We’ve all heard them, those tales people tell. Fishermen talk about the one that got away. Footballers will talk about the game winning play they made in their glory days, and so on. Sewers may talk about the time they sewed a mile of ruffles onto a skirt, or writers will gab about the time they wrote for...

Everyone has a first something or other that had an astounding effect on their lives, good or bad. Whether it’s your first kiss, your first car, your first girlfriend/boyfriend or even your first broken bone or hospital stay. Well if you’ve read any of my previous blogs here at Pandoracon,...

We are very excited to announce that our favorite coffee and video gaming cafe Roxx Electrocafe will be joining us at Pandoracon to run the video game room. Many of you might already know about Roxx from the Geek Out Wednesday article, or just simply know about the place because you’ve enjoyed their...

I play a lot of games these days. Most of them are the family game night variety. We play lots of UNO, some Sorry (and iterations of,) and so on. Occasionally I’ll play a hand or five of Magic: The Gathering with Hubby and Sprocket One. As for video games, I’ve up and lost my Geek/Nerd cards there. I...

I’ve played a lot of games in my life. Not as much as many other people I’ve known, but enough. Whether it was role playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, card games like Rummy or Poker, action games like Airsoft or NERF war, Live Action Role Playing games like Vampire the masquerade, or...

So what’s going to make Pandoracon different from any other multi-genre fandom convention? In large part, you! Pandoracon is designed to be a participatory convention that encourages attendees to be a more active part of the fun. There’s a lot of cons out there that are essentially one big hall...

Let me ask a philosophical question. Are Nerds born nerds? Are Geeks born geeks? (The discussion about the difference between the two will have to come at a later time) Are certain people destined to have an affinity for role playing games or SciFi and Fantasy fiction? Or is it simply an environmental factor...

Of the many contests between the Houses of Pandora this September at Pandoracon, one will be the “Star Wars Dance Off.” You’ve probably already seen trailers for the new Kinect: Star Wars game, but were you aware of the extra Star Wars dance off feature that comes with the package? At...

Pandoracon is excited to confirm that the Games Masters of Cincycon will join our September geek festivities to run events in our gaming hall. They have already had three successful years of running their gaming convention each March since 2010, bringing the best of Cincinnati gaming and game stores...

Pandoracon will be a place for many kinds of geek related activities, and one of those activities will of course be tabletop gaming. Tabletop gaming often includes the use of miniatures to represent your role playing character. Often times the entire game is based on the use of miniatures. Games such as...