TABLETOP GAMING
Wait, you’re telling me you thought we ONLY had video games at PAX East? There’s so much tabletop goodness at the show, you won’t know where to roll your dice! See below for an overview of everything from the land of cardboard and clicky clackys.
TABLETOP FREEPLAY LIBRARY
Think of a tabletop game, and go to the Tabletop Library. We’ve probably got it. Check out the game. Find a table. If you’ve come with friends, force them to play with you. It shouldn’t be hard. If you’ve come alone, we’ve got a solution for that too...ask a Tabletop Freeplay Enforcer for a ‘Looking for Group’ marker. Look, we’ve got this down. All you need to worry about is getting those longest road points.
TABLETOP EXPO HALL
Board games, accessories, and more can be found on the show floor. Full Tabletop Expo Hall list is live now at this link.
TABLETOP TOURNAMENTS
If playing for fun sounds like a waste of your incredible talents, you may be interested to know we also have an absolutely bonkers schedule of Tabletop Tournaments every PAX for you to partake in. Literally, we often have so many events, it breaks our schedule page!
Full tournament schedule will be available closer to the show.
FIRST LOOK
PAX's First Look area is our "hot games" section located in Tabletop, and will be open during all show hours. These are the games we feel you should play; whether they be the hottest new titles direct from Essen, unreleased titles, or other games without US distribution that we think are expressing new and important ideas in tabletop gaming.
CROKINOLE ZONE
Our fandom of Crokinole goes back to 2012 when we used the game in the Final Round of our PAX East Omegathon. Get some rounds in with this quirky and rare Canadian game at the show.
TCG ZONE
PAX East will offer a variety of TCG events from casual to competitive and old to new. Come try your hand with the latest sets of Magic: The Gathering, Lorcana, Pokemon TCG, or Flesh and Blood. Be among the first to try the upcoming Altered TCG, or play the brand-new Star Wars: Unlimited!
RPG ZONE
We're bringing more RPGs to PAX East THAN EVER BEFORE! Play Games on Demand (Indie), Gehanna Gaming (Horror), the Pathfinder & Starfinder Society, and the Alexandria RPG Library. And to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of D&D, Baldman Games will be debuting special Dungeons and Dragons content at the show!
PUZZLE ROOM
Can you solve the puzzle in time? Test your spy abilities and crack the code before time runs out. Co-Operatives is a new puzzle room experience designed for PAX East. Teams of players (3 to 6 participants) can try their hand at the free Co-Operatives room experience (15 min) or register on-site for a half-hour paid session. Event sponsored by Knight Moves Cafe.