Biddle Hotel and Conference Center
Bloomington, Indiana
July 9-12, 2026
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Anytime Find it. Solve it. Do what it says. The solution will be explained on Sunday morning.
8:00 PM An evening of puzzles and games
Climb For Season by Kryptogram
Can you reassemble the title or phrase that rhymes with the words you've come up with?
Kennections by Willz
Five questions whose answers share a "kennection." Based on a game by Ken Jennings.
Zeroing In by WXYZ
A game of strategic guessing.
Blooming Con Puzzle by Scarab
Hosiers by Trazom
In the Garden by juff
Three cryptics for over-the-weekend pairs solving. Solutions are due by 8:00PM Saturday.
8:00 PM Another evening of puzzles and games
Alternative Facts by Qaqaq
A trivia/wordplay game for teams of two that will have you re-examining what you know.
Anti-Anti-Match by Squonk
Guess the most popular answers to questions. The more you get right, the more points. But a single wrong guess reduces your score to zero.
Three of a Kind by Bluff
Ascertain the target word as early as possible.
10:30 AM Business meeting
2:15 PM An afternoon of pencil-and-paper competitions:
Which One Don't Belong? by Willz
Two different answers to each set.
Two of a Kind by Murdoch
In which, for example, A_C_I_E would be ARCHIVE and ASCRIBE.
Con Fuego organized by Tyger
In honor of Ember, a collection of new flats by the Krewe, each related in some way to fire.
6:30 PM The Golden Sphinx Awards presented by Btnirn
[during dessert]
Recognizing outstanding achievement in contributions to The Enigma in 2025.
8:15 PM BloomingCon SWAG [extravaganza] organized by Evv and Ø
If you're in the market for some amazing stuff, boy, do we have the goods for you!
10:00 AM Awards for all the weekend contests
The National Puzzlers’ League
Founded 1883
The world’s oldest
puzzlers’ organization
NPL Code of Conduct: www.puzzlers.org/conduct