Shorah te and welcome!

Mysterium is soon, folks. It’s right around the corner!! T-Minus 17 days and counting!

We know there are quite a few of you who are joining us for the first time, and we’re so excited to meet you. Welcome to your first Mysterium!

Early Badge Pickup

Good news! If you’re already at the hotel on Thursday, you can pick up your badge Thursday evening at 7:30 pm in the Hamilton room.

This is not required. It just allows folks to get their badges early, and it helps to get everyone in the doors Friday morning a little faster.

The Hamilton room is in the Executive Meeting Center, on the Northeast side of the hotel. To get there from the lobby, head North just on the left side of the hotel’s front desk, past the pool, where you’ll see glass doors for the Executive Meeting Center conference rooms.

The Hamilton room is through there.

Please note this is for pre-purchased badges only.

On site registration will be available Friday morning immediately after we get pre-registered attendees checked in. Swag will be available to pick up Friday morning in the convention room, which is the Willamette Ballroom in the Southwest corner of the hotel, indicated on the map above.

Friday Morning Logistics

Alright y’all let’s talk logistics.

We will open the doors to the Willamette Ballroom at 8:30am on Friday morning. We will have multiple lines to get into the convention space, there will be plenty of signage, and traffic controllers to help guide folks on where to go.

Some important points of note:

• If you registered online for Mysterium and need to pick up your badge, please stand in the left-hand lane.
• If you picked up your badge Thursday evening but need to pick up swag, please stand in the right-hand lane.
• If you picked up your badge Thursday evening and do not need swag, welcome to Mysterium! Skip the lines, head into the convention space, and take a seat.
• If you’re new to joining us and need to purchase a badge, welcome! On-site registration will open immediately after we get the masses through check-in. Please hang out in the hallway until then.
• If you’re interested in purchasing swag, the swag table will open after Opening Ceremonies, at approximately 11:00am Friday morning.

Mysterium Online

If you are unable to attend in person this year and are looking for things to do virtually, did you know that there is a Mysterium convention space in the Uru Live Cavern? We’ve added some great information on how to get there and how to participate in Marker Missions.

You can explore D’ni with friends, collect shirt designs from not just this years’ Mysterium, but all the previous years stretching all the way back to the very first one from the year 2000, there’s all sorts of fun! Check out the Mysterium Online page for more information.

April/May Creativity Prompt Winner

There were some fantastic submissions for this prompt! Talashar won the writing piece with Darkling Isle.

Additional Things to Do

Looking for more things to do during the convention? We will have Activity Books and Passport Booklets this year!

The Activity Books include things like coloring pages, mazes, and fun puzzles that are of a more relaxing nature than the sort to give your brain a workout. Some of the entries are even submissions from your fellow attendees!

The Passport Booklets are a fun addition to this year’s convention. Inside has a list of various challenges and such that, when completed, will get you a stamp/sticker.

Special thanks to Parker and Curator for the custom stamp design and manufacturing. Collect them all to win a prize!

Both of these items are free and will be available at the registration desk.

Whew, that’s a lot to cover, but hopefully this will help everyone get in the doors ASAP so we can get this party started.

See y’all soon!

Kelly & Drea
2026 Mysterium co-chairs

Shorah and a Happy Friday to you!

Planning continues to go very well, and we have some fabulous announcements for you today.

Hotel Final Booking Deadline

The deadline for booking a hotel room at the Mysterium rate is Monday, June 15th. If you haven’t booked your room yet, now is the time to do so! If you’re looking for a roommate for your stay, we have a Looking For People channel on our Discord server that we recommend you use.

And please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you have questions about your stay.

Special Guest Announcement

We are thrilled to announce that the folks from Giant Bomb will be attending Mysterium this year! They are bringing an amazing event to this year’s Mysterium: The Trial of Daddy Atrus. You can follow long with them as they play through the Myst games on their YouTube channel.

Jan Ochoa

Chief Operating Officer and Co-Owner of Giant Bomb.

Lover of gigantic weighted orbs and solving familial issues through puzzles. New enjoyer of jpegs, PNGs, and other picture formats.

