• Friday 8/31
• Saturday 9/1
• Sunday 9/2
• Monday 9/3

Friday 8/31

• 10:00 am

  • Designing Worlds: Experiences Creating Tabletop RPGs

• 10:30 am

  • Different Strokes for Older Folks
  • PAX Storytime Session with Ion Hazzikostas
  • Twitch Town Hall
  • This Talk is Gonna Suck (to Somebody): Subjectivity in Games

• 11:00 am

  • A Game of Thrones: The Board Game
  • Repeating Fave: Dominion
  • PAX Orientation
  • Eagle Flight
  • Hospital Gaming Specialist Is a Thing, and You Should Apply!
  • Weird (and Wonderful!) Nintendo Peripherals

• 11:30 am

  • 13+ Game Narrative 20XX: Futures of Interactive Storytelling
  • Repeating Fave: Ticket to Ride
  • Penny Arcade Q&A #1

• 12:00 pm

  • Gaming While Other
  • Kirby Air Ride
  • Splendor
  • Repeating Fave: 7 Wonders
  • Roll for Healing: Therapeutic Game Master Roundtable
  • Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
  • Autograph Session: Jacksepticeye
  • Expanding the Life is Strange Universe

• 12:30 pm

  • "I Agree", the Internet's Biggest Lie: T&C/Privacy Post-GDPR
  • Power Grid
  • Kids in Costumes and at Conventions, Easy Right?
  • Omegathon Round 1: Taboo

• 1:00 pm

  • FIFA 18
  • Bringing Tabletop to PC: The BATTLETECH Dev Story
  • HITMAN 2
  • Catan National Championship Qualifier
  • Audioshield
  • Overcooked (Switch)
  • An Afternoon with Pat Rothfuss

• 1:30 pm

  • Villains Versus Heroes: The Moral High Ground
  • Release the Minions! Introducing RPGs to Youth
  • The SSStylish gameplay of Devil May Cry 5

• 2:00 pm

  • Mario Kart Double Dash
  • League of Legends
  • Game Jobs You Never Even Knew Existed
  • Game Design Theory: What Makes Battle Royale so Popular?
  • You Paid Too Much!!! How to Find the Best Video Game Deals

• 2:30 pm

  • Collaborative Storytelling from Tabletop to Video Game, and Beyond!

• 3:00 pm

  • Tekken 7
  • Twitch vs. Mixer: Making the Right Choice for You
  • Robo Recall
  • Minecraft
  • Flash Games Forever
  • Super Street Fighter 30th Anniversary (Switch)
  • The Quest for the Perfect Superman Game

• 3:30 pm

  • Playing to the (Virtual) Crowd: Streaming Tabletop RPGs
  • How Can I Help? What Charity Is Right for Me?
  • Behind the Sounds: Game Audio Deep Dive

• 4:00 pm

  • Super Mario Strikers
  • Keyflower
  • Autograph Session: Wafflecrew
  • 13+ Jackbox Party PAX
  • Markiplier at PAX

• 4:30 pm

  • Cosplay Makeup 101
  • Sagrada
  • IGN Presents: Let's Rank the Top 10 Xbox One Games
  • ItsFunneh and the Krew with St. Jude PLAY LIVE on YouTube

• 5:00 pm

  • Dear Player: Love Letters from the Games Industry
  • Puyo Puyo Tetris
  • Why Stardew Valley is the Best Harvest Moon Game
  • Lords of Waterdeep
  • Fruit Ninja VR
  • 13+ Hidden Gems: Discovering the Undiscovered of PAX West

• 5:30 pm

  • Power Word: Rock! The History of D&D and Heavy Metal
  • Lumines (Vita)

• 6:00 pm

  • Sonic Adventure Battle II
  • Repeating Fave: Exploding Kittens
  • Meditation for Gamers: How to Find Balance in Digital Worlds
  • Gang Beasts
  • MMOs on Console: A New Era for an Established Genre
  • Omegathon Round 2: Starwhal

• 6:30 pm

  • Smash Up
  • Build an Inexpensive Retro Gaming Machine in Under an Hour
  • Cosplay 201: Light It Up
  • Breath of the Wild and the Future of the Zelda Series

• 7:00 pm

  • Ask the Wafflecrew Anything!
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)
  • Rocket League
  • Sprint Vector

• 7:30 pm

  • The Runaway Guys: Thrown Controllers
  • PAX 10 - Part 1
  • 13+ The Bi-Annual PC GAMING EXTRAVAGANZA!

