PAX East is but a fading memory. PAX West (ne PAX Prime, ne PAX), approaches, but it’s far too late to get tickets. But wait, the next hope is already on the horizon for North American gamers! ReedPop officially announced today that PAX South will be held on January 18-20th in San Antonio.
Tickets will officially go on sale August 16th. Once again, the convention will be held in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center along the San Antonio Riverwalk. True Dungeon, a sort of real world interactive RPG (but don’t call it LARPing!) has already been announced as a returning feature. Other guests and the schedule will be announced closer to the show date.
Not counting the board-game centric PAX Unplugged, PAX South is the smallest of the three video game focused PAX events put on in North America. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do, just that visitors are only hanging out with 40,000 or 50,000 of their closest gaming friends, rather than the massive people crush of PAX East, or the sprawl of PAX West which engulfs a large chunk of downtown Seattle, going so far as to close off a side street or two for line control.
While South also hasn’t had the ticket feeding frenzy of West, it’s still a good idea to get tickets sooner rather than later, especially for people wanting to attend all three days. Marooners’ Rock will have a team covering PAX South, (as we do for PAX West, and did for PAX East). PAX Rising and the Tabletop Indie Showcase will certainly be reappearing as well. For this writer, after having attended all three major PAX events in North America, South is my favorite. Maybe it’s the more laid back Texas attitude, as compared to Boston or Seattle, that infuses the show. Maybe it’s the smaller crowds that give people more of a chance to talk to developers on the show floor. Whatever it is, I’m looking forward to being in San Antonio next January. The countdown clock is active, just one hundred and fifty-seven days to go! See you there!
