FALL ADVENTURES 2026
- Game Day : Rain of Arrows, West Bush Lake Park, Bloomington, Sat, Sep 26
- Game Weekend: The Sword of Destiny, Theo Wirth Park, Minneapolis, Oct 3 & 4
- Nerf Battles: Zombie Survival, Adventures in Cardboard, Nov 1-8
- The Armory Weekend I, Adventures in Cardboard, Minneapolis, Nov 28 & 29
- The Armory Weekend II, Adventures in Cardboard, Minneapolis, Dec 5 & 6
- The Yule Hunt, location TBD, Dec 21 & 22 - REGISTRATION OPENS Sep 15!
Game Day: Rain of Arrows
Sat, Sep 26th, 11am-4pm, ages 8-15, $99
West Bush Lake Park, 9401 West Bush Lake Rd, Bloomington
High Combat Play
with Julian & Addison!
A classic game of Dominion between extraordinary Elves, and resolute Dwarves. Game designers have thrown in a few classes and upgrades for custom team development throughout the day!
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Flutes and the beating of drums signal the approach of Caer Siddi, capricious and cruel empire of the cooper-loving elves. Under the Banner of the Dolmen Gate, Captain Penumbra Telafrii marches an army of profligate battlemages deep into the Western mountains, burning away the old holdouts to make way for the new Empire of Elves. From the Dolmen, gifts of civilization and unity spill forth. Only fools reject such gifts.
Against them stand the shieldwalls of the Fjord-Treader clan. The clan’s great hall, Rūndamorkaz, sits overlooking the Ëanor Shiräa. It is there the Fjord-Treader dwarves learned to beat their hearts in time with the crashing waves. Their mountain home withstands the unrelenting surge of the ocean and so too do their shieldwalls hold firm.
Game Weekend: The Sword of Destiny
Sat & Sun, Oct 3 & 4, 11am-4pm, ages 10-16, $249
Theo Wirth Park, 3200 Glenwwod Ave, Minneapolis
High Combat Play
with Julian & Addison!
The Arkan Civil War kicks off with the assassination of Queen Ishelm, daughter of the famed Aetrig Eightfingers. The factions of Béorfort and Eorfóric both claim loyalty to the Queen and accuse each other of treachery. A notorious family of the House of Hart is implicated in the treachery and Kattegutians from the House of Sahn-Gliér are quickly drawn into the fray as well as the mysterious and sorcerous Wojwodana of the north!
Play with an Arkan faction in a classically Arthurian setting, or as one of the factions pledging support - devious Hartians, fearless Sahn-Gliérans or mysterious Wojwodana! Bear arms and armor, draw a sword from a stone, quest with characters and play on a team in a lean new version of Dominion called "Le Jeu de Territoires", where only a team's number of territories and whether they hold the throne counts at the end of the game!
Armory Weekend I
Sat & Sun, Nov 28 & 29, 11am-4pm, ages 8-15, $249
Adventures in Cardboard, 4501 Hiawatha Ave, Minneapolis
With armory masters Ace & Pete!
This is time and space at Adventures in Cardboard to hang out with the experts and get started on a costume before summer! Over a Saturday and Sunday, we'll have all the tools and all the supplies you'll need. Nine talented cardboard artists will be present and ready to work with eighteen campers. Boss armor templates will be on hand!
So come on and start that armor you've been waiting to build!
Armory Weekend II
Sat & Sun, Dec 5 & 6, 11am-4pm, ages 8-15, $249
Adventures in Cardboard, 4501 Hiawatha Ave, Minneapolis
With armory masters Ace & Pete!
This is time and space at Adventures in Cardboard to hang out with the experts and get started on a costume before summer! Over a Saturday and Sunday, we'll have all the tools and all the supplies you'll need. Nine talented cardboard artists will be present and ready to work with eighteen campers. Boss armor templates will be on hand!
So come on and start that armor you've been waiting to build!
2026 Escape Event with Band of Thunder:
Zombie Nerf Survival
Nov 1-8, varying times, ages 10-16, $39 - $59
Adventures in Cardboard, 4501 Hiawatha Ave, Minneapolis,
High Combat Play
Every year Julian, Pete, Ace and their enthusiastic friends turn all three floors of Fire Station #24 into a giant labyrinthian installation while the talented Band of Thunder fills it with an assortment of characters and challenges. Together they are designing their fifth event for Adventures in Cardboard's annual Halloween installation: the Zombie Armageddon.
Hole up and try to stay alive on the desolate city streets of "Minndianapolis", an unpronounceable metropolis recently overrun by the dead. Play nerf battles and tight tactical games as one of several roving band of survivalists! Or... carefully explore the ruins with a group of eight friends to solve the mystery of the outbreak of the walking dead before the next horde comes staggering back!
Get your buddies together or join an open group as you either attempt an escape or battle in the aftermath of Armageddon!
Escape Events: Hour long events designed for up to 8 players at a time. These follow a story and mix exploration with nerf battles.
Nerf Battles: 45-minute events designed for up to 12 players. Several nerf games are played in a wasteland cityscape installation.
The Yule Hunt: A Beastly Holiday Minicamp
Mon & Tue, Dec 21 -22,
3:30-8:30pm, ages 10-16, $299
location TDB - Registration Opens Sep 15th!
High Combat Play
With Julian and the Merry Yuletide Crew - Opens for Registration Sep 15th!
Join the villagers of Merrywomp, Tonnypanny, Nudd-on-Crickhollow and Maestog Heath for another lavish, mystical, holiday-themed mini-camp in the Torc Amret!
Across the Wyddic Realm, and particularly in the Valley of the Torc, Yuletide tradition demands the hosting of rambunctious hunting games between convivial villages. As the dying year is supplanted by the new one, hunters compete for New Year's fortune as they stalk the wild things of the wood. After sunset, the Wild One awakens and the hunters become the hunted! Those who solve a desperate group quest may escape for a special Yuletide blessing, while those who lag behind may not live to see the New Year!
Build arms and armor by the hearth in the short light of afternoon! Hear the horns call you out to the hunt in the dying light! And after sunset... beware the Wild One!
Each evening will provide joyous, mystical and terrifying entertainment before campers merrily romp back to the fireplace for music and yuletide festivities!