• 8:00 pm

  • Bushido Blade 2
  • Guess the Game with SNDTST.com
  • 13+ The Improv Initiative Makes It Up Again
  • Team Building Exercise
  • Two Rooms and a Boom
  • Mike Selinker's Can You Survive This? Panel

• 8:30 pm

  • 13+ The Improvised Postmortem
  • Friday Night Concerts - Triforce Quartet, SAMMUS, Super Soul Bros.

• 9:00 pm

  • Gang Beasts
  • The $64,000 Question: Category Trivia
  • What Goes Bump in the Night: Games That Keep You Wide Awake
  • Space Pirate Trainer
  • An Evening with Scott Kurtz

• 9:30 pm

  • Downwell (Mobile/Vita)
  • Versus: Speedrunning Gameshow - Super Mario 64 Edition
  • PAX Community Discord Game Night
  • Argue With Us: Which Games Belong in the Video Game Canon?

• 10:00 pm

  • Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball
  • 13+ The Improv. Roleplayers Handbook '2nd Edition'

• Friday 8/31
• Saturday 9/1
• Sunday 9/2
• Monday 9/3

Saturday 9/1

• 10:00 am

  • Live Oil Painting – Guild Wars 2

• 10:30 am

  • Tabletop Storytelling: Narrative in Card and Board Games
  • You Have Died of Dysentery: Meaningful Gaming in Education
  • Ashes of Creation - Rise of the MMORPG
  • Penny Arcade - Make a Strip!

• 11:00 am

  • Arms (Switch)
  • Overcooked
  • Repeating Fave: Azul
  • EPIC Games: Through the Ages
  • Unspoken
  • Red Dead Radio Live: The Games That Shaped Red Dead Redemption
  • Rocket League
  • Everyday Cosplay: Fandom Infused Makeup and Hair
  • 13+ LEVEL UP: Manifesting Your Gamer Self in Real Life

• 11:30 am

  • Scythe
  • Repeating Fave: Splendor
  • Just Cause 4 Showcase

• 12:00 pm

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Mario Kart 8 Pt. 1
  • King of Tokyo
  • Catan National Championship Qualifier
  • EPIC Games: Twilight Struggle
  • From Pixels to Pieces: A Digital/Tabletop Game Design Mashup
  • Unite: Using Fandom for Social Giving
  • NISA & SNK Retro to Now

• 12:30 pm

  • How to Broadcast Safely as a Marginalized Streamer
  • Single-Player Is Dead; Long Live Single-Player
  • 13+ How to Build Your Own Gaming Rig

• 1:00 pm

  • Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon (3DS)
  • Agricola
  • Injustice 2
  • Space Pirate Trainer
  • Gather Your Party for A Beamdog Panel

• 1:30 pm

  • Anthem: Our World, Your Story
  • Waypoint Radio LIVE!
  • Omegathon Round 3: Gang Beasts
  • A SEGA Perspective: Bringing Japanese Games to the West

• 2:00 pm

  • Roll for a Sanity Check: Games and Mental Health
  • U.S. Army Esports Championship
  • Loot Crates and Tokens: Games, Stop Acting like Casinos
  • Smallworld
  • Mario Kart 8 Pt. 2
  • Maestros of Video Games
  • Penny Arcade Pin Trading Session

• 2:30 pm

  • Munchkin Munchcathlon
  • Tripwire Interactive's 2018 PAX West Panel!

• 3:00 pm

  • "Surviving Mars" for Real
  • Medium
  • Street Fighter 5 Arcade Edition
  • SpeedRunners
  • Building Your Streaming Community
  • 13+ We're all Frauds! PAX West Edition

• 3:30 pm

  • Latinx in Games: We Are Here and You Belong Here Too
  • Let's Rank It!
  • Autograph Session: Maestros of Video Games
  • 13+ (Re) Introducing Escapist Magazine: We Had Issues

• 4:00 pm

  • Mario Tennis: Aces (Switch)
  • Game Design Challenge
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Pt. 1
  • Castles of Burgundy
  • Media Molecule’s Dreams Panel Jam!

• 4:30 pm

  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Uncovering the Hidden City of Paititi
  • 13+ Monster Prom and Its Wonderful F*cked-Up Narrative Design
  • Autograph Session: Crankgameplays
  • 13+ Spawn On Me LIVE!

