McElroy Brothers to Give Keynote at PAX Unplugged 2022
PAX Unplugged quickly became one of our favorite tabletop shows to attend with its’ always present and helpful staff, hardline on safety, and general abundance of fun. This week they announced that the McElroy Brothers, Travis and Griffin, will deliver the Storytime Keynote at the Main Theater on Friday, Dec. 2, at 10:30 am ET. Most famous for the array of pop culture podcasts they have created including My Brother, My Brother and Me, Til Death Do Us Blart, and The Adventure Zone, the brothers were part of the founding team of entertainment site Polygon, voice actors in an array of animated projects including DreamWorks’ Trolls World Tour, Cartoon Network’s Clarence, Disney’s Big City Greens, and more.
The show will also feature tabletop developers and publishers from across the world and fans will have a chance to go ands-on with their latest and hottest upcoming releases. you can expect to see The Pokemon Company, Games Workshop, Catan Studio, Cephalofair, and many more showing off their board games, role playing games, miniatures, and card games!
The show always includes an exciting lineup of panels featuring popular content creators, personalities, and top tabletop game creators in the industry, as well as opportunities for designers to playtest their creations through Unpub, community meetups where fans can safely make new friends, and freeplay areas filled with countless classic and modern tabletop games.
“While all kinds of games are capable of bringing us together, board and tabletop games are capable of connecting people in a special way that some other games can’t,” said Jerry Holkins, co-founder, Penny Arcade. “We’re excited to safely bring everyone back to The City of Brotherly Love with our health and safety requirements set in place for the wellbeing of the tabletop and Philadelphia communities.”
According to the press release: For the safety of every participant, including attendees, exhibitors, guests and staff, PAX Unplugged 2022 will require all attendees to show proof of vaccination and attendees must wear face coverings at all times. For more information, please see the official health and safety guidelines.
Three-day badges for PAX Unplugged 2022 are on sale right now for $78, while individual Friday, Saturday, and Sunday badges are priced at $37 each. Sunday Kids Day badges are also available at $12 for kids 7-12.
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