All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions

We hope our dreamers have enjoyed their Thanksgiving as much as we did! On this episode, we review Ben's time at PAX Unplugged 2025 in beautiful, marathon-ridden Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Pick up a Button Shy Game! (link)Lead into game night with Super Show: Super Lucha! (link)ARTOVISION's excellent shadowboxes! (link)Get notified when Chicken Fried Dice goes live on Kickstarter! (link)Back Mystic Curling Club on Kickstarter! (link)And for real, go and listen to some Mountain Goats, y'all hear? You can start out with Tallahassee or The Sunset Tree for some of the classics. You don't have to be a ex-pro wrestler to enjoy Beat the Champ, and you don't have to play D&D to rock out to In League With Dragons. They just put out a new record that you could also check out.

On Saturday of Gen Con, Quarex and Ben recorded a live episode of our podcast in the presence of nearly 30 dreamers! As we recover from PAX Unplugged, we are releasing most of the episode from the Lucas Oil Media Room 10 for those who missed out. And if you want to know more about Quarex's fudge, you really gotta come to these magical events!

On this episode, Quarex and Ben provide all the late and late-breaking news from PAX Unplugged 2025, such as: Philadelphia Marathon Road ClosuresSpecial Guests from Sit Down & Shut UpOops All Himbos (and Quarex Impersonator) Jay FosterAEW Wrasslers at the 9th Level Games BoothTwilight Imperium Tournament for Those Who Make Great DecisionsAEG Big Game NightBetter Boothing: Making the Most Out of Your First Con TableAlbi Ceska Repubika at Booth 2701Button Shy Games at Booth 3442Love, Career & Magic at Booth 3143Our Brilliant Ruin: The Tie In You'll Tie Into Your Game TableMaybe Don't Sign "The Agreement" from Table Tapas Games?The Page That Finally Updated: Pinny Arcade!Rumblings of a Trinket TradeFirst Look Showcase at PAX UnpluggedAnd if you're at PAX Unplugged and want to meet up with your other host Ben, why don't you reach out through social media or email?

On this very off-cycle episode, your hosts are reviewing some important deadlines you'll want to pay attention to (and soon), like: Gen Con VIG Badge Applications are open! Get them in before your chance closes on December 1! Origins Game Fair has already opened up its event submissions for June 2026, while badges and hotels go up for sale in the coming weeks! We'll return tomorrow with our regularly scheduled PAX Unplugged previewsode.

On this episode, we're joined by three creators doing cool stuff in and around the expo hall at PAX Unplugged 2025! Not only have they designed Garbage & Glory, Wrastlevania, and Boom Patrol, Nicole Amato is also the games outreach coordinator at Kickstarter. They're attending the convention in their official capacity, and you might even find some time to meet and show the next great game! Stephen from Roll for Combat comes on to talk about the company's current lines for 5E, Pathfinder, and Shadowdark, as well as all the new things coming in 2026! Go say hello at booth 4057, or sign up to play their Shadowdark adventures with Lurking Fears using their Warhorn page!He's a professional wrestler! He's a professional wrestling commentator! He's a professional wrestling game designer with SRG Universe! The one and only Triple L... Loudmouth Leo Larynx comes onto to talk about the latest expansion to the #1 card game Supershow the Game... SUPER LUCHA! Check them out at booth 2547, or find their full slate of Supershow the Game tournaments, drafts, and learn to plays.

On this very special episode of All Year I Dream About Gaming Convention, your hosts dig into some of the details you'll need to know about the overlap and overlay of PAX Unplugged and the Philadelphia Marathon, such as: Saturday's 8k run (link)Saturday's half marathon (link) Sunday's children's races (link)Sunday's whole hog marathon that goes right past the convention center (link) The road closures owing to the 35,000 runner marathon taking place during PAX Unplugged (link)Because gosh darn it, someone has to. (And please email paxquestions@reedexpo.com to get better information from the Reed Pop Unplugged people.)

PAX Unplugged, the last of the 2025 Rushmore conventions, is being held in Philadelphia, PA from November 21-23 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Not only will your other host Ben be in attendance for all three days, we have recorded our 1 Day Badges before they sell out! Spot Hero for parking in Center City The hotel block, which is sold out but still open Pre-registration events, outside the PAX NAV app The many, many, many convention features New Mill Industries' Indie Games Night MarketReserve a mobility scooter through Scoot Around, Mobility on Wheels, and Cloud of GoodsAnd don't forget to put in for a medical pass by emailing paxquestions@reedexpo.com between Friday, November 7 and the start of the convention.

On this episode, Quarex and Ben are strangely silent while Aimee of the Pod, Aimee, handles the interviews in the Gamehole dealer hall! Listen in for interviews with: Matt with ChaosiumScott from Trinamyk John and Bri from Bright Bard GamesJordan from Goosepoop GamesRichard from Monster TilesAnd for our supporters on KoFi, check out our interview with Erica from Broken Brain Games!

On this episode, your hosts are joined by Aimee of the Pod Aimee to talk about our time spent at Gamehole Con XII. But also! Quarex and Ben review the newest member of the Street Team, inconveniently named Ben! You won't want to miss it.