SpaceOut 3000 a Pinball Game

We are so excited to work with our friends at the Red Hook Pinball Museum and come up with this retro pinball themed Bandana Board Game. If you find yourself in Brooklyn, its a not to miss spot with so many incredible vintage pinball machines. Go and play your heart out!

If you have a SpaceOut 3000 Bandana Board Game and want to know how to play you’ve come to the right spot. You’ll need 1 die and 3 playing pieces to play. These can be different coins, pebbles, anything to track your movements along the board. If you cant find what you’re looking for, scroll to the bottom and print (recommended on card stock) the image with cut and paste pinball pieces and a die.

Pinball's roots are in table top games that were invented in the 18th century, using a stick to shoot a ball through a pattern of nail or “pins” into holes to collect points. The more modern pinball machines that we know today were invented in the 1930s and were coin operated to collect money. With these new machines many new features were added – chimes, lights, and artwork. The pinball games were canvases for artists to create vivid graphics from game themes to what was popular at that time and currently.

The pinball games of today not only challenge hand eye coordination but the games are complex with rules and ways to play.
From the early 1940s to 1976 pinball was banned in New York City and other major US cities. It was believed that the game encouraged gambling and took the money from children. Pinball is having a revival and many cities across the US have arcades and pinball museums to play modern and antique games.

SpaceOut 3000:

For 1-3 players
You will need a pencil and paper or any method to keep track of points.

Objective- to get the most points per game. For 2-3 players.

Each player will select a playing piece and place their piece on the start mark. The highest roll of the die goes first. Play goes to the left.

On each player's turn, they will roll the die and move forward that many spaces along the ball chute then in any direction of the red arrows. Where the playing piece lands is the amount of points that player gets for that turn.

Each turn the player will move in the direction of the arrows, which may not always point downwards. When a player moves their piece during their turn, spaces are counted for every circle with a number on it. The final place the piece lands is where a player can collect the points on that spot for their turn.

When the first person lands on or goes past TILT the game is over. That player will also incur a penalty of -500 points for ending the game. Points are added up for each player. The player with the most points wins the round.

For 1 player.

One game is 3 rounds.
Start each round on the number 10 box at the top of the ball chute. Roll the die and move in the direction of the arrows collecting points where the playing piece lands. Continue to move along the board collecting points after each roll of the die. The round ends when the piece lands on or goes past tilt. (Same moves and point collection for the multi player game).

Add points up for each round. Play continues for 2 more rounds. Add up all of the points from the 3 rounds. Keep track and try to beat your last high score the next time you play.

SpaceOut 3000 playing pieces and die. Carefully cut out, fold, and glue.