PAX Unplugged Archives

PAX Unplugged 2022 Announces Exhibitors & Keynote Speakers
Penny Arcade and ReedPop revealed several new details for PAX Unplugged 2022, including the exhibitors as well as the keynote speakers The Storytime Keynote this year will be led by The McElroy Brothers, Travis and Griffin, as they will take stage in the Main Theater on Friday, December 2nd, at 10:30AM ET if you're not[...]
Penny Arcade Reveals PAX West & PAX Unplugged 2022 Dates
Penny Arcade and ReedPop finally revealed that both PAX West and PAX Unplugged would be taking place in person with official dates It has now been confirmed that PAX West will return to the Seattle Convention Center from Friday, September 2nd, all the way through Monday, September 5th, 2022 Badges for the event will go[...]
PAX Unplugged Announces Return To Physical Event In December
Penny Arcade and ReedPop revealed they will be bringing PAX Unplugged back this year in physical form this December After the success of running PAX West 2021 under COVID-19 protocols in Seattle (which according to organizers had universal mask compliance and 93% of attendees showing proof of vaccination), the team is bringing back the tabletop-centric[...]
Penny Arcade Officially Announces PAX Online For September 2020
The company released the statement below from Kyle Marsden-Kish, who is the PAX Event Director at ReedPop, letting fans know they have scrapped the event in June in Boston and will be going back to an online event in July, while also cautiously planning PAX West in September and PAX Unplugged in November The decision[...]
Penny Arcade Says PAX Events Will Return, If Safe To Do So
The three events the company appears to be focusing on will be PAX East moved to June 3rd-6h at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, PAX West 2021 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle from September 3rd-6th, and PAX Unplugged at the Pennsylvania Convention Center from December 10th-12th. Credit: Penny Arcade "While we look forward[...]
PAX Unplugged Officially Canceled, Will Return In 2021
Penny Arcade revealed today that due to the current circumstances surrounding COVID-19, PAX Unplugged 2020 has been canceled Rumors had been going around on social media that the event was getting nixed after PAX West and PAX Aus moved online and became PAX Online for 2020 Because the format primarily centered around video games and[...]
"D&D Presents" Full Details Revealed At PAX Unplugged
Today during the first day of PAX Unplugged, Wizards of the Coast revealed more details of their upcoming show D&D Presents First and foremost, the image you see below is the new logo for the show The show will focus on new content coming out from D&D and how to use it in your game,[...]
Rebellion Unveils New Board Game Division: Rebellion Unplugged
Several more titles are apparently in the works, but you can try this one out soon as they will be debuting the game and the company at PAX Unplugged 2019 in Philidelphia in December Here's a quick quote from this morning's announcement. Credit: Rebellion Unplugged "We're absolutely delighted to be launching Rebellion Unplugged," said Rebellion CEO and[...]
PAX Unplugged Unveils 219 Schedule & Keynote Speaker
Penny Arcade released their plans for PAX Unplugged this week, showing off both their full schedule as well as the keynote speaker This time around it will be Eric Lang, Director of Game Design at CMON, as he takes on the Storytime intro for the event We have more details of what to expect from[...]
Penny Arcade's PAX Unplugged 2019 Tickets Are Now Available
Penny Arcade has announced that tickets for their upcoming PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have gone on sale starting today The tabletop-focused convention has been slated to run from December 6th-8th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and will be the 50th PAX event for the company Right now the prices currently have Three-Day Badges for[...]
Penny Arcade Announces PAX West & PAX Unplugged 2019 Dates
Cool news from Penny Arcade this morning as the company has officially announced dates for both PAX West 2019 and PAX Unplugged 2019 PAX West will officially make its return to the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle from August 30th through September 2nd, while PAX Unplugged will return to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in[...]
Patrick Rothfuss
Patrick Rothfuss/Photo by Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0   Patrick Rothfuss took the stage at the Mothman Theatre during PAX Unplugged, and immediately asked attendees to lower their expectations for his panel It appears he had some trouble getting to his presentation, with an emergency alert going out and directions to NOT use the emergency exits! Despite not[...]
Adventure Zone Characters Come to Life with Hero Forge Miniatures!
Hero Forge Miniatures had something special to show off today for fans of the Adventure Zone podcast! Stop by our booth at PAX Unplugged 2018 and check out our The Adventure Zone dioramas, made with our HeroForge character maker! We love the heck out of those good good boys, & wanted to show a little scene from Murder on the[...]
PAX Unplugged: Curation and Podcasts' Effects on the Tabletop Industry
  PAX Unplugged's "State of the Game Industry" panel is always a place for interesting insights into the board and tabletop gaming industry This year's panel included Renegade Game Studios' Scott Gaeta, CEO of Wizkids Justin Ziran, Alliance Game Distributors' Vice President Mike Web, Millennium Games' Owner Travis Severence, and Mandi Hutchinson of The Dice Tower. According to the PAX[...]
New Holiday Miniatures for Wild West Exodus!
So many severed body parts… He even comes with a lovely basket to stuff misbehaving kids into, which should teach all those naughty children to stop fudging their dice rolls. Courtesy Warcradle Studios Last year's seasonal offering from Warcradle is available again this year as well, so here's your chance to get Kyle the Red and White[...]
TMNT Hits the Tabletop with New Board Games in 2019!
"This will be the first in a series of Adventures-branded miniatures games that will bring some of the industry's most iconic properties to the tabletop, so fans will have a lot to look forward to through 2019. If you're at PAX Unplugged this year, head over to IDW's booth (#3148) to check out the game and maybe[...]
D&D's Jeremy Crawford Will Be the Keynote Speaker for PAX Unplugged
Barely finished with PAX Aus this past weekend, Penny Arcade has announced the keynote speaker for PAX Unplugged will be D&D's Jeremy Crawford If you're not familiar with Crawford, he's been with Wizards of the Coast for 11 years and is the current Lead Designer and Managing Editor of Dungeons & Dragons, having a major influence over[...]