Solids N Stripes pinball rules and strategy

If you are playing alone, follow Player 1's solid-ball display, 1-7; the striped 9-15 display belongs to Player 2. Shoot the six kick-out pockets until your assigned set is complete, then make the lit 8-ball for an extra ball and 2,000-point pockets. Pocket-edge rejects can send the ball toward the glass or an outlane, so take clean approaches instead of forcing the last pocket.

The goal

Complete your assigned solid or striped set through the six kick-out pockets, make the qualified 8-ball, then use the raised 2,000-point pocket value while protecting against violent pocket-edge rejects.

  1. Identify your display before shooting: Player 1 works solids 1-7, while Player 2 works stripes 9-15.

  2. Shoot the six kick-out pockets from clean feeds and watch your assigned backglass set for progress.

  3. When every ball in your assigned set is made, shoot the now-qualified 8-ball.

  4. After making the 8-ball, use the increased 2,000-point pocket value while it remains available.

  5. Do not force a pocket after a violent rim reject; wait for a safer return because another edge hit can send the ball toward the glass or an outlane.

Need to know
Player 1
Uses the solid-ball display, numbers 1 through 7; this is the active set in a solo game.
Player 2
Uses the striped-ball display, numbers 9 through 15.
Qualified 8-ball
Completing either assigned set entitles that player to shoot the 8-ball.

Machine setup

  • Confirm Williams Solids N Stripes model 391, February 1971, exact sole OPDB variant G5Dv1-MW9ro. Do not transfer this guide to another pool-themed or similarly named machine.
  • Confirm three- or five-ball play, replay thresholds, and the installed score-award inserts. Factory inserts include both replay and extra-ball threshold configurations, separate from the qualified 8-ball award.
  • For solo play, confirm that the Player 1 solid-ball display is active; the striped 9-15 display belongs to Player 2 and is not a second solo progression.
  • Test all six kick-out pockets and their returns, both player displays, 8-ball qualification and award, the 2,000-point pocket increase, the one-extra-ball-per-ball limit, flippers, outlanes, and tilt response.
Sources and references
Report a correctionTell us what’s wrong

Your email is stored privately and only used to follow up about this report.

Playbooks

Solids N Stripes playfield

100%