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Pre-PAX "Don't Call Me A Peck" Boardgame Night in Ballroom Willow (official)
LexiconGrrl
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WHAT: A coordinated meetup the night before PAX for anyone with board games, or anyone who wants to play boardgames.
WHERE: The 2nd Floor of the Seattle Sheraton Hotel: 1400 6th Ave.
For all you pedantic mf'ers out there, yes, this is last year's map. No, I didn't bother to update it. Yes, it's the same general area except we'll have Willow instead of Grand B.
WHEN: Thursday August 31 @ 4:00 PM until late, late, late. How late? You decide!
This event is ALL AGES!! It's also FREE! And there are NO SIGNUPS!!! Just show up and have a great time. Feel free to bring your spawn, but remember that PAXers have filthy, filthy mouths and your wee ones may be subject to some exciting new vocabulary.
DEETS:
-500 seats in and around the "Willow" Ballroom on the 2nd floor. I GOT THE BABY!
-The gaming area will be open until midnight. Any games will need to be moved to the downstairs lobbies after midnight.
-There will be a bar upstairs, by the gaming area. You're also welcome to order food/booze and bring it up from the restaurant/bar downstairs. There will not be table service.
-This event is not paid for, endorsed by, or affiliated with Official Penny Arcade. It is a community-run event.
-The Cookie Brigade will be at the info table en masse. Cookie dropoffs and "taste testing to ensure nothing is poisonous" will be there.
THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: Buy your food and drinks from the hotel. No outside food. It's how we "pay" for this event that they give us for free.
THE OTHER RULES
- This is important enough to list twice: The hotel gives us this space for free: they don't owe us this event. In return we give them a good bar and restaurant take. Please plan to purchase food and/or drink from the hotel. Takeout pizza or outside food is discouraged in the strongest possible terms, and I will be asking people who have food to take it elsewhere. If your budget is tight and you can't afford hotel food, please eat before or go to your room to eat. Thank you in advance for understanding how this whole free-game-night-barter-system-politics thing works.
- Because of fire code restrictions, please game in the designated areas instead of in the hotel lobbies. If you see people gaming in the lobbies, roll a knowledge check to see if they know there's a designated gaming area. Gaming in the bar and restaurant is fine as long as you're not tablesquatting (ie: make sure you continue to order as if the table is turning each hour). Note that the hotel security staff may be policing the downstairs main lobby and asking people to move upstairs so that the non-PAX guests can use the downstairs lobby.
- Please don't be an egregious douchebag. For example, one year some guy decided it would be a great idea to smoke a vape in the ballroom and the hotel manager came and had an unpleasant chat with me about it. This isn't your buddy's garage man cave, please act appropriately. We pride ourselves on being a responsible, self-policing community, so if you see someone acting inappropriately (eating takeout food, smoking, vandalizing or just being a dick), it's a good idea to nicely recommend they knock it the fuck off before management does.
- Be Excellent to each other. We freaks and geeks can be a socially maladroit group, so if someone is shyly lurking by your table, invite them to join. Be patient, be nice. Please don't flip your table.
- Lastly, do not anger LexiconGrrl by breaking the rules. We have worked hard for this event, don't piss on it. There is an excellent possibility that I may be exhausted, half-drunk, and resentful about missing PAX so if I have to intervene between you and the hotel I will ensure that Game Night is the most memorable part of your PAX experience, along with everyone else within a 5 table radius.
HOW IT WORKS on the thread
1. If you have games to bring, please post what you're bringing.
2. If you're looking to play a specific game, please post your request.
HOW IT WORKS at the Hotel
1. Your coordinator for the night is LexiconGrrl. You can find her at the Info table with the Cookie Brigade if you have any questions.
2. If you've got a game and are looking for players, put the box top of the game vertically on your table. This is the universal sign for "I don't care who you are, please join us"
3. If you're looking to join a game, look for vertical box tops.
4. We will have a hosted checkout system at the info table. You can drop off games to loan or borrow games there. If you're dropping off, I recommend doing this:
GAME ON!!
Happily on Sabbatical. Don't bug me.
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A lot of folks wander in when they tap out of the TWDT. The event goes pretty late so unless you're committed to the tourney until the bitter, drunken end, you can still come by in time to get a game or two on.
Since we're pretty close to event confirmation, I'm going to go ahead and post my likely list of games for this year.
Betrayal at House on the Hill + Widow's Walk
Hanabi
Love Letter
Millennium Blades + all expansions
Red7
Shadow Hunters
Unfair
If anyone hasn't gotten to play Unfair yet, you should. It's really great
We will be driving up and bringing games for folks to borrow. We choose the usual suspects generally, but if you have a specific request, let me know https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/chaosisorder
I'm so glad someone is doing this. I used to for years bring about 30 games for people to borrow.
I'll bring a copy of Shadowrun Encounters https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/202494/encounters-shadowrun
@Beker ? Can you answer this?
The Tabletop freeplay areas at the Convention Center have typically been open after the expo floors close (and tend to get more crowded when they do) and there is usually some at the Tournament area as well.
Do you mean after PAX closes at Midnight? Because tabletop is a place to play until then. Closer to PAX they usually release a detailed breakdown of how Tabletop is divvied up.
As others have said, your welcome to play in any of the Table Top freeplay spaces after expo closes until PAX closes at Midnight. After that you are welcome to use any of the "public" spaces, bars, resteraunts (best if you order food or drinks else they get upset) or hotel lobbies. Hope that helps, if not, please be more specific and we will see if we can help you with some ideas of good spaces.
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Haven't played it yet! Looks like I need to do some research.
It generally starts to quiet down around 12-1 am, so you should be able to get a couple hours in.
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I may join you for that! I have played it a few times
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