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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Join us on Discord for our monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 13th at 7pm! All meetings are public, so please join us in the Council Voice discord channel.

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Heads up: the Designated / Large Group Space application deadline is approaching! If your group is interested in having a set space - for gaming or gathering - now is the time to apply. Applications are due on Sept 12th, 2026. forms.gle/tJRDhyovzk8o...

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Final call for vendor applications! Applications are due by Monday, Aug 31st. forms.gle/K8RLH1xkte4P...

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Join us on Discord for our June Meeting on Tuesday, September 8th at 7pm! All meetings are public, so please join us in the Council Voice discord channel.

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

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

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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!

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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.

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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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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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

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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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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

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.

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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.

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

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

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

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.

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

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!

Board Game Marathon. Saturday, April 18th, 2026. 10 am to midnight at St. Luke's Sports and Event Center. Located at 704 Kirkus St. Proctor, MN 55810.

All skill levels welcome! Enjoy open gaming all day, meet fellow board game enthusiasts, and enter to win exciting prize drawings!

Everyone gets a free ticket just for showing up!

Earn more tickets by: Donating to the Ronald McDonald House. One dollar = one ticket.

Donating pop tabs: 2 tickets per quart-size ziplock. 9 tickets per gallon-size ziplock.

In support of the Ronald McDonald House

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Antagonist Relations (Zack) @antagonistrelation.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

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

A shot of an Old School Essentials sheet RPG sheet showing Gordo, a chaotic 1st level Magic-User. His background is below. His illustration shows a froglike humanoid with a cone hat covered with eyes, a staff, a frogskin grimoire, a frog eye ring and a waterskin full of 'delicious fermented swamp water'.

You are an itinerant collector of occult lore and unwitting servant of the frog demon Habzarg the Relentless. You came under your infernal master's sway after somewhat over-eagerly practicing the summoning magicks in a stolen, frog-skin grimoire that came into your possession. Still, the demon's demands mesh well with vour own wicked inclinations
Your skin and eyes have begun to betray your afhliation to the amphibious, causing you to hide away from other humans (except for those obsequious and obliging friends you have beguiled with your magic)

You scheme to establish a lair in an isolated bog where you can continue your research in peace, away from the prying eyes
of civilisation. You'll first just need to amass a certain level of wealth and a suitably impressive occult library...

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Courtney (they/he) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @courtana.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

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!

Copy of Aether Nexus - a game with a mech on the front

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El Acordeonachi @elacordeonachi.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

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.

A hotel conference room filled with old PCs and people sitting at them playing old games. Faces have been obscured where visible.

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Freya 🏳️‍⚧️ @nyhtfury.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

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)

Picture of Monkey Palace at the end of the game. Arches, 1x1 blocks, and 1x1x3 columns comprise the structure (plus decorations). Decorations (two colors of leaves and a gold column) are around the edge. We didn't use the butterfly or the frog but they add interesting decisions to the game; we'll use them in a future play. The monkey blocks placement after someone moves it (worth 2 pts at the end of the game if you were the last to move it).

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Courtney (they/he) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @courtana.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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

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Nathan Lueth @nathanlueth.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

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

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El Acordeonachi @elacordeonachi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

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.

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El Acordeonachi @elacordeonachi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

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

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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.

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El Acordeonachi @elacordeonachi.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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

The Con of the North 2026 poster!

The background of the poster is purple.
In the middle is a multi-sided die of some kind. Each facet has folks doing different gaming related things.
Top left, a person holding a ruler doing wargaming.
Top middle, a game-master (assumed by the GM screen) is rolling some dice for a role-playing game.
Top right, a person dressed as a wizard
The extreme right and left side facets depict people playing computer games, possibly Midi Maze
Bottom left, a person holding some cards
Bottom middle, three people playing a board game
Bottom right, another person holding some cards.

Above the polyhedral die on the left is a black cat in a red cloak holding a lace trimmed heart. There are also hearts behind the cat.
Above the die on the left are the words "CON OF THE NORTH" where the O in north is a compass rose.
On the bottom of the poster are the dates. The 13th, 14th, and 15th of February 2026.

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

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!

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pumpkin spice doodlemancy 🎃 @doodlemancy.com · 06/01/2026

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

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nrcgray.bsky.social @nrcgray.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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

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Courtney (they/he) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @courtana.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

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)

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Jermungus @mirax80.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

@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/...

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El Acordeonachi @elacordeonachi.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

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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Courtney (they/he) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @courtana.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

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!

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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!

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Vendors — Con of the North

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Preregistration is OPEN! Save $10 off any badge! Game submissions are also open! tabletop.events/conventions/...

I Don't Always Meme template with a man in a suit saying "I Don't always preregister for COTN, but when I do, I save $10"

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

We've got another Board Game Night coming up tomorrow, 6/24, at Dreamers Vault Games in Burnsville from 5-8 pm! Please RSVP per the flyer if you're planning on attending!

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

We have a vote for our Con of the North 2026 Artist open for Voting Members on Discord for the next 23 hours. Links to their portfolios can be found in our Discord's Council Chat! Not a voting member but think you should be? Ask any of our Magnetrons to check your voting eligibility!

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Con of the North @conofthenorth.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We've got a Magnetron Board Game Night coming up THIS Thursday 6/5 at 6 PM at BadWolf Adventure Studios. Please RSVP as space is limited: www.facebook.com/share/1Ad1Jg... Running games can earn volunteer hours! Please contact the Magnetrons via FB, Discord, or info@conofthenorth.org for more info.

A group of 4 playing a game that is probably Cones of Dunshire, which is definitely about the cones, at a round table, with one character standing on the right.

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