PAX Unplugged is just around the corner, and considering that I haven’t missed attending at least one PAX a year since joining Sprites and Dice in 2016, this announcement comes with many mixed feelings. I will not be attending PAX Unplugged this year (and have already skipped on East). On the one hand, I will of course be saddened not to see friends I rarely get to meet. I will miss wandering the demo tables and marveling at all the clever ideas designers are playing with. Rest assured that the Sprites and Dice team will still be attending to cover games they find there, but my personal decision to skip on PAX stands. You might be asking, “why,” and perhaps more to the point, “why does it matter?”
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