PAX West 2022 Recap

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PAX West is most closely associated with video games ranging from indie to AAA. Out of curiosity, I wanted to see if there was any tabletop representation (given that PAX Unplugged is their official branch for this) and to my surprise, there was quite a bit! If you’ve never been to PAX West, find that it’s easier to get to than Unplugged, or want a feel of what it may be like in the odd times that we live in, keep reading on.

Most of the tabletop publishers and vendors were pushed to the very top sixth floor of the Seattle Convention Center with the exception of Dire Wolf Digital which had an impressive presence on the bridge between the two main video game expo halls. At the top of the summit I found:

Fog of Love: Love on Lockdown (Expansion), published by Floodgate Gates, brings the base Fog of Love game to the next level through the introduction of the very familiar scenario of being locked inside together for months on end with nothing to do. I’ll be reviewing this expansion soon so that and my positive recommendation is all I will leave you with for now.

Kites, published by Floodgate Games, is a real-time cooperative game where everyone is trying to keep their kites in the air. Sand timers represent the kites in this game and players play cards that match them, ideally such that more time is bought in the sky.

Both Windmill: Cute Secrets (2022) and Windmill: Cozy Stories (2020) were seen on the show floor, and published by Crowd Games. This series is a storytelling party game, where the objective of the game is to tap into ideally only one of the other players’ minds. If too many players understand what is going on, then there are fewer points to be had. However, if none of the players know which card is correct,