Pinball

Helicon Brewing has a very nice collection of 20+ pinball games including many of the highest rated games as ranked on the Pinside Pinball Top 100 list.

The full list of current games is available on the Helicon Brewing Oakdale pinside or pinballmap pages.

Helicon hosts monthly Knockout (3- or 4- strike) tournaments on the 3rd Sunday of each month and also Launch Party tournaments for every new game that arrives.

All tournaments are IFPA sanctioned and open to everyone. There is generally no cost to enter and no payout for any tournament placement. In the future, we may charge entry fees for some events and there could also be prize support. The $1 IFPA Fee will be covered by Helicon Brewing.

Tournament Schedule

All tournaments start at 2:00pm at the brewery in Oakdale unless otherwise noted.

01/18/26, Sunday Strikes
02/16/26, Sunday Strikes
03/15/26, Sunday Strikes
04/19/26, Sunday Strikes
05/17/26, Sunday Strikes
06/21/26, Sunday Strikes
07/19/26, Sunday Strikes
08/16/26, Sunday Strikes
09/20/26, Sunday Strikes
10/11/26, Sunday Strikes
11/15/26, Sunday Strikes
12/19/26, Sunday Strikes
01/20/27, Sunday Strikes

Head-to-head 3 or 4 Strikes depending on participation. Players will play in a 1-on-1 versus scenario with the player obtaining the higher score advancing to the next round without a strike. The player with the lower of the 2 scores will be credited with 1 (one) strike. The amount of strikes for elimination will be subject to the attendance of the event.

Players will be assigned random opponents and machines. Pairing may be Swiss, balanced, random, or any other option allowed by matchplay.

Practice will take place at the time of opening until 15 minutes prior to that start of the event. At that time Tournament Directors will determine what games are eligible for play during the tournament. The rules will then be explained to the participating players and any concerns prior to the start of the Tournament will be addressed.

Unlimited qualifying is 2pm-6pm. Finals bracket size depends on participation and is expected to start at 6:30pm.

Best Game Qualifying. Each participant will have the opportunity to queue up and play as many games as possible during the 4 hour qualifying time. Players will put down their name on a list, when they are called it is their opportunity to play a 1 player game on the launch game. After they complete a 1 player 3 ball game, their score will be recorded and they are welcome to place their name on an open line on the queue list for another chance at bettering their score. When qualifying time is over, the player currently on the machine is able to finish their respected game and then qualifying will be complete. We will then eliminate half of the players in the qualifying field.

Head to Head Finals. A Bracket Style Tournament will follow. Seeding will be based on qualifying scores. The bracket will be single elimination except for a best-of-three finals.