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27Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

Coming Soon: Tea Witches

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Tea Witches coming Soon to The Game Shoppe! If you'd like a copy please message, stop by, or call to preorder 402-292-4263 Bellevue or 402-991-8699 Omaha! Brew up some magical fun in Tea Witches, a cozy and enchanting board game arriving in August 2025! Dive into a world of mystical tea-making as you gather ingredients, craft spells, and compete to become the most renowned witch of the teahouse. ☕ Game Details: Age: 12+ Players: 2–5 Playtime: 45–90 minutes 🌟 Why You’ll Love It: Strategic Gameplay: Carefully plan your brews, gather magical ingredients, and complete powerful tea recipes. Witchy Vibes: Immerse yourself in a charming world of spells, tea rituals, and whimsical art. Great for Groups: Perfect for game nights with family or friends who love strategy games with a magical…

26Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

Coming Soon: PARKS (Second Edition)

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Reconnect with nature in the updated Second Edition of PARKS, expected to arrive in mid-March 2025! Celebrate the beauty of the U.S. National Parks as you hike trails, collect memories, and explore breathtaking landscapes in this award-winning board game. 🌲 Game Details: Age: 10+ Players: 1–5 Playtime: 40–70 minutes 🌟 What’s New in the Second Edition: Refreshed artwork and components to enhance the gameplay experience. Includes fan-favorite expansions for even more adventure! Updated rules for improved accessibility and smoother play. 🌄 Why You’ll Love It: Gorgeous Artwork: Stunning illustrations from the Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series bring the National Parks to life. Engaging Gameplay: Plan your hikes, collect resources, and take in the sights while competing to have the most memorable journey. Perfect for All Players: Easy to learn for newcomers…

24Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

Clank! Legacy 2: Acquisitions Incorporated – Darkest Magic

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Board Game Spotlight: Clank! Legacy 2: Acquisitions Incorporated – Darkest Magic Dive back into the deck-building adventure of Clank! Legacy 2, where you'll join the iconic Acquisitions Incorporated crew for another wild ride through danger and humor. This sequel brings immersive legacy mechanics, customizable gameplay, and a brand-new campaign full of twists, challenges, and shenanigans. With endless replayability and a hilarious narrative, this game is perfect for fans of storytelling, deck-building, and sabotage! 🌟 Why you'll love it: Great for game nights with 2–4 players. An epic legacy-style campaign with a unique story. Customize the board and gameplay as you progress. Full of humor and the wit of Acquisitions Incorporated. 📚 Publisher: Dire Wolf Digital⏳ Playtime: 90–120 minutes👥 Players: 2–4👤 Ages: 13+ 🛠️ Build your deck, race for treasures, and…

23Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

Board Game Spotlight: You Little Stinker!

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Board Game Spotlight: You Little Stinker! Who’s the stinkiest skunk of them all? In You Little Stinker!, you’ll compete to cause a stink (literally!) while dodging traps, collecting trash, and outsmarting your opponents. With vibrant artwork and family-friendly gameplay, this hilarious game is packed with strategy, chaos, and just the right amount of stink! 🌟 Why you'll love it: Easy-to-learn gameplay for 2–6 players. Fast-paced fun with a mix of strategy and humor. Perfect for families, kids, and skunk enthusiasts! Features quirky art and creative mechanics. 📚 Publisher: Unstable Games⏳ Playtime: 20–40 minutes👥 Players: 2–6👤 Ages: 8+ 🦨 Will you out-stink the competition or end up holding your nose? Find out in You Little Stinker! 😂 Great for game nights, family gatherings, or anytime you’re looking for lighthearted fun. #YouLittleStinker…

22Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

A new Lord of the Rings tabletop game is on the way from the creator of Pandemic

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Pandemic + Lord of the Rings fans 🤯🤯🤯 As members of The Fellowship and the allies who rise to aid them, you must embark on a journey that may either save or doom Middle-earth. Navigate a world beset by shadow, where every choice forges a new path. The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship is a co-operative game for 1-5 players in which each player controls two characters, lending their unique abilities to protect Frodo, battle enemies in pivotal locations, and evade the menacing Nazgûl and Sauron's searching Eye. Each playthrough presents new challenges with 24 different objectives, 14 events, and 13 playable characters. Never miss an opportunity to get it to the table with the included solo mode designed by Matt Leacock. The threads of destiny weave together, and…

20Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

Game Spotlight: Hutan – Life in the Rainforest

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Expected this February! Discover the intricate balance of life in the rainforest with Hutan – Life in the Rainforest, a strategic board game that immerses players in the beauty and challenges of one of the world’s most vibrant ecosystems. Players: 1–4 Play Time: 30–45 Min Age: Age: 8+ 🌳 What’s the Game About? Players take on the role of conservationists working to protect the rainforest while managing its delicate biodiversity. Cultivate flora, attract fauna, and carefully balance the ecosystem to thrive amidst natural challenges. 🌱 What Makes It Special? Educational Gameplay: Learn about real rainforest ecosystems, species, and conservation efforts as you play. Strategic Depth: Every decision impacts the ecosystem, requiring careful planning and foresight. Stunning Design: Beautiful illustrations and components bring the lush rainforest to life on your tabletop.…

19Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

Board Game Spotlight: My Favourite Things

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Board Game Spotlight: My Favourite Things Looking for a party game that’s as personal as it is hilarious? My Favourite Things is a creative and lighthearted experience for 5–8 players that brings your tastes and quirks to the forefront. In this game, players secretly answer fun prompts about their favorite things, ranging from the mundane to the bizarre. Then, the answers are shuffled and ranked by another player, sparking laughter, debates, and surprises as you guess who said what. My Favourite Things is a perfect mix of humor, personality, and deduction, guaranteed to reveal new and unexpected things about your friends and family! Game Details: Players: 5–8 Playtime: 30–45 minutes Age: 12+ Why We Love It:✅ Totally customizable prompts for endless replayability✅ Fun insights into friends’ personalities✅ Perfect for parties…

18Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

Star Trek Into the Unknown – Federation vs. Dominion

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Game Spotlight: Star Trek Into the Unknown – Federation vs. Dominion Core Set Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before!Command the United Federation of Planets or the Dominion in this thrilling strategy game by WizKids. Star Trek Into the Unknown offers a mix of exploration, diplomacy, and intense tactical battles as you vie for control of the galaxy. Dynamic Gameplay: Build fleets, colonize planets, and engage in epic starship battles. Customizable Squads: Assemble your perfect lineup of iconic ships and leaders from the Star Trek universe. Replayability: With modular maps and varied objectives, every game feels fresh. Expand Your Fleet: This core set is the foundation for a larger system—prepare for future expansions to enhance your experience! Whether you're a fan of Star Trek or a tabletop strategy enthusiast,…

17Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza: Valentine’s Day Edition

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Board Game Spotlight: Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza: Valentine's Day Edition Love is in the air—along with chaos and laughter! The Valentine's Day edition of Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza brings the fast-paced, slap-happy fun you love with a romantic twist. Perfect for 3–8 players, this special version features adorable Valentine-themed artwork, making it a great gift or game for date nights and parties. The rules are simple: take turns playing cards while saying the iconic chant—Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza—but don’t get distracted! If the spoken word matches the card, it’s a race to slap the pile. Last to slap? That’s a card penalty for you! Special action cards add even more mayhem. Game Details: Players: 3–8 Playtime: 10–15 minutes Age: 8+ Why We Love It:✅ Easy to learn,…

16Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

Board Game Spotlight: iTO

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Board Game Spotlight: iTO Get ready to experience creativity and collaboration like never before with iTO! This unique party game challenges 2–8 players to think outside the box as they rank concepts, ideas, or objects on a scale from 1 to 100—without ever saying the number. In iTO, you'll give clever clues and rely on your team’s intuition to guess the correct placement. The game’s simplicity and humor make it perfect for gatherings, sparking fun discussions and surprising “aha!” moments along the way. Game Details: Players: 2–8 Playtime: 30 minutes Age: 8+ Why We Love It:✅ Easy-to-learn rules for instant fun✅ Encourages creativity and teamwork✅ Great for parties or family game nights Hashtags:#iTOGame #PartyGames #CreativeClues #BoardGameFun #TabletopGaming #FamilyTime #BoardGameSpotlight https://youtu.be/bgexM3PBFvE?si=7Hd_BS1Md7DNBEI-

14Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

Game Spotlight: The Dark Quarter

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The Dark Quarter, expected March 2025! Step into the shadowy streets of 1980s New Orleans in The Dark Quarter, a cooperative story-driven game of investigation, mystery, and supernatural intrigue. Developed by Lucky Duck Games and Van Ryder Games, this immersive experience blends app integration with tabletop strategy to deliver a rich, cinematic adventure. 🌙 What’s the Game About? You’ll play as members of the Beaumont Agency, investigating grisly crimes and paranormal phenomena in the Dark Quarter. Navigate a world of voodoo, magic, and dark secrets as you make critical choices that shape the narrative. Each character has their own personal story arc, complete with unique skills and backstories, adding depth and replayability. Players: 1–4 Play Time: 120–180 Minutes Age: 18+ THE DARK QUARTER $60.00THE DARK QUARTER: LOST TO THE NIGHT…

02Jan 2025 by Becky Alexander

January 22 Releases

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Special orders may be requested for any of these items. Please call, stop by, or send us a message on social media with your request. BattleTech: Map Scale DropShip- Union-ClassBattleTech: Map Scale DropShip- Overlord-ClassBattleTech: Map Scale DropShip- Overlord C-Class DescriptionMSRP*Silver Eye$24.95Shadowrun: Lethal Harvest$49.99BattleTech: Clan Direct Fire Star Miniatures Pack$34.99BattleTech: Battlefield Support: Rifle & Command Lances ForcePack$39.99BattleTech: Map Scale DropShip- Overlord C-Class$64.99BattleTech: Map Scale DropShip- Overlord-Class$59.99BattleTech: Map Scale DropShip- Union-Class$44.99Warhammer Age of Sigmar RPG: Soulbound- Ruins of the Past$39.99Warhammer 40K Wrath & Glory RPG: Vow of Absolution$39.99Explorers Of Navoria$50.00Explorers of Navoria: Forgotten Lands$25.00Ovation$49.99Adventure Upgrade Kit$24.00Souvenirs From Venice$23.00Wandering Galaxy: a Crossroads Game$69.95Thorgal: The Board Game$89.00Unmatched: Witcher- Steel & Silver$49.95Unmatched: Witcher- Realms Fall$49.95*Prices and availability are subject to change.

15Nov 2024 by Becky Alexander

Preorder: Explorers of Navoria

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Explorers of Navoria, $50.00 Street Date: January 2025, message, stop by, or call to preorder 402-292-4263 Bellevue or 402-991-8699 Omaha! In Explorers of Navoria, you'll take action tokens from the bag and use them to draft Adventure cards into your tableau. Adventure cards help you explore Navoria, build settlements in the newly emerged continents, craft supplies and items, and collaborate with the different races of Navoria. Some of the Adventure cards give instant benefits, boosting your powers; some give ongoing abilities, engine-building in your tableau; and all of them increase your reputation with different races of Navoria, unlocking end-game bonuses through set-collection. After drafting Adventure cards, you'll use the same tokens you drafted from the bag to visit locations on the mainland of Navoria in a worker placement phase. Worker…

14Nov 2024 by Becky Alexander

Preorder: Pack the Essentials

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Pack the Essentials, $39.99 is a lightweight, abstract strategy game about packing cats in suitcases. Throughout the game, players work to score as many points as possible by drafting and placing tiles in their suitcase to pack items, cats, and kittens; collect cat toys; and use the friendly neighborhood Pack Rat Service. Players also attempt to complete "To Do" list goals and create the largest sections of each color tile. The game plays over twelve rounds, then the player with the most points wins. When playing with fewer than four people, players will additionally compete against The Cat Ladies Club, a simple AI opponent that creates the sensation of a four-player game by removing tiles from the draft pool just as other players do. Ages 12+ 1-4 players 20-30 minutes…

