Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 34: TPF 2023 Recap with Colin MacAlpine
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 34 – TPF 2023 Recap with Colin MacAlpine Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, Travis Murie & Colin MacAlpine TPF has come and gone and what a great show it was! On this episode we asked Colin to join us so that we could dive deep into the TPF tournament and what it was like directing it. Travis and Tom share how they played overall as well as some interesting rules that the TD had to enact. After that we shared our initial impressions of all 6 newly released games being Pulp Fiction, Galactic Tank Force, Foo Fighters, Godfather, Final Resistance and Scooby Doo. Buckle up because this is a long one! Facebook: Instagram: Youtube: Email: tripledrain@gmail.com Shoutout to Jackson Gee and his incredible artwork. jacksongee.com Shoutout to Brad Johanson and his company Alter Creative Media for his intro video. Altercreativemedia.com
Kineticist’s take
TPF 2023 tournament recap with rules designer Colin MacAlpine discussing format, strategy, and standout competitive moments.
Synopsis
Colin MacAlpine, a former world champion and rules designer for P3, discusses his experience running the Texas Pinball Festival (TPF) 2023 tournament. The hosts reflect on tournament format, logistics, and the competitive play, including standout performances in the Classics finals (won by Escher Lefkoff) and main tournament qualifications. The episode establishes context for discussing six new games debuted at TPF.
Entities
- P3 (Multimorphic)· company
- Texas Pinball Festival (TPF)· event
- Twippies Awards· event
- IFPA/WPPR· organization
- Stern Pro Circuit· organization
- Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
- Colin MacAlpine· person
- Ed Van Der Veen· person
- Escher Lefkoff· person
- Joel· person
- Laura Streeter· person
- Liz Dronet· person
- Monica· person
- Neil (Tom's son)· person
- Preston· person
- Tom· person
- Travis· person
- Zencastr· product