your personal stocking to any members of the opposite team that you beat during a round. When you strikeout, your coal is added to your team’s pile. Whichever team has the least coal at the end of the event will be triumphant.

Dress for the job you want! If you’d like to be on Team Nice, dress up in your finest traditional Christmas gear. If Team Naughty is more your speed, dress up as if you are celebrating Goth Christmas. Don’t want to dress up? That’s fine too, we’ll randomly assign you to try and keep the teams fairly distributed.

3) All are welcome - this is a relaxed tournament where all skill levels and ages are welcome. Whether it is your first or thousandth pinball tournament, you’ll have a fun time. You are also welcome to just come join us and hang out if you don’t want to play in the tournament.

4) The Fine Details - The tournament will be held at my home on Saturday, November 23. Doors are at Noon and the tournament will start around 1 PM. If you don’t have my address, please feel free to DM me for it on Facebook or other social media.

The tournament will be in the Fair Strikes format with 5 strikes before you are knocked out. You will be sorted into groups of 3 or 4 players for each round and randomly assigned to a machine. Groups of 4 will be awarded 0/1/1/2 strikes and groups of 3 will be awarded 0/1/2 strikes based upon finishing order. When it is down to two players, strikes will be assigned 0/2.

Space is limited, please message me to let me know you are interested in coming. The player cap is 32 but may increase as we get closer to the event. If there’s enough interest, I’ll maintain a wait list.