Con of the North

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Infobox Convention
name = Con of the North


caption = The Con of the North logo as of October, 2006
status =
genre = Gaming
venue = St. Paul Holiday Inn East
location = Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota
country = United States
first = 1993
last =
organizer = Con of the North
filing =
attendance = 500
website = http://www.conofthenorth.org/

Con of the North is an annual gaming convention held in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, typically on Presidents' Day weekend. Often abbreviated CotN, the convention is the area's longest running and largest gaming-specific convention and is one of the larger gaming-specific conventions in the Midwest [Friedrich, Alex: "Gamers return to their roots at St. Paul convention", "St. Paul Pioneer Press", February 15, 2008, B1. [http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_8265903] ] . The convention is run by a not-for-profit organization staffed entirely by volunteers.

History

The first Con of the North was held in 1993 at the Landmark Center, the historic former courthouse and post office in downtown St. Paul. CotN stayed there until 1995, then moved to the St. Paul Radisson from 1996 to 1998. In 1999 the convention moved to the St. Paul Ramada Inn, which became the Red Lion, Summerfield Convention Center, and Travelodge during CotN's stay. Con of the North 2005 marked its move to its current home at the Holiday Inn St. Paul East.

Notable Events

Clay Olympics is a game where the participants create monsters out of Play-Doh and battle using simple rules until one monster reigns supreme.

A Cosmic Encounter event has appeared in the 8 AM-10 AM Sunday time slot since the late '90s, and is very popular despite this placement.

Crossfire is another electronic staple at CotN. The Crossfire room is organized by its maintainers at Real-Time Enterprises.

Fantasy Flight Games has run a gaming room at CotN since 2001. Occasionally board game playtests or releases are held in this room.

MIDI Maze has appeared at every Con of the North and remains very popular.

Novus Ordo Seclorum runs their signature Call of Cthulhu events at CotN.

Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader tournaments have been run at CotN by Terrain Specialties since 2002.

References

External links

*http://www.conofthenorth.org/ - The Con of the North webpage.