Lots of crossover between total checkouts and checkouts-per-copy this year: Magical Athlete, Sky Team, Wingspan, Hot Streak, 7 Wonders Duel, and Harmonies. Across the full library, and with two "top 20" hits here: CYMK had by far the most checkouts among publishers.

Final PAX snack report, Blüdle had 8 bags of sour gummi worms (heck yes), 1 gummi popsicle (yuck), and 1 french toast butterfinger (double yuck)

The meeples they groaned to be freed again The people they crowed as the PAX began First players were downed As victors were crowned Then the meeples they crawled back to their den

I won an Exploding Kittens tournament at #PAXEast! Thank you @tthq.bsky.social for hosting this event.

A few final roamer surveys we didn't get around to posting during the show.

Good advice for PAX, good advice for life

More tournament winners, including our Friday Night Frenzy and Saturday Night Showdown champions, are going home with shiny PAX East 2026 medals. Wear them every day and make your local game group jealous. Never take them off!

Today, we showed off a unique treasure from deep within the catalog of Zoch Games.

Our Tabletop Hall roamers are deeply weird, and we love them all. Thank you for enabling their antics.

The Expo Hall is now closed, and it is Tabletop's time to shine. Creatures of the night, we remain open until 12AM.

Our Friday Night Frenzy started off with Harmonies and Faraway, before taking a detour to Hot Streak - and then a twisted grand finale of We're Doomed.

More of Friday's tournament winners

Some polls are closer than others. Everyone loves the rat.

Entertaining the @officialpax.bsky.social masses, one line at a time. 😎 @lineentertainment.bsky.social #PAXEast #PAXEast2026 #LineEntertainment #whimsy

You may recognize them from Unplugged, and now the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society is making their PAX East debut

64 players gathered for our Thursday Night Throwdown mystery tournament, playing through a gauntlet of games to arrive at our grand finale: Magical Athlete

Seth, you are very good at Power Grid! Your opponents were swiftly defeated, and for this you have been awarded a shiny PAX Tournament Champion medal.

Sometimes we have questions. Sometimes you have answers.

Dungeons, Dragons, and a fancy booth. Baldman Games just debuted their upgraded D&D area.

Congrats Avi, our first tournament winner of the weekend. You are quite good at Lost Ruins of Arnak and your parents should be very proud.

Stop by Tabletop HQ and try out our new game recommendation kiosk, a game unto itself

Sometimes we add really weird events to the schedule

Good morning, PAX East. For the first time at East, our Deception Zone events have digital registration, via the PAX Nav app. Starts at 8AM! How to get there? Click the "Register" circle within any such event. Alternatively, an "Event Registration" link will appear down in the Interact tab at 8AM.

Who wants to check out some Arcadian Brush painting contest entries? photos.app.goo.gl/xM6C426YFFQn... Unfortunately some of our photography didn't go quite according to plan, but we've got all the measures in place now to really nail it next year. For now, just enjoy some of this amazing art!

For the second year, the PAX Unplugged game library topped 16,000 checkouts. Here's our traditional Top 20, sorted two ways:

I made a bunch of games and game-like objects that fit in vending machine 1" capsules

It's 60 players this time! Check it out here: www.myth.works/products/sci...

Going to PAX Unplugged? Looking for something rad to do Friday afternoon? Wanna possibly be GM'd by yours truly? Get tickets to come play in The SCIRE, A CBR+PNK mega-game hosted by @mythworks.bsky.social ! It's gonna be preem, choombas 😎 www.myth.works/products/sci...

We're bringing a very unique megagame to Unplugged this year, and there are still a few tickets up for grabs: www.reddit.com/r/PAX/s/jcHC...

Asteria is the *only* GM running #daggerheart at #paxunplugged. We think she's pretty cool, but all 3 of her games are booked. How can she help YOU join her ranks? Let's sling some Fear in Philly! @tthq.bsky.social @officialpax.bsky.social @darringtonpress.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/GDR6C...

To Germany and back, our SPIEL-bound travelers have returned with a great bounty to share. Enjoy, fans of First Look: boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/366...

Would you like to be a Storyteller in this year's Deception Zone at PAX Unplugged? Applications are open now: forms.gle/1RC4NCh6dRco...

So many people have been asking for Daggerheart RPG sessions. Three just appears in our RPG Community Games Scheduler! boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/363...

Did we go almost all of PAX West without using these accounts? Yeah (having too much fun). But when it's stats time? We'll never let you down. Here's our usual "sorted two ways" library breakdown for all the data nerds.

Due to popular demand, we have added another Crokinole Doubles tournament tomorrow at 2PM

Reserved tables for Unpub at PAX Unplugged are now on sale!  unpub.org/paxunplugged

Everyone loves a map, and ours are finished. Check out Summit Level 0 and Level 2 maps for a full look at PAX West Tabletop. Also available in the PAX Nav app. west.paxsite.com/en-us/info/s...

When the Expo Hall closes, the indies come out to play. Head down to Summit Level 0 on Saturday night during PAX West for that small-batch, limited-run, bespoke artisanal cardboard. west.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...

Hot and fresh, it's your PAX West 2025 First Look Preview: boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/362... Only the finest in new cardboard for our people.

Is PAX West ready for Beyblade? west.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...

Are you a purveyor of hand-make, bespoke, small-batch cardboard creations? Perhaps you wish to bring your wares to the Indie Games Night Market at PAX Unplugged? You may apply now through August 1st: www.newmillindustries.com/ignm-app

Another PAX East with 5,000+ checkouts in the Tabletop Library. As is tradition, our "Top 20", sorted two ways. Even without bringing a gajillion copies as we've been doing in recent years, Fire Tower from Runaway Parade continues to rule PAX.

Games were played one after another From boxes stacked up on each other Pax East was in May?! But it cannot stay. We hope that you called your mother

Winners, all.

We are here. Where are you?

What do you mean PAX East is already halfway over??  Come find us in the Tabletop Expo Hall, next to Cookie Brigade. 🍪🍪🍪  We've got some incredible prototype games hitting the table this weekend!  https://unpub.org/paxeast

Have you visited the Alexandria RPG Library in Room 052? Treasurers await (and PAX XP points - shhhh)

Our Enforcers roaming the Tabletop Hall are here to answer your questions. But if you don't have one, we'll turn the tables and ask you:

Our Friday Night Frenzy winner, who triumphed in the final mystery round - playing Jungo, an unreleased card game from @happycampergames.bsky.social. Sure to be a hit!