13Nov 2024 by Becky Alexander

Preorder: Twisted Cryptids

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Street Date: July 1, 2025! Request a copy of Twisted Cryptids today! It’s so hard to feel seen as a Cryptid these days. In this easy-to-learn strategy game, you’ll navigate your love-hate relationship with humans and outwit your fellow Cryptids to earn your status as a true legend. As hikers, hunters, and researchers scatter across the wilderness hoping to catch a glimpse of you, you’ll stage elaborate hoaxes, plant perfect decoys, and lurk discreetly in the shadows to build up your myth. You might even expose your true self once in a while, but be warned: vulnerability can come at a price. Ages 10+ 2-4 players 60 minutes play time

04Oct 2024 by Becky Alexander

Preorder: En Route

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Preorder: En Route Street Date: January 21, 2025 People love traveling. We want to meet new cultures, see famed landmarks with our own eyes and taste the world cuisine. One of the most pleasant ways to explore a new city is… just going for a walk. But how to chart a tour route that satisfies everyone? There’s an answer! En Route is a flip-and-write game in which you create tour routes to the most interesting landmarks of the real-world cities (London, New York City, Hong Kong, Paris, Cairo, and Rio de Janeiro) and the made-up First City packed full of geek references. Every city features basic and specific mechanisms, so all of them play and feel differently. Cards are not flipped randomly — instead, an active player plays one card…

03Oct 2024 by Becky Alexander

Preorder: Ceres

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Ceres, $69.99 YEAR: 2219 The days of Earth being the center of humankind’s attention has ceased. The time of long-distance spaceflight and planet colonization is upon us. Mars has been colonized for more than 100 years. Today, numerous institutions use Mars as the center of their operations. The Asteroid Mining Assembly of Corporations (A.M.A.C) oversees the works of all asteroid mining. Ceres, a dwarf planet lying amid the chaos of the Asteroid Belt, is now the home of the asteroid mining industrial complex. While corporations compete for profit and power, and operations on Ceres grow rapidly, so is the demand for high-skilled laborers. Are you ready to board the mission and lead Ceres?CERES awaits you! Ceres is a Sci-Fi worker placement game where players take the…

02Oct 2024 by Becky Alexander

Preorder Parks: Roll & Hike

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Welcome to Parks: Roll & Hike, the newest, diciest addition to the Parks family! During the game, you draft dice and log your selections in your handy journal. Record your time in the mountains, forests, and fields through drawing. Keep a log of all the wildlife you spot to earn mid-hike bonuses, and don't forget to stay hydrated! Parks: Roll & Hike features six US National Parks, illustrated by Andreea Dumuta, which bend the rules of the game and create a unique gaming experience every time you play. Revisit the world of Parks in its most portable, everyday carry format yet, with everything you need to toss it in your pack and hit the trails. https://youtu.be/mH0Dweu16R4

01Oct 2024 by Becky Alexander

Two New Unmatched Expansions!

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Attention Unmatched fans, don't delay and request the next expansions for Unmatched today! Both are expected the late October / early November Unmatched: Steel and Silver features three characters and two battlefields from the Witcher series. Unmatched: Realms Fall features three characters and two battlefields from the Witcher series. In battle, there are no equals. Unmatched is a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game for two or four players. Each hero is represented by a unique deck designed to evoke their style and legend. Tactical movement and no-luck combat resolution create a unique play experience that rewards expertise, but just when you've mastered one set, new heroes arrive to provide all new match-ups.

29Sep 2024 by Becky Alexander

Preorder Deep Regrets

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Check out this awesome new game coming from Tettix Games! Deep Regrets is a game for 1-5 players that runs about 30 minutes per player. An unfortunate fishing game about pulling progressively more horrifying things out of the ocean. Decide what to eat, what to sell, what to mount, and how many regrets you're willing to carry, as you push yourself too far and spiral towards a thrilling conclusion in this strategic horror fishing game. You'll roll bespoke tackle dice at the start of each turn to determine your strength for that round and then decide whether you'll stay at sea or return to port to sell fish, buy provisions, and recharge your energy. Survey the sizes of shadows on the backs of 9 different fish shoals at three depths,…

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