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  2. 2026 Convention Photos

2026 AGPI Minneapolis Convention Photos

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    Panelists Patrick Leder of Leder Games, Tony Nelson of PuzzleTwist, Glenn McKee of Games by James, game designer Reyn Guyer, Cindy Levine of JAX Ltd., Kristi Benson of Big Stick Studio, and Alyssa Boswell of Upper Story
    The AGPI banner display
    Games, games, games!
    Bob Finn
    Charlie Gross with his Show & Tell Game, The Ethiopian Game by House of Gadgets, Inc. © 1935, with pieces depicting Mussolini and ?
    Beth Overstad with her Show & Tell game,  Whiff, the Game of Odors, by The Porter Chemical Company, © 1920
    Martin Grider
    Convention host Nadine Sehnert
    Mirek Stolee
    Suzanne Pearlman working on the St. Paul puzzle by Weaver Puzzles
    Martin Grider (right) and his Chess Cubes game
    Dave Beffa-Negrini and Steve Stanchina trying to put back an errant piece of a jigsaw puzzle
    Dave Beffa-Negrini's jigsaw puzzle within a puzzle box
    The Minnesota 3D-printed puzzle by Weaver Puzzles
    Joe Seymour with the Herring Puzzle during the auction
    Convention host Nadine Sehnert describing one of the Spintronics games in the raffle, by Upper Story
    Nadine Sehnert (left) presenting the 2026 AGPI Outstanding Achievement Award to Mary Couzin
    Julien Sharp
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    Ron Berglund
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    The game, Planet Unknown, by Adam's Apple Games
    (Clockwise from left): Mike Tangedal, Maria Schmidt, Patsy and Dave Beffa-Negrini, Greg Fullerton, ?, and Charlie Gross playing Planet Unknown
    Mike Tangedal explaining how to play Planet Unknown
    Maria Schmidt, Patsy Beffa-Negrin, and Dave Beffa-Negrini playing Planet Unknown
    Founder Bruce Whitehill in a Zoom call during the AGPI Board meeting
    Mirek Stolee
    Lyn Swett Miller
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    Paul Hock
    Bob Finn and The Amazing Dr. Nim game by E.S.R.
    Bob Finn with games by E.S.R.
    Melanie Rice
    Mike Tangedol picking a winning ticket during the raffle, with Maria Schmidt and Nadine Sehnert
    Ron Berglund and Maria Schmidt during the raffle.
    View across the river from the Guthrie Center.
    Grindstone at the Mill City Museum
    Dave Thomen and Charlie Gross working on a puzzle at the Mill City Museum
    View across the river from the Mill City Museum
    Bob Dylan street art in Minneapolis
    Ben Orlin
    Rich Larson and Bob Finn playing a game during Ben Orlin's talk.
    The card game Can You Hotdish? invented by members Beth Overstad and Rich Larson
    Beth Overstad describing how to play the card game Can You Hotdish?, invented by Beth and Rich Larson
    Bob Finn, Steve Stanchina, and Dave Thomen in the Depths escape room at the Escape Game in the Mall of America
    Mirek Stolee opening a lock in the Depths escape room at the Escape Game in the Mall of America
    Dave Thomen and Steve Stanchina trying to solve a step in the Depths escape room at the Escape Game in the Mall of America
    Rick Tucker, Bob Finn, Steve Stanchina, Dave Thomen, and Mirek Stolee after escaping from the Depths escape room at the Escape Game in the Mall of America
    Mike Tangedal with the Safe Knife Throwing Set
    Five AGPI Presidents: Dave Beffa-Negrini, Joe Seymour, Greg Fullerton, Dave Thomen, and the current President, Nadine Sehnert
    Greg Fullerton, Patsy Beffa-Negrini, Dave Thomen, Joe Seymour, Kim Thanh, and Nadine Sehnert assembling a jigsaw puzzle

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