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The ULTIMATE PAX Unplugged 2025 Party List: Your guide to all the big parties and events

The ULTIMATE PAX Unplugged 2025 Party List: Your guide to all the big parties and events

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PAX Unplugged is here, and we wanna get you out to the afterparties!

Whoa whoa whoa — you mean we’ve never done a party list for PAX Unplugged?! Time to fall on the sword and fix that egregious error!

Join us here for our first ever PAX Australia party list! Hopefully you can find a few events to check out around the show that are in your zone.

As usual, there are A LOT OF WAYS to stay in touch with the list! Join the DISCORD channel NOW for up-to-the-second news about parties and events. If you have a party you’d like us to add, either post it in the comments, EMAIL US, Message us on Bluesky or message Dali! (We’re not affiliated with PAX Expo, Penny Arcade, or anyone else… we’re just friendly partying people).

Special thanks:

~~EVENT LIST~~

Thursday, 20 November

  • Unofficial PAX Unplugged Pre-Party
  • Time: 6-10PM
  • Location: 102 W. Berks St. 19122
  • Tickets: Purchase here
  • Info: We are hosting an unofficial PAX Unplugged pre-party on Thursday 11/20! We know traveling is expensive already so we are keeping this event free, although we will always accept donations! This event is open to attendees, exhibitors, enforcers, and any game lover who wants to celebrate PAX weekend with us. Enforcers, we know your training overlaps with the party early on, but we’d still love to see you!
  • We will be highlighting games donated to us by PAX exhibitors, and special demos of Dragonarium from Wonderful World Board Games.
  • ALSO! We will have a charicature artist on site :)
  • PAX Unplugged Tavern Crawl 2025
  • Time: 6-9PM
  • Location: Brauhaus Schmitz
  • Tickets: Free
  • Info: Join us for an evening of good drinks, good company, and chaotic good fun! Adventurers are encouraged to come in COSPLAY to show off their fantasy flair, and enjoy a night worthy of any inn between campaigns. Take on tavern-style challenges and earn bragging rights as you explore the night’s festivities.
  • Entry is FREE, and a PAX Unplugged badge is not required to attend. We’ll be raising gold (aka real money) for charity through raffles and donations; every coin contributed goes to a worthy cause and helps you level up your good karma.
  • The crawling begins after 9 PM, when our adventurers set forth to other taverns across the land!

Friday, 21 November

  • PAXU Party with Cardboard Alchemy
  • Time: 7PM-Midnight
  • Location: Queen & Rook Game Cafe, 123 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
  • Tickets: Free
  • Info: What better way to spend a Friday night than playing games with friends! We have booked a whole floor of @queenrookcafe on Friday night and you are invited to come and play games with us. Bring your games, bring your friends! There is a massive library of games for you to choose from and we will also have Flamecraft Duals for you to enjoy too!

Saturday, 22 November

  • Johto Elite 4 Rave: 2000s Anime Party
  • Time: 8PM-2AM
  • Location: 1025 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
  • Tickets: Purchase here
  • Info: A new region. A new challenge. Same legendary energy. 🌅 Step back into the world of 2000s anime and Johto-era vibes — where adventure meets neon and nostalgia evolves into pure rave power. Join us for a night of video game remixes, anime throwbacks, and pixel-charged EDM, inspired by the Johto Region’s timeless journey. Whether you’re repping Team Rocket or dancing with the legends, it’s time to prove you’ve got what it takes to become a Champion. ⚡
  • An Evening Celebrating BIPOC & Queer Voices in TTRPG
  • Time: 6-9PM
  • Location: 20 North American Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
  • Tickets: Purchase here
  • Info: Join us for a night of celebrating BIPOC & Queer voices in TTRPG, featuring games, discussions, and community building!
  • Queer and BIPOC creatives face unique challenges across the entire axis of creation in the TTRPG community. We at Futurefull are beyond excited to be throwing an event the weekend of PAX Unplugged celebrating the joy diversity brings to the tabletop, and uplifting the true value queer and BIPOC creatives and artists bring to our community.
  • We have a loaded panel of talented creators, a communal actual play (which you can literally, actually play!), and a social hour built-in just for networking and building out your community!
  • Conveniently located 10 minutes from PAX Unplugged.
  • Can you come out to play? 😜

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by Dalibor Dimovski

Dali is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of SideQuesting, as well as the co-Founder of CarDesignFetish and the founder of MakLink. Dali is also a car designer, deejay, and loves playing Uno.

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