Nuke-Con

Tag: 2025

  • Last chance, Early Birds!

    Last chance, Early Birds!

    The year is wrapping up and so is our early bird pricing. You have until end of day December 31st to get your badges for Nuke-Con 2026 October 2nd-4th at the Mid America Center. If you have already gotten your badge but you know someone who would love to come along, buy them a badge, too! You both can have a fun-filled weekend of gaming, adventures and stories galore! With your continued support we are looking forward to seeing you all again soon.

  • Extra Life at Nuke-Con 2025

    Extra Life at Nuke-Con 2025

    Extra life was a success! With everyone’s efforts Extra Life raised a total over the weekend of $1,387 dollars! Thank you for everyone who played games, bought raffle tickets (and donated raffle prizes!) and contributed at the Extra Life booth. All these helped us raise so much for the Extra Life!

  • Thank you!

    Thank you!

    Nuke-Con 2025 has come and gone in the blink of an eye. We had an incredible weekend with many good times! The sounds of dice and laughter were a delight amidst the murmur of everyone being lost to the many worlds laid before them. Thank you to the Ghostbusters for keeping the Mid America Center and all of us and safe from ghosts and ghouls. Thank you to everyone who came out in cosplay! To all who participated in our panels and to everyone who enjoyed them. To our vendors, To Fredd, Shay, and Chris for coming and sharing our space. Most of all, thank you! To the gamers, who are the reason Nuke-Con exists. From all of the staff and our volunteers we couldn’t have Nuke-Con without you.

  • Play to Win at Nuke-Con

    Play to Win at Nuke-Con

    Thanks in part to Double Exposure’s Envoy program we have a selection of Play to Win games at Nuke-Con this year!

    Look for the Play-to-Win tables near the main entrance of the Ballroom. Any paid member can check out one of our Play to Win games and try it out at our Play to Win tables.

    Check out the full details on our site.

  • Nuke-Con is this Weekend!

    Nuke-Con is this Weekend!

    Countdown to first day of Nuke-Con on Oct 3rd!

    This is a reminder to…

    • Check the Game Schedule
    • See what Vendors we have to sell you fine goodies galore
    • Examine the list of our Panels for the weekend
    • Say hello to our local Ghostbusters on Saturday Oct 4th
    • Come see Artemis, Retro Gaming and More!
    • Play in an Extra Life Charity Event during the weekend
    • Help us name our three new Mascots. Just look at them!
    • Surf through the Board Game Wagon’s collection of over 1500 games
    • Have a Weekend of Games full of fun!
  • Shout-out to Our Exhibitors

    Shout-out to Our Exhibitors

    The Weekend of Games welcomes all sorts of family entertainment. Please make time to visit with our exhibitors:

    • LOLUG (Lincoln and Omaha LEGO® User Group) is a group of Adult Fans of LEGO® (AFOL) that was founded in 2012 with two members meeting in a booth at Lazlo’s in the Haymarket in Lincoln, Nebraska. Since then the roster has soared to over 50 members! LOLUG has men and women fans of LEGO® from all ages so everyone should feel welcome at their meetings and events.
    • The House of Afros, Capes & Curls, promoting geek culture without ethnic boundaries. Speak, Friend and Enter!
    • Spielbound Board Game Café, whose founders believe that games inspire, motivate, and help us grow. Spielbound is a positive space seeking to provide all people the challenge, art, and fun unique to the world of board games.
    • Mike Seek, bringing his Rebel Fleet display.
    • Nebraska Pride, an all women’s tackle football team based in Omaha, NE. It’s the Womens Football Alliance 2024 Division II National Champion and has now been pushed to the pro league. Tryout season is in October and they are looking for more players and more fans. Come on by and meet the team!
  • Vendor Shout-out Konspiracy Cospla

    Vendor Shout-out Konspiracy Cospla

    “Hi!  We are Konspiracy Cosplay, a small family owned business located in South Central, SD.  We design & handmade fleece beanies, scarves & plushies as well as perler art.” 

  • Game Highlight Artemis

    Game Highlight Artemis

    Brought to you by Richard Norton, Artemis is a cooperative spaceship bridge simulation game, where 2 to 11 players become the crew of a spaceship that you can fly from the comfort of your cushioned chair. Come and bring some friends to see the star captain experience!

    Players can choose become the Bridge Captain, Navigation, Communication, Weapons Officer and more! All playing levels allowed. Check out more about Artemis here.

  • Vendor Shout-out 3D Makers Emporium

    Vendor Shout-out 3D Makers Emporium


    The 3D Makers Emporium is a growing business that sells 3d printed articulated models as well as dice towers, coloring books, dice, and more.

  • Volunteer Roll Call!

    Volunteer Roll Call!

    By now you’ve had a chance to look over the convention schedule and plot out your weekend. If
    you have some free time and would like to help out at the con, here are a few areas and times
    we could use assistance with. Important note: any amount of time will be appreciated!  Every
    hour you volunteer counts toward badge reimbursement.  Eight hours is half of your badge,
    twelve is your full badge price reimbursed after the convention.

    • Set-up- Surprisingly, set up is when we set up the convention ahead of time. Signs get put up and out,
      various convention areas are set up for the staff and members, and vendors need help bringing
      things in. You need to be able to follow directions and ask questions if you aren’t sure. We could
      use people Friday from 8:30am to 12:30pm
    • Registration- Registration is the first thing you visit when coming in. We’re looking for one or two people to
      help hand out pre-registration packets. The times are Friday 1pm to 8pm and again Saturday
      from 8am to 3pm.
    • Game Registration- Game Registration is where members sign up for games, GMs retrieve their game sheets for
      running and pick up prize Rads when they’re done. If you’re interested in assisting, available
      times will be Friday 4pm to 8pm, Saturday 1pm to 8pm and Sunday 1pm to 3pm.
    • Prize vault- Folks who work the Prize Vault are Nuke-Con’s shopkeepers – they take the Rads members
      turn in for prizes and hand those prizes out. Attention to detail is needed here, plus patience as
      people decide what they want. Prize Vault needs an extra person on Saturday from 5pm to 9pm
      and Sunday from 3pm to 6pm.
    • Runner- The runner is our communication line to the rest of the con. Responsibilities include checking in
      with the other staff, guests, other organizations, etc. making sure they’re taken care of. A runner
      might run errands for people (at the convention – no need to leave the space!) or fill in at a table
      while someone gets something to eat. They check the convention spaces to make sure trash
      cans aren’t full or that we have plenty of water. This position is needed the whole weekend:
      Friday, 1pm to 8pm; Saturday, 9am to 8pm; and Sunday, 9am to 4pm
    • Tear down – As the title suggests, we start taking things down and cleaning up. Signs are removed, various
      convention areas begin to get cleaned up, and vendors may request assistance taking things
      out of the con space. We’re looking for help starting 5:30pm Sunday until the space is cleared.

    Email: volunteers@nuke-con.com
    As far as listing out hours here is an example:
    Friday 10am – 1pm, put me in the Set Up crew.
    Friday 1pm – 4pm, I’d like to do registration.
    Friday 10pm – 2am, Combined reg.