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Hear ye! Hear ye! Attention, fine gentlefolk of the internet! We have a special announcement: We, Pillbox Games (it’s a game company), will be at booth 3758 at PAX Unplugged 2024!
PAX is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (where Jade is from originally), from Friday, December 6 through Sunday, December 8.
We would be humbled and honored if you would stop by our booth and say hello. We’ll have a lot of special treats. Read on to find out more…
LOOKING FOR A BOOST?
Wanna get your hands on the Side Effects: Booster Shot? We’ve got good news and bad news.
The good news — we had a select number of Side Effects: Booster Shots shipped to PAX Unplugged! Meaning if you’re at the convention, you can purchase one of these coveted expansion packs from us directly.
The bad news is that the new shipment for website orders is arriving in late December now — meaning the earliest we can start shipping these to customers is January. Blast!
However, if you purchased it as a part of your Hex Effects Kickstarter package, we’ve got you covered. We set aside enough Booster Shots to fulfill those orders and they should still be arriving before Christmas (fingers crossed!).
WHERE’S MY COFFEE?
Oh, the Caffeine Boost Card Pack. That darling little extra card pack we made as a promotional partnership with Barnes & Noble. Where has it gone? The short answer is: we’re working on it — there will be a day when you can buy that card from us directly, but just not right now.
However… I, Jade, have one single pack in my possession. And I am bringing it to PAX Unplugged. If you are attending PAX and can solve the riddle below, I will hand my sole copy of the Caffeine Boost Card Pack to you for free.
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First come, first solve, first serve. I only have one to give!
HEXY PLAYMAT
Did you miss the Hex Effects Kickstarter but really wanna get your hands on one of those lovely, lovely playmat bandanas? We’ll be bringing 15 to PAX Unplugged! That’s right — JUST 15. So, come and get it. We will run out of these quickly.
PRE-ORDER HEX EFFECTS
While we won’t have Hex Effects copies to sell per se, we’ll have a pre-order set up with great bundle offerings at PAX Unplugged.
Stop by our booth and pre-order your copy of Hex Effects!
If you won't be at PAX Unplugged, you can still pre-order Hex Effects right here on our site!
THERE WILL BE A NEW GAME
We’ve saved the best for last. Ya see, folks, we’ve been quietly working on a brand new game — one we just know you’re going to fall in love with.
When you meet someone new, what do you talk about? Typically, you ask about their hobbies, their favorite things, their job, but the conversation really gets interesting when you start asking each other questions about how you both see the world — questions of social etiquette, personal philosophies, and hypothetical scenarios. These moments where you feel like you’re really connecting with someone — really getting to know their perspectives and quirks, as well as sharing your own — these are the moments that inspired our new game.
It’s called PERFECT STRANGER.
The rules are simple but the possibilities are endless. You’re given a list of carefully curated question cards. Simply draw a card, read it aloud, and then everyone submits a YES or NO card from their hand, indicating their honest answer to the question. You then go around the table guessing how many people said Yes or No. The game comes with special action cards to make the experience even more lively and strategic.
We’ve been playtesting this game for the last three years and we’re finally ready to present it to the world.
Pre-order yours at PAX Unplugged! And keep your eyes peeled for more info, coming soon!