Welcome to Con of the North!

Con of the North is the Twin Cities' longest running games convention, run by an all-volunteer organization dedicated to bringing you the best in gaming every year! The 25th annual Con of the North is February 17-19, 2017 at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West. For more information about our convention, visit the About Con of the North page.

Upcoming Events

News

September 14, 2016 Data Entry Party Moved:
Data Entry of game events in to the online database has been moved to October 1, 2016 at 2pm at the Beechers' house.
Book Event editing moved to a new date in October, exact date and time to be announced.

August 24, 2016 New Registration System, Take 2:
Event Submission for CotN 2017 is now open using our new registration site at https://registration.conofthenorth.org! You can submit events for the book from now until 9/30/2016 - we've extended this from previous years to allow everyone to get more familiar with the new processes.

Head on over to the site and submit your games and if you haven’t registered yet, don’t forget that if you register as a judge to run events, you can get a free t-shirt or $5 off your price!

August 19, 2016 Updated Forms:

• Book Advertisement Application
• Judges Packet
• Vendor Application
• Event Proposal Instructions and Options - Form used to have your game event listed in the events book
  • To be included in the Events Book, events must be submitted by the event submission deadline of September 30, 2016
  • Any events submitted between October 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016 will be included in the Onsite Supplement
• Player Registration - Form used for players attending the convention and ordering a long sleeve shirt (pre-order only!) or t-shirt

July 14, 2016 Preregistration Update:
Very, very important announcement .... Preregistration is now OPEN !!

July 18, 2016 New date for August 2016 Magnetron Meeting:
The August 2016 Magnetron meeting has been reschedule for Aug-16 (instead of Aug-9th)

July 14, 2016 Preregistration and Game Submission Update:
Based on the status update and summary report during the July 12th Magnetron meeting, the new tentative launch date for the new registration system is July 31, 2016.
Exact opening time will be made available more towards the end of July.
Check back on this site for the live link when the new system is ready.

July 9, 2016 Preregistration and Game Submission Update:
The new signup website has encountered bugs and related issues that will once again delay the registration date.
Tentative deployment date is July 16, 2016 (no exact time available yet..)
Check back on this site for the live link when the new system is ready.

July 1, 2016 Preregistration and Game Submission Delayed:
The new online pre-registration and submission system is not ready for deployment (hence the original announcement about the "soft" open date)
The deployment date is scheduled for July 9, 2016 (no exact time available yet..)
Check back on this site for the live link when the new system is ready.

July 23, 2016 Volunteer Event:
Game submission opens Judge packet/Vendor letter/Advertising forms – Assembly, stuffing, and mailing.
Swimming, games and food after the work is done - bring something to share, your swimsuit if you want to swim and games you would like to play!
Location: Mylnczak Party Room

2017 Magnetron Elections are completed - Thanks to all who voted and ran!