The Northwest Pinball Championships is a world class pinball tournament.
It is open to players of all skill levels and ages.


It is a multi-day qualifying tournament followed by a day of finals. During qualifying days players purchase cards or tickets to play games on the tournament machines. Players may purchase as many cards or tickets as they like.


Each player's best score on each machine in their division of play is tracked in a computer and those scores are ranked against all of the other competitor's scores on that machine. Players then receive an aggregate of their machine rankings to determine their overall qualifying position in their division. For more information between the card and ticket system please refer to the detailed rules document on the website.

At the end of qualifying, a set number of people will be eligible for the finals on Saturday night for the Women's and Classic tournaments and Sunday for Open and Charity tournaments.

The NWPC has several divisions of tournament play. Each of these divisions have separate qualifying and finals and are treated as separate tournaments (The Open and Classics division has a B division).