It was one of the best roleplaying experiences I have ever had, even though my character fell from grace, and was likely consumed by the end of the game. The people running the RPG Freeplay table are saints, and our GM was phenomenal. There is also a pull between cooperative and competitive play as players collectively track down and capture a human lost in the winter woods, while vying for the affection of the Winter Queen herself. It has a fun mechanic where your dice pool decreases over time, increasing the challenge level. (Seriously, do it either way, the article is amazing.)Īnother awesome surprise was playing the great little indie RPG, To Serve Her Wintry Hunger. If you don’t know what I am talking about, read this article about Orcs by another Sina Una contributor, James Mendez Holmes. All in all, the panel was an important reminder to keep a critical lens on common fantasy tropes and problematic settings based on a collective romanticization of colonialist and feudalistic Europe. The Islands of Sina Una is a campaign setting based on precolonial mythology and culture of the Philippines. Joshua Mendenhall is someone I have followed on Twitter for a long time, and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of the DnD 5e setting he and his publishing team created. All of the panelists were thoughtful and candid with their experiences and had useful suggestions of how to move the industry forward. The most thought provoking panel I attended was Decolonizing RPG Design. Never mind cheesesteak, no trip is complete without the amazing ramen in Philly! As you can see on the schedule in the photo, there were all sorts of panel discussions on mental health, table safety, adaptive gaming and more in this theater, alone! Philadelphia is a wonderful city with lots of beautiful sites, walkability, and cute little Christmas pop up shops in December. There are no big flashy, loud displays, but there are a lot of indie game companies, and small booths of dice, games to play and conversations to strike up with fellow nerdlings. Without the big videogame studios, it feels a lot less performative. PAX Unplugged is my favorite PAX, but not just because I care more about tabletop games than video games and love Philly. I hosted and presented on the “Can We Finally Admit Games Belong In the Classroom,” panel, giving me the last PAX presentation in the set. It was wonderful to be back at this con after losing last year to the Covid haze. By had the pleasure of once again attending PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, Dec 11th and 12th, 2021.
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