The convention is selling special badges for kids aged 6-12 for Sunday, $10. Sunday, "Unplugged Kids Day," will have an extra emphasis on family and kid-friendly events and games, including the elusive Family Game Night. There will also be other tournaments for Magic: The Gathering, D&D, Pokemon, and Star Trek: Attack Wing Quickplay. One of the bigger features of the event includes the Omegathon, an elimination tournament between randomly selected attendees who compete in games across several categories. With classes such as "Miniature Painting 101," you can learn how to expertly paint models with patience or learn how to choose the right brush and care for it in "Brush 102." Want something a little more hands on? There will be a Miniature Area to hone in on your miniature making skills. There will also be panels including a look into industry trends and publishing with indie game company CEOs, and a l ive recording of the podcast "Shut Up and Sit Down." Dabble in Tabletop Free Play where you can "check out" games from the convention's library and play them on one of the hundreds of tables that will be available. Take place in some pin trading in the Pinny Arcade and meet new people in the Diversity Lounge or LFG Area. Bam Margera's West Chester 'Castle Bam' continues renovations for Airbnb.New study finds soda more likely to cause diabetes than other sweets.The event will have multiple features, from the PAX Arena where you can watch the best players from around the world competing to the Expo Hall which will have over 200 exhibitors showcasing everything from indie to blockbuster games. Pax is the quintessential gaming conference for all game lovers, primarily those with an affinity for tabletop gaming (arcade gaming and video gaming also make the event.) We’re looking forward to spending some time with all of you at PAX Unplugged.PAX Unplugged returns this weekend for its second year to the Philadelphia Convention Center. Send us a message now at with the subject line “I’ll be at PAX!” to let us know where we can find you. If you’re working on a game that will be on Kickstarter during PAX Unplugged, please hit us up! We want to help spread the word so folks can see it in the hall and back your project. Meanwhile, I’ll be joining a live onstage game of Poetry for Neanderthals with a bunch of other industry folks, and Jon will talk about the joys and pains of making games that use weird and unique materials at a panel called Make Fancy Dumb Stuff. I’m really excited that Everette Taylor, Kickstarter’s new CEO, will be joining our Director of Games, Jon Ritter-Roderick, to discuss Kickstarter’s past, present, and future in an open Q&A. We’ll also be on some fun and interesting panels that you should be sure to check out. Check out this Dicebreaker article for more info. We'll also be debuting Kickstarter's first-ever game, Blow My Mind, designed by our pals at Forever Stoked Creative! Blow My Mind is a conversational debate game where the goal isn’t to win the debate, but to blow the most minds with weird and interesting points while you collectively try to answer the unanswerable. The games are amazing, and we’re thrilled for you to play them. Pax Rising is a curated collection of games by awesome independent creators - this is the first time there will be an indie showcase at PAX Unplugged, and we’re so excited to be sponsoring it. This year, Kickstarter will be at booth 2623 (come say hi!) along with the six winners of the PAX Rising Showcase. 30,000 gamers descend on the City of Brotherly Love to play thousands of board games, talk to each other about about games, talk to creators of games, and generally celebrate the awesomeness of games. I’m Nicole Amato, Kickstarter’s Games Outreach Lead, and I’m excited to share some details about our team’s presence at PAX Unplugged next week.įor the uninitiated, PAX Unplugged is a huge tabletop game expo that happens in the magical city of Philadelphia, PA from December 2nd to 4th.
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