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.
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!
Take a look through our tournaments (you can filter by type!) and see what games have sessions for you to play in. Check the details for any additional registration tips.
RPG ZONE
At PAX, we welcome all characters. Five RPG Groups will be bringing their expertise to the tables of the PAX gaming hall: Baldman Games for D&D, Gehenna Gaming for Horror, Pathfinder Society, Games on Demand, and Alexandria RPG Library will be running games through the entire duration of the show, and of course into our late-night gaming hours.
Wondering how you can GM games with any of these partners? Reach out on their websites or in their community discords to find out more.
Hope we’ll see you at one of our Live play RPGs in the Main Theatre! Scene from Acquisitions Incorporated 2024.
DECEPTION ZONE
It's our first time running the Deception Zone at PAX East! Join us for games including Blood on the Clocktower, sessions of Werewolf, Two Rooms and a Boom, and Cheese Thief.
PAINT AND TAKE
Back for the first time in… let’s say too long, join us at Paint and Take with our partners Trans Atlantis Games and the Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy. They run of custom game console mimics with the PAX East logo.
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.
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!