Pax East 2024 was held at the Boston Convention and Expo Center on March 21 through 24

Darkpaw Games held a panel at PAX East 2024 on March 21st. The panel, entitled “Behind The Scenes: 28 Years of EverQuest Development” was conducted by Jennifer Chan, Adam Bell and Lucy McLaurin.

PAX East Panel

Jennifer Chan is the Head of Darkpaw Studios, the producing studio of EverQuest and EverQuest 2. Adam and Lucy are developers for EverQuest.

After-Panel Meet and Greet and Loot!

After the panel, the developers met with fans and gave out loot!

A Year of Darkpaw pin given away at the Pax East Panel. (Lanyard was Fading’s, not given out at Pax)
Loot Key Codes were given out as well at Pax East, providing in-game loot in EQ and EQ2!
Pink Poodle cosplays as Quellious, along with Solusek Ro
Check out these cool pins and more that Pink Poodle had on a backpack!

Fan Meet-Up at Harpoon Brewery

Later that evening, Darkpaw Games, along with Standing Stone Games, the developer of Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online, held a fan meet up at Harpoon Brewery.

Harpoon Brewery is located in the Seaport District of Boston. A EverQuest, EverQuest II, DDO and LOTOR meet up was held there on March 21, 2024 from 7pm to 11pm

The backdrop for photos at the meet up!
More backdrops for the meetup, before the crowd arrived!
The event was quite popular, leading to a line to get into the brewery. Up to 300 people were expected for the event!
A packed Harpoon Brewery as folks settled in for food and beverage, friends and fellowship!
Fading at the Harpoon Brewery Meet Up in front of the Year of Darkpaw backdrop.
Fading and Jenn Chan
Fading and Carlos Mora, developer on EverQuest II.

Additional photos from PAX East in Boston