Con Hours
- 8AM-10PM daily (and beyond)
2026 Events (All times are Minnesota local time)
Friday
8:00AM – Registration Opens: You’ll be able to pick up your badge and goodies starting at 8 AM each day!
8:00AM-Noon – Free Open Play: The hall will be set up for unstructured open play. Find a friend from the past and get some warm-up games in to prepare for the afternoon events.
12:00PM-1:00PM – Planned pause in events for lunch: We want to make sure everyone has time to grab lunch and doesn’t miss anything, so we have preplanned blocks for this. The hall is still open, but make sure to eat something!
1:00PM-2:00PM – Special Event TBA: Super secret thing is super-secret for now.
2:00PM-5:00PM – Trickster Takeover Event: As is tradition, we will play an epic multiplayer scenario in a convention hall. This will take place from 2-4:30 on Friday (but many smaller events throughout the weekend). Please bring a copy of TT if you have one, so we can run the full experience!
5:00PM-6:30 PM – Planned pause in events for dinner: Grab some grub, do your thing!
6:30PM-10:00PM – Con Civil War: During this time, we’ll be playing PvE scenarios from the Civil War scenario box and follow-on expansion. The room will be divided into two halves: games versus the Registration in one, and games versus the Resistance in the other. At the end of the night, we will see who truly wins the Civil War based on the number of leader takedowns! If you are up for it a row of tables will divide the hall and you can play a PvP match against the other side!
10:00PM – Unmentionable hours: Open play, rest responsibly…
Saturday
8:00AM – Registration Opens: You’ll be able to pick up your badge and goodies starting at 8 AM each day!
9:00AM- Noon – Civil War very Civil Tournament: KennedyHawk will run a Civil War tournament Saturday morning. 3 Rounds of Swiss and Celebrate – nothing high stakes – bring a PvP deck if you want to check out this mode.
9:00AM-11:30AM – Epic Multiplayer Pod A: We will have a special section for epic multiplayer events! Gather with a host or as a group and set up a Trickster Takeover or CoH Epic Multiplayer event of the past.
1:00PM-3:30 PM – Epic Multiplayer Pod B: We will have a special section for epic multiplayer events! Gather with a host or as a group and set up a Trickster Takeover or CoH Epic Multiplayer event of the past.
1:00PM-9:00 PM – 2026 Con Campaign: Find a team of 4 and play through an epic set of 4 scenarios revisiting themes from the Cons past! For each scenario, you will pick the villain you fight, but we’ll have a recommended choice based on past events. This is a continuous event, so buckle up and make some friends – or agree as a team to try just 1-4 scenarios and rotate around the room to meet more folks.
6:00PM-8:30PM Epic Multiplayer Pod B: We will have a special section for epic multiplayer events! Gather with a host or as a group and set up a Trickster Takeover or CoH Epic Multiplayer event of the past.
10:00PM – Unmentionable hours: Open play, rest responsibly…
Sunday
8:00 AM – Registration Opens: You’ll be able to pick up your badge and goodies starting at 8 AM each day!
9:00AM-11:30 AM – Epic Multiplayer Pod D: We will have a special section for epic multiplayer events! Gather with a host or as a group and set up a Trickster Takeover or CoH Epic Multiplayer event of the past.
1:00-3:30 PM – Epic Multiplayer Pod E: We will have a special section for epic multiplayer events! Gather with a host or as a group and set up a Trickster Takeover or CoH Epic Multiplayer event of the past.
Con Open–6:00 PM – Casual play: Enjoy a light day with casual pick-up games and make memories with your friends from the weekend. Talk about this year’s event before we part ways until 2027! The convention hall is technically open past 6 PM, but host staffing may be light!
Shield HQ
Con of Heroes will be providing a table of assorted player and scenario cards, free of charge, for players to use. This is to ensure that everyone has a full experience, regardless of how much product you own.
Attendees can take these cards at will, return them, keep them throughout the weekend, or keep them after the con: the choice is yours. Card availability and stock will depend on how many people partake! Below is a sample of past SHIELD HQ offerings.
Raffles
Attendees will be eligible to win prizes from our con raffles, including promos, a few full games, and other items!
Raffles will be called each day. You must be present to claim your raffle. Below is a sample of prior raffle prizes.
Con of Heroes 