The 5 best tabletop games we played at PAX East 2026

The 5 best tabletop games we played at PAX East 2026

More than 100,000 people filtered through the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston for PAX East 2026 this past weekend. The show floor was packed with dozens upon dozens of vendors that seemed well split between tabletop games and video games. Some of the biggest spectacles, like Pokémon Champions, had painfully long wait times. But for every major vendor with long lines, there were at least 10 smaller games attendees could …

PAX East comes back to Boston next year

Today, Penny Arcade and ReedPop, at the conclusion of this year's PAX East, announced that the show will be returning to the Thomas M. Menino Convention and Exhibition Center from Thursday, April 22nd, through Sunday, April 25th, in 2027.This year, the convention welcomed more than a hundred thousand attendees from all over the world, with more fans watching the festivities online via Twitch, Steam, YouTube, and more. Highlights from the event i…