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Eight great board games we played at PAX Unplugged
Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. PAX Unplugged, the tabletop board gaming conference that emerged from the PAX video game conference empire, took place in Philadelphia last week. It was bigger and better than last year’s inaugural event, with more space allocated […]
Apple Music has also unplugged R. Kelly from its playlists
Spotify and Pandora publicly banned R. Kelly’s music from their own playlists while he faces allegations of sexual misconduct and assault, but Apple Music had already quietly done the same, according to Rolling Stone. While you can still find the artist’s tunes on all three services, the trio has prohibited his songs from company-curated collections, […]
The best board games we played at PAX Unplugged
Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our regular look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. PAX branched out from video games into board games with last weekend’s PAX Unplugged, a celebration of all things tabletop. The show was packed with gamers, but we fought the hordes for table space on which […]
PAX Unplugged: New Convention For Tabletop Gaming Debuts In Philadelphia This November
The Penny Arcade Expo, known affectionately throughout the gaming community as PAX, is extending its series of conventions to include a tabletop-only event dubbed PAX Unplugged. As revealed during PAX South 2017, The first PAX Unplugged event is scheduled to take place November 17 through 19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Badges for […]
PAX Unplugged: Just boards, cards, minis, and dice, coming in November
The cartoon versions of PAX co-founders Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins argue over D&D. (credit: Penny Arcade) The Penny Arcade webcomic team has operated PAX (formerly Penny Arcade Expo) since 2004, and Ars Technica covers its various events every year for a reason—they’re fun. More than that, PAX offers whatever fun you’re looking for (at least, in the […]