Jeff Grubb

President and Co-Owner of Giant Bomb

Always played competitive games like someone who prefers Riven, so he decided to make that true. Now, he’s one third of Giant Bomb’s Mystbusters.

Mike Minotti

Chief Product Officer and Co-Owner of Giant Bomb

He decided that he wanted to play through the Myst series on Giant Bomb and made his friends watch him do it, and now here we are.

Schedule

As we have new guests arriving, the schedule for Saturday and Sunday has been adjusted a little. Changes are already live on our schedule page.

Creativity Prompt

The prompt for June/July is “Matchmaker”. If you have an art piece or written piece that you’d like to submit for that prompt, head on over to our Discord server!

That’s all for now! More fun things are coming soon!

Kelly & Drea
2026 Mysterium co-chairs

Shorah!

The snow is melting, and we have some swag announcements to share with you!

Enamel Pins

We got a lot of fantastic pin submissions this year! We chose four designs to have available at Mysterium.

We all began this journey with the fissure! The Fissure design is by Katherine “Squeefruit” White. You can see her work here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Myst.

The Black Ships design is by Kelly “Rayne” Coston. Her website can be found here: Geek Girl Stuff

The Scarab design is by redwoodrroad. You can visit his website at https://redwoodrroad.tumblr.com/.

And the Clockwork Adjunct design is by Avior. You can see their other work at: https://twitter.com/avior_dev.

Buttons

We’re rolling out some brand-new swag items this year! One of them is 1.25” buttons, featuring art submitted by Neil Darbyshire and Kefrith. The buttons will be sold as a set.

The dome design was submitted by Kevin F. “Kefrith” Smith. His website may be found here: http://facebook.com/KefrithMyst.

The Miller Brothers and Scarab designs were submitted by Neil Darbyshire. His website may be found here: https://www.instagram.com/robaku.and.bear/.

The pins and buttons are now available for pre-orders in our registration system. If you have already registered, you can log in to your account and add these items to your cart for purchase. We will have a limited number of both sets available at the swag table at Mysterium.

Social Buttons

Speaking of buttons! We will have social buttons available for attendees, staff, and guests again this year!

These darling little buttons measure 1.25” and the purpose of these is pretty straightforward. Wearing a green “yes” button implies that you are comfortable with people approaching you and engaging in conversation. A yellow “ask” button implies that you would prefer people to ask before engaging in conversation. And a red “no” button implies simply that you would like some space and to be left alone.

These buttons will be available at the registration desk at no cost. Just come up, snag one, and feel free to wear it on your badge, lanyard, or shirt. These are completely optional, just a nice easy way to communicate comfort level.

We do ask that everyone please be respectful with these. We also ask that the buttons be returned at the end of Mysterium so that we can sanitize and use them again next year. 

Stay warm, folks! We’ve got more announcements coming soon!

– Kelly “Rayne” Coston & Drea “m13”
Mysterium co-chairs

Shorah everyone!
We have a couple of quick things we want to share with you.

Writing and Art Table Submissions

We’re thrilled to announce the return of the Table and submissions are now open! Spearheaded by our very own Annacat, the Table is an opportunity for folks to submit their fan work for display. Head over to the Submissions page for more information!

January Creative Prompt Winner

The Discord community has spoken! For “beginnings”, this piece was submitted by Grayson aka redwoodrroad.

February’s theme is “Heart” and submissions are still open until February 28th! Head over to our Discord server if you have a piece you would like to submit.

Covid-19 Updated Policy

We’ve modified the wording a bit to clarify what to expect during the Cyan visit on Saturday. The policy now states:

Importantly, a modified policy will be in effect for the Cyan visit on Saturday. We cannot guarantee that special guests and Cyan staff will be masked or vaccinated. We’re looking into the feasibility of streaming content from the Cyan visit for anyone who cannot attend. If you have questions about Cyan’s covid policy, please feel free to reach out to Jeff Lanctot at jeff@cyan.com.

Please note that Mysterium’s Covid-19 policy remains unchanged. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions!

That’s all for now. We’ve got more goodies to announce soon!

-Kelly “Rayne” & Drea “m13”
Mysterium Co-chairs