• Opening Ceremonies

    WELCOME TO THUNDERCON 2025! Description: If you are the kind of person who wants to be involved from the moment the doors open to the very last minute before they close at the end, then this is for you. Meet the Masters of Ceremonies and get an introduction to the Con, great for first-timers, or for those who have seen it every year.

  • Making Things with Lala – Paint and Craft Party

    INTERACTIVE EVENT ALERT! Join Lala at the Paradox Pavilion for a full day of creative fun! The highlight of the day will be making your own Crushed Glass & Resin Suncatcher for just $30. While you can pop in anytime, there will be two special pre-registered sessions with guaranteed seating and inventory: 12:00–1:00pm 2:30–3:30pm Pre-register to secure your spot, or drop in and try your luck—outside of these times, everything is first-come, first-served. Other activities happening all day: Slime Station – $8 Rock Painting (rocks generously donated by Lockstone Yard & Patio Centre) Diamond Painting Mini Canvases – $15 Take-Home Kits (8x10 for $17, 11x14 for $25) Wood Cut-Out Shapes to Paint – $7 A day full of sparkle, paint, and creativity—come craft with me!

  • Raising Rabbits Tournament: Game One

    Paradox Pavilion

    GAMING EVENT! This is a tournament-style event and will require prior sign-up. Description: Get ready for Raising Rabbits - A Board Game Tournament, where we'll hop into some fierce competition and have a blast playing. Raise rabbits in this Euro-style economy and auction-based engine-building board game. To enter the tournament, sign up here.

  • One Night Ultimate Werewolf

    GAMING EVENT! This will be a drop-in game run throughout the day in 15-minute blocks with 15 minutes between games. Description: Each player takes on the role of a Villager, a Werewolf, or a special character. It’s your job to figure out who the Werewolves are and to kill at least one of them in order to win... unless you’ve become a Werewolf yourself.

  • Kobolds Ate My Baby

    GAMING EVENT! This will be a drop-in game run throughout the day in 2-hour blocks, starting at 10:30 am, 12:45 pm and 3:00 pm each day. Description: The original beer & pretzels roleplaying game! For kobolds in the service of King Torg (ALL HAIL KING TORG!) their life will undoubtedly be silly, brutal, and short. They may be obliterated by meteorites, betrayed by friends, or brained by frying pans. Games set in the Kobolds Ate My Baby line cast you as these kobolds. Cheerily march to your death upon the beaks of chickens in the original beer & pretzels roleplaying game!

  • Tripped Board Game Demo

    INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY ALERT! Try Tripped, a fun, fast-paced, light strategy game. It’s a race across North America where you leave your hometown, sprint to 6 other cities and get back home again before any of your friends. But watch your step… because at some point you’re going to get Tripped! It’s the name of the game. Demos by the creator all day.