Just a reminder: vendor applications close at the end of this month!

REMINDER! Please join us for an afternoon of gaming fun this Sunday, August 2nd!

Join us for an afternoon of gaming fun on Sunday, August 2nd! From 12/noon - 4pm, we will be at The Merges Group (32 10th Ave S, #202, Hopkins MN). Space is limited, but the free parking is not. Hopefully we’ll see you there!

Pre-registration for Con of the North 2027 is NOW OPEN! Register online at tabletop.events/conventions/con-of-the-north-2027 for a discounted rate.

Con of the North 2027

Con of the North will be held February 12th-14th 2027 at our new home at the Doubletree in Bloomington MN!

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Pre-registration for Con of the North 2027 opens in 12 hours, at NOON on July 1st! Registration will be available online at tabletop.events/conventions/con-of-the-north-2027

Con of the North 2027

Con of the North will be held February 12th-14th 2027 at our new home at the Doubletree in Bloomington MN!

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2027 Designated / Large Group space applications are now open! Here is the link to the application to apply for a Large Space / Designated space: tinyurl.com/y5wfs6rc You will be notified if you have been granted a large group or designated space on September 29, 2026.

Calling all vendors! The application for 2027 is now open: forms.gle/EPH4icGLLgsr... Note: we do not have the vendor room finalized yet. We will make another announcement when it has been finalized.

Join us on Discord for our June Meeting on Tuesday June 9th at 7pm! All meetings are public, so please join us in the Council Voice discord channel. This month we will cover: 2025-2026 Finance Report - Actuals 2026-2027 Budget T-shirt concept art T-shirt color poll results

Last night we had our first monthly meeting for our 2026-2027 year. Thank you to those that joined us. Freya is stepping down from the Marketing position, but Aubrey is replacing her. Welcome Aubrey! Our next monthly meeting is Tuesday May 12th at 7pm on Discord.

The Ronald McDonald House Charities - Upper Midwest is hosting a board game marathon up in Duluth, MN this Saturday from 10 am to Midnight! Meet some fellow gamers, play some cool games, and enter to win some prizes. Don't forget your pop-tabs!

Playing some #OldSchoolEssentials at @conofthenorth.bsky.social & Gordo's new favorite weapon is the severed human foot in a boot he found. #ttrpg

Found a cool indie mech game while in MN for @conofthenorth.bsky.social People should check out @towergamesmn.bsky.social when they're in town!

Thought I'd post this for @gammitin.bsky.social There are two guys at @conofthenorth.bsky.social that bring a LAN party's worth of older PC's and Apple computers thSt they have kept running longer than I've been going to the Con.

Just got to play Monkey Palace, a LEGO board game I got from the vendor hall from Battleground Cafe at @conofthenorth.bsky.social ! A surprisingly good LEGO board game (but my only history with their board games is LEGO Creator)

Getting set up for my first game of @conofthenorth.bsky.social - we have a couple of spots open up!

Get your #conofthenorth program signed in the vendor room by the guy what made it! @conofthenorth.bsky.social

Yesterday I got in one game in the middle of my day of volunteering at @conofthenorth.bsky.social . Betrayal at House in the Hill First game went super fast, got the haunt after 6-7 explored rooms. Thankfully for the non-traitors, we just had to close some portals and the traitor wasn't buff.

Today at @conofthenorth.bsky.social I started my day in registration, now I'm about to play Flapjacks and Sasquatches. And rocket launchers!

Just over a week away from the Con and we can't wait to game with y'all! Don't forget about the tab collection being run in partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest! Donation boxes will be in registration along with a contest to guess the number of tabs in a giant container.

It's now one month til @conofthenorth.bsky.social 2026! Board games! Card games! Role-Playing Games! Computer Games! Etc! Pre-registration is open until Jan 17th 2026! After that you have to register at the Con! You can pre-register at www.conofthenorth.org

Con of the North is thrilled to partner with Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest! During the convention next month, there will be donation boxes to collect pop tabs while nearly 1600 events take place. Raise money for charity while you play... and maybe win a prize while you're at it!

AGDQ is a great example of how an organization of some kind can simply choose correctly and chase out stinky transphobes and misogynists and bigots and be 500000% better for it. they raise more money for charity like, every year. excluding bigots = more success

I finished the lineart for this fantasy Sailor Jupiter last night: #SailorMoon

My latest sketch collection + art print launches on Friday! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nat...

Coming soon: MAKE 100! Mind Astray 2023-25 Sketchbook and Poster Print!!

A sketchbook collection featuring my favorite doodles & drawings from, AND a poster print featuring an art nouveau inspired dragon!

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Spoilers for my @conofthenorth.bsky.social attendees. I've run the same one shot of @laurieoc.bsky.social Lichcraft twice. Both times the trans player asked if they could curb stomp zombie Margaret Thatcher before fleeing the scene. Both times the dice decided that they could (with great success)

@conofthenorth.bsky.social The countdown is on - 18 days left of pre-registation left before the prices go up on 1/1/26! tabletop.events/conventions/...

Pre-Registration and Event Badges are available now for Con of the North ( @conofthenorth.bsky.social ) www.conofthenorth.org Join in the fun! So far I've signed up for a game of Betrayal on Friday (I think this is the first time I've got into one of those there) and BIG CATAN on Sunday!

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Got two of my @conofthenorth.bsky.social submissions in! Just one more to write up. Thankfully they're all based on spur of the moment one shots I've run before (i.e., zero planning) So the even description basically wrote itself!

Reminder to everyone that GMs need their events in by 11/1 to get early access to event selection!

Courtney (they/he) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@courtana.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Thanks to a fellow Gamehole Con attendee, I just registered for @conofthenorth.bsky.social I have 3 events in mind that I definitely want to submit, and 1-2 more that I'm debating on submitting. Now to see if anyone wants to be roommates!

Vendor applications will close on 8/31/25! Please get your application in soon if you haven’t. See the vendor web page for more information: www.conofthenorth.org/vendors If you are not sure if you have applied or not, please reach out to vendors@conofthenorth.org!