What’s Good in 2025?
More Goofy Pins Than Ever
Our collection keeps getting bigger and weirder. We are officially saying “80+” pins, but between you and me, it’s gonna be more than that… and we aren’t talking about a bunch of boring new Sterns. We got that solid state that street level product. Italian bottoms? We ain’t got em’. 6-flipper System 80s? Yes please! Sit down cocktails, one-of-a-kind customs, old pins with new modded software, wide bodies so wide you can barely reach the buttons. We put the wrong legs on everything! Bally Black Belt is 5 feet tall because that’s the way it came from the karate sensei we bought it off of. Hotdoggin’ is so damn steep it’s a Double Black Diamond. It’s all in the spirit of making dumb games fun. You know the drill by now. We aim to please.
New Head-to-Head Prototype pin: Battle Stations
Myth Pinball will be in the house with their new prototype head-to-head pin Battle Stations! Voted Best Innovation For 2023 at the Chicago Pinball Expo, Battle Stations is absolute space madness. No scores, just a health bar. Protect your Reactor (pop bumper) with deployable drop targets, shoot photon torpedoes to disable opponents’ flippers and eviscerate your opponents into space dust.
New Work Fiasco by Artist Stephen Hendee
The planet Quinta is pocked by ugly mounds and covered by a spiderweb-like network. It is a kingdom of phantoms and of a beauty afflicted by madness. In stark contrast, the crew of the spaceship Hermes represents a knowledge-seeking Earth. As they approach Quinta, a dark poetry takes over and leads them into a nightmare of misunderstanding.
Specially Commissioned Limited Gifts Only for All-In Ticket Holders
We have commissioned visual artists Emily Baldasarra (NYC) and Sean Ferris (Minneapolis) to create limited edition works as gifts for those that purchase All-In Tickets. These will not be for sale at the event. All-In Tickets will be available until March 16th.
World Record Game of Stall Ball
Everybody Line Up! Let’s Make History!
4pm Saturday April 19th - Free!
Guiness McRecord himself will be on-site to certify our World Record largest game of stall ball. We will have one branching line that will feed to FOUR separate pinball machines. You will be filtered to one of the pins. Flip the ball into a scoop, lock, saucer, or other “stalling” mechanism and you have survived! Go to the back of the line and wait for your next turn. Drain before stalling and you are eliminated. Last player standing is the winner and gets to wear the Stall Ball World Record crown!
Finals
After the field is reduced to 10 players, the first drain or stall on each machine will cause a stoppage in play on that machine. We will pause and enter "Payoffs". All remaining players will be lined up on a single machine.
We’re Expanding Our Free Pass Program
PinBaltimore is the world's greatest pinball party because everyone is invited. As part of PinBaltimore’s mission to make pinball accessible to everyone, we are bringing back our equity access program. If you want to attend, but require some financial support or you would like to make a donation so that others can join the party, fill out this form.
Forgotten Fugazi: Rediscovered Photos from 1995
Forgotten Fugazi by Dave Marcoot is a journalistic photo exhibition chronicling Fugazi’s legendary 1995 performance at the Sylvan Theater in Washington DC.
We’re Improving Our Process
We learn and improve each year. We listen to feedback. We brainstorm and workshop ways to help things go smoothly. This year, we have lots of great new ideas and improvements including:
New ways to open up competition games to non-competitors sooner
Better systems for insulating competition from distraction / interference
Improved wayfinding for locating your tournament games
Smoother tourney check-in / registration + more registration staff
Refined box office ticket claim process
More tools, screens, and systems for letting you know when it is your time to play
Game-specific tourney rules posted directly on each pin. Some older games are no fun without extra balls, so the game will have the specific extra ball rules posted on them. If a game has bonus stealing, you should know. If a game is upgraded with new rules, we will link to them. etc.
Do you have other ideas or suggestions? Email info@pinbaltimore.com - We value your feedback and want you to have the best experience possible.