PAX East

[caglvo]

Are there any skeptical gamers going to PAX East (http://http://www.paxsite.com) in Boston (Mar. 11-13, 2011)? It would be fun to have a kick-off skeptics gathering (brunch?) before things really get going, so we can find some line buddies that have more in common with us than just video games.

[SkepticScott]

How much wargaming is there at PAX East? I prefer the older Avalon Hill games; are they played? I missed Unity Games 17 yesterday; I was set to play AdvCiv but we didn't get enough players.

Even if I don't go to PAX, I might be able to make brunch.

[Vermonter]

I might be going.

[caglvo]

I'll wait until closer to the date before figuring out anything specific. Even if there aren't any more attendees, I'll keep you posted.

Scott, I know they have tabletop games, but I thought it was mostly D&D, Catan, Magic, etc. type tournaments. They had a bunch of games to check out at the last PAX I went to (Seattle 08), and of course they'd let you bring your own and play in the "open play" areas. I think it could be difficult finding enough people for the more complicated, long games, but probably easier than in a less gaming oriented crowd? Sorry I don't have a more specific answer, but I'm not too familiar with Avalon Hill games myself.

[SkepticScott]

Thanks Caglvo. I'll probably go to ASLOK again this year, and I may return to Doncon. But please post here if there's a skeptics' brunch and I'll try to make it.

[Jeff Wagg]

There's a Vermonter on the forum? Other than Stellafane and HamRadioGuy?

[caglvo]

PAX East Schedule:
http://east.paxsite.com/schedule.php

Unfortunately, the keynote starts at 10:30 am, way earlier than I expected based on my old schedule from PAX '08. If we did get something together, it would be definitely be more like a breakfast to get us in line in time.