Cactus Jack's 2026 Critical Hit Match Play Pinball Tournament

About this event

This IFPA sanctioned tournament will consist of a group match play qualifying round followed by a group matchplay (PAPA-style) final for A division and a 3-strikes group knockout final for B division. Prior to the start of qualifying, the players with an IFPA ranking in the top half of the field will each receive one Critical Hit card. All other players will receive 2 Critical Hit cards. Note that the number of cards distributed may be more based on total number of players/available decks. Qualifying round: Qualifying will run until 4pm. After 4pm, no additional qualifying matches will be started. We will be using Match Play software. Players will be randomly assigned to groups of 3 or 4. Groups will be randomly assigned to one of the tournament games. We will be alternating modern and classics machines each round. At this time players will have an opportunity to play(cast) any appropriate pre-round card. Note that some cards are intended to be cast prior to a round; some during a round, and some at the end of a round. Following the pre-round casting phase, each player in a group will roll a D20 die to determine choice of player order with the higher number getting first choice of order. In the event of a tie those players will re-roll until the tie is broken. If a player rolls a Critical Hit (20) that player will have the option of changing the machine to any tournament machine (of the same category) that is not already in use by another group. During the round, players will have the opportunity to cast any appropriate cards in their possession. At the end of the game, players will have an opportunity to cast any appropriate end-of-game cards. Scoring will be 7-5-3-1 for 4 player groups and 7-4-1 for 3 player groups. The 4th place player in each group will be awarded one additional card. (subject to card availability) There will be additional opportunities to earn additional cards via machine-specific "bounties" that will be displayed on the machines. (subject…