• 5:00 pm

  • The Psychology of The Legend of Zelda Franchise
  • Jousting Time
  • Ultimate Chicken Horse
  • Mass Effect: USgamer Explores One of the Best RPGs Ever
  • The Advanced Mechanics of Pin Trading: A Pinny Arcade Guide

• 5:30 pm

  • EPIC Games: Eclipse
  • Acquisitions Incorporated: The "C" Team Q&A

• 6:00 pm

  • Splatoon 2 (Switch)
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Pt. 2
  • Video Game Crash My Arse: The UK's 80s Home Computer Boom
  • TrickyTowers
  • Kingdomino
  • Speedruns: Abusing Corners in Video Games Since Forever
  • Omegathon Round 4: Burnout 3

• 6:30 pm

  • 13+ Indie Game Designers Modify and Play Mafia
  • The Last Game I'll Ever Design
  • Magic: The Gathering Guilds of Ravnica Preview Panel
  • Repeating Fave: Love Letter

• 7:00 pm

  • Kinda Funny's Inter-Website Video Game Tournament
  • Mystery Game...
  • BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Pt. 1
  • Smash Up

• 7:30 pm

  • PAX 10 - Part 2
  • 13+ Sexy or Stupid? The Great Video Game Sex Scene Debate
  • ART BATTLE 2018: Games vs. Animation

• 8:00 pm

  • 1-2 Switch
  • Two Rooms and a Boom
  • Tetris Attack
  • Saturday Night Showdown
  • Video Game Voiceovers: The Sequel
  • LoadingReadyRun
  • The Joys and Terrors of Writing RPGs

• 8:30 pm

  • Saturday Night Concerts - Video Game Pianist, The OneUps, Bit Brigade
  • 13+ League of Heels Presents West Coast Wishes

• 9:00 pm

  • Audioshield
  • Video Game Music Trivia
  • The Games That Inspire
  • BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Pt. 2

• 9:30 pm

  • 13+ Queens of Adventure LIVE: PAX West Edition
  • Mega64 Panel Now Featuring Battle Royale Mode
  • Pitch Your Game

• 10:00 pm

  • Mario Kart 64

• Friday 8/31
• Saturday 9/1
• Sunday 9/2
• Monday 9/3

Sunday 9/2

• 10:00 am

  • What's Good Games LIVE at PAX West

• 10:30 am

  • Exploring Your Identity through Cosplay
  • Repeating Fave: Sushi Go!
  • Being an Artist in the Game Industry!
  • 13+ Why We Love the Apocalypse

• 11:00 am

  • Golf Story (Switch)
  • DigiPen Presents: Back When I Was 8-Bit - The Game Developer Chronicles
  • Capturing Physical Games in a Virtual World
  • Build With Baer Workshop: LEGO Challenge
  • Sprint Vector
  • Rocket League Rumble (Casual)
  • Repeating Fave: Dominion
  • Jacksepticeye

• 11:30 am

  • The Art of the Table: GMing Beyond the Basics
  • Repeating Fave: Ticket to Ride
  • Champions of Midgard

• 12:00 pm

  • Assessor's Creed: Integrating Video Games in the Classroom
  • Challenge Issued! Getting Into the Game Industry, Part 1
  • Mortal Kombat XL
  • EPIC Games: Twilight Imperium (4th Edition)
  • Inside the Game Awards

• 12:30 pm

  • RollPlay: Meet the Cast
  • Catan National Championship Qualifier
  • The Xbox Adaptive Controller: Designed With the Community
  • 13+ Nerdcore Music: The Evolving Faces of Nerd Culture

• 1:00 pm

  • Monster Hunter: Generations (3DS)
  • Audioshield
  • Jet Set Radio Future
  • Autograph Session: Girbeagly
  • The (Personal) History of Video Games: Chapter 3

• 1:30 pm

  • Challenge Accepted! Part 2: Managing a Game Industry Career
  • Bad Horse, Lando, Potato, and More: 10 Years of Pranking PAX
  • 13+ AppJunkies Live: The Worst Games Ever Made
  • Dixit

• 2:00 pm

  • Keeping Your S#&* Together and Keeping It That Way!
  • 13+ I See What You Did There: Environmental Storytelling GO!
  • Truths About Game Economies from the People That Make Them
  • #IDARB
  • Autograph Session: Markiplier
  • Stories Beyond Summoner’s Rift: Narrative at Riot Games

• 2:30 pm

  • Scared Yet: A Discussion of Horror in Media

• 3:00 pm

  • Game Master Academy: Start Running Tabletop RPGs
  • Saving the World One Game at a Time
  • Robo Recall
  • Witch It
  • Dragon Ball FighterZ Pt. 1
  • Puerto Rico
  • 13+ Telltale’s The Walking Dead Reunion Panel

• 3:30 pm

  • 13+ Please Stand By: Video Game Marketing Done Right... and Wrong
  • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS)
  • 13+ WHO Said What?! Let's Talk Facts About Gaming Disorder
  • The History of Japanese Board Gaming

• 4:00 pm

  • 13+ Afternoon Tea: An In-Depth Look at Tea and Video Games
  • Gears of War 4

• 4:30 pm

  • Sound Design Live: Watch Us Recreate Video Game Sounds
  • No Really, Does the Author's Intent Matter in Video Games?

• 5:00 pm

  • How to Be a Gaming YouTuber Without Let's Playing
  • Super Smash Bros. (3DS)
  • Space Pirate Trainer
  • Dragon Ball FighterZ Pt. 2
  • Terra Mystica
  • The Rapidly Changing World of Games Journalism
  • Omegathon Round 5: Mario Tennis Aces
  • Indie MEGABOOTH: Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers

• 5:30 pm

  • From Metroids to Plasmids: Genetic Engineering in Gaming
  • Clank!

• 6:00 pm

  • 13+ Let's Place LIVE: Ranking Every Video Game Ever Made
  • Ultimate Chicken Horse
  • Terraforming Mars
  • One Very Icky Boy: How a Team of Industry Newbies Developed Deadfire's Newest Character
  • The 10th(!) Queering Up Misconceptions: LGBTQIA life in the Game Industry

• 6:30 pm

  • Game Smoochers: Date a Sword or Pigeon Because LOVE IS WEIRD
  • Galaxy Trucker
  • Crankgameplays at PAX
  • Acquisitions Incorporated
  • Building Game Cities: More Than Pixel Bricks and Bumpy Asphalt

• 7:00 pm

  • Unspoken
  • Red Faction: Guerrilla (Re-Mars-tered)
  • Boss Monster
  • Creating Coziness in Game Worlds

• 7:30 pm

  • 13+ Gameranx Live LIVE @ PAX West 2018
  • Canceling the Apocalypse: The World Is Totally on Fire!
  • Double NintenDare!

• 8:00 pm

  • 13+ Giant Bomb: This Panel Is Not About Anime
  • 13+ PC Build-Fight #1: Building Your Dream GAMING PC Live!
  • StreetPass Game Show: Retro Edition
  • Spaceteam (Mobile)
  • Halo 2 Pt. 1
  • The Resistance
  • Two Rooms and a Boom

• 9:00 pm

  • 13+ Late Night Dub Fight
  • Jousting Time
  • Perfect Dark

• 10:00 pm

  • Halo 2 Pt. 2

• Friday 8/31
• Saturday 9/1
• Sunday 9/2
• Monday 9/3

Monday 9/3

• 10:00 am

  • The 40 Tabletop Games You Must Play
  • Eagle Flight
  • Cooperation Station

• 10:30 am

  • Beat Your Backlog: Tips and Tools for Mastering Your Library
  • Battle for Azeroth: A Competitor's History of WoW
  • Repeating Fave: Azul
  • Penny Arcade Q&A #2
  • 13+ War Stories: Veterans and Gaming

• 11:00 am

  • Dragon Ball Fighter Z
  • Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
  • Am I Playing a Role: Identity Exploration and RPGs
  • Duck Game
  • Robo Rally
  • Balancing Streaming and Family: A Househusband's Story
  • Level Up! From Game Player to Game Maker

• 11:30 am

  • Machi Koro
  • Sequels, Series, DLC: How Video Games Are Changing Storytelling

• 12:00 pm

  • 13+ Tabletop Game Design: From Idea to Reality
  • Organizing and Preserving Game Development Artifacts
  • Tetris DS (3DS / DS)
  • Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
  • Fruit Ninja VR
  • Roll & Write Roundup
  • Coup
  • Procedural Storytelling in Video Games

• 12:30 pm

  • The Couple That Games Together
  • A Beginner's Guide to Unlocking the Plot of Kingdom Hearts
  • Cosplay: Feet First into Halo with the 405th Infantry

• 1:00 pm

  • Office Hours: Live
  • Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2
  • 7 Blunders
  • Autograph Session: Acqusitions Inc.

• 1:30 pm

  • Get Out of Euros: An Intro to Asian Board Gaming
  • Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
  • Video Game Music Theory 101

• 2:00 pm

  • Side Hustle: How to Make Games After Work Hours
  • Fun for All: Family-Friendly Games
  • Saturn Bomberman
  • Sprint Vector
  • Brawlhalla
  • 13+ There's Shame to Our Game: Video Games We Hate to Love

• 2:30 pm

  • Influencers, Sponsorships, and Disclosures 101: Ask the FTC!

• 3:00 pm

  • Gaming in the Classroom: How Play Can Improve Our Schools
  • MYSTERY TOURNAMENT (???)
  • Powerstone 2
  • Zombie Dice
  • Tsuro
  • Designing Narrative Games in the Age of the Streamer

• 3:30 pm

  • Guitly Gear XRD REV2
  • Inclusive Gaming FTW: From Hospital to Home
  • College eSports

• 4:00 pm

  • Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Game$
  • Jousting Time

• 5:30 pm

  • Omegathon Final Round