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08May 2025 by Becky Alexander

🐉 Pokémon TCG: Destined Rivals Prerelease Events!

Be among the first to experience the newest Pokémon TCG set—Destined Rivals—at The Game Shoppe! Build, battle, and take home exclusive cards before the official release. 🎟️ Entry: $30* / $35 *Save with preregistration pricing!👉 Stop by or call your preferred location to preregister and pay. 📍 The Game Shoppe – Bellevue 🗓️ Tuesday, May 20th @ 6:30 PM📞 402-292-4263🔗 Event Info on Facebook 📍 The Game Shoppe – Omaha 🗓️ Thursday, May 22nd @ 6:30 PM📞 402-991-8699🔗 Event Info on Facebook 🔍 What Happens at a Prerelease? Each player receives a Build & Battle Kit containing: 1 ready-to-play promo pack 4 booster packs of Destined Rivals A selection of cards to help you build a deck You’ll use the contents to construct a 40-card deck (instead of the standard…

06May 2025 by Becky Alexander

Free RPG Day- Saturday, June 21st

Events, Role Playing Games

🎲✨ FREE RPG DAY 2025! ✨🎲📅 Saturday, June 21st📍 The Game Shoppe – Bellevue & Omaha🕙 Doors open at 10 AM | Events start at 10:30 AM Whether you're new to RPGs or a longtime dungeon delver, this is your day to roll up and play. Don’t miss it! Tables are first come, first served to give everyone a chance to try multiple RPGs throughout the day. Don’t miss it! Get ready for a full day of adventure! Join us at both locations for: 🧙‍♂️ RPG events ALL DAY🎲 FREE exclusive RPG Day goodies🛍 Sales on RPGs, dice, and more🧩 Bingo & prize challenges🎉 Surprises around every corner! The Game Shoppe Bellevue Full Event Schedule Game MasterGame SystemStart TimeEnd TimeBill KuhfalScry Scry, My Little Eye10:30 AM12:30 PMDave RosserThunder Road: Vendetta…

05May 2025 by Becky Alexander

Preorder: Harvest: Fall Festival Expansion

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight, Preorders

🎉 Coming Soon: Harvest – Fall Festival Expansion! 🎉 The Fall Festival has come to Furroughfield, and the harvest season just got a whole lot more festive! Harvest: Fall Festival is the first expansion to the beloved storybook farming game Harvest, adding vibrant new content, clever mechanics, and charming components that deepen the gameplay while keeping the fun lighthearted and strategic. What’s New in Fall Festival?🌾 Festival Board – A brand-new play area with fresh actions, strategic choices, and high-stakes competition for the best festival spots.🥧 Pie Cards & Novelty Cards – Discover delicious new scoring opportunities and powerful combos through tasty pies and quirky festival novelties.🧺 Premium Components – Includes beautifully crafted wooden Animeeples and festival baskets to enhance your tabletop experience.🦝 New Characters – Unique abilities add variety…

02May 2025 by Becky Alexander

TWO New Marvel Champions HEROs

Board Game, New Arrival

Both are available today, at both locations! Marvel Champions: The Card Game –Black Panther Hero Pack PLAY AS SHURI, PROTECTOR OF WAKANDA – Step into the role of Shuri as Black Panther, using her brilliant intellect and advanced Wakandan technology to take on villains? Marvel Champions: The Card Game –Silk Hero Pack PLAY AS SILK, THE SPIDER-HEROINE – Take on the role of Cindy Moon, the web-slinging journalist turned superhero, and adapt to any battle with her quick reflexes and enhanced senses? #MarvelChampions #marvelLCG #newrelease #Newstuff #wakandaforever #MarvelBlackPanther #MarvelSilk #Marvel #marvelcomics

01May 2025 by Becky Alexander

New Release: Zombicide 2nd Edition: PariZ

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight, New Arrival

During the celebrations of Bastille Day, somehow the dead came back to life. Amidst the chaos, six Survivors meet a mysterious character that might have an answer for the Zombie outbreak - and perhaps a solution to stop it. In their way stand hordes of the undead, plus a delirious billionaire who sees an opportunity in the end of the world. PariZ is a new campaign expansion for Zombicide: 2nd Edition, featuring 6 new Survivors and a brand-new set of Parisian Zombies. Set in Paris, the story unfolds through 10 missions, as new challenges and opportunities arise with each choice players make. Brave the Catacombs brimming with (un)life, make crucial choices using Objective cards, explore new game mechanics, and bring the lights back to the undead city. #Zombicide2e #Zombicide #newrelease

30Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander

Board Game Spotlight: Spectacular

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight, New Arrival

In Spectacular, you are creating and developing your own animal park for vulnerable species. In order to preserve the species, you must ensure breeding within each habitat. Spectacular provides simultaneous play and ensures interaction between the players, as your opponents’ decisions will affect which tiles and dice are available for you. The game also comes with asymmetric player boards (on their backs). During the game, you select animal tiles and dice, where the dice represent food for the animals. The color of the dice must match the habitat color of the animal tiles. Each turn provides crucial decision-making where you need to consider whether to draft a die of a certain value or ensure an animal tile which may not be available again. At game end, for each area of connected tiles of…

29Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander

Board Game Spotlight: Spot It! Giant

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight

Spot the match first! With 4 mini-games designed specifically for this Giant version, play Spot it! like you’ve never played it before!Challenge your family and friends to play everywhere, who has the best reactivity and speed? GIANT-SIZED FUN: Play Spot It! like never before with extra-large cards and four exclusive mini-games designed for this giant version. FAST-PACED MATCHING GAME: Race to spot the matching symbol before your opponents in a game that challenges speed, reflexes, and observation skills. PERFECT FOR FAMILY & FRIENDS: Designed for 2+ players, Spot It! Giant is a fun party game for kids, teens, and adults alike. PLAY ANYWHERE: The oversized cards make it perfect for indoor and outdoor play, bringing excitement to game nights, picnics, and group gatherings. EASY TO LEARN, ENDLESSLY FUN: With simple…

28Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander

Now Available: Harvest – A Wholesome Farming Strategy Game!

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight

🌾 Now Available: Harvest – A Wholesome Farming Strategy Game! 🌾 Salutations, neighbor, and welcome to Furroughfield—the Commonwealth of Free Beasts! Furroughfield is growing fast, and it’s up to you to help it flourish! In Harvest, you’ll step into the paws (or claws!) of a quirky animal farmer, each with their own unique abilities and farmhouse benefits. It’s a game of clever planning, resource management, and building the best farmstead by season’s end. Each round begins with drafting sunrise cards that determine turn order and offer helpful bonuses. From there, wheelbarrows roll into town to gather seeds, tools, and other essential resources. You’ll plant crops, manage fields, clear land, and construct buildings to improve your farm’s efficiency and score valuable endgame bonuses. With charming artwork and tight, tactical gameplay, Harvest…

12Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander

Board Game Spotlight: Critter Kitchen

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight, New Arrival

It's Restaurant Week in Bistro Bay! Restaurants are competing in food challenges, while also planning an epic meal to impress a celebrity critic. As one of 1-5 players in Critter Kitchen, you'll send your chefs into the city to gather ingredients to create amazing meals and demonstrate that your restaurant is the best in town. Each round, new random ingredients are placed in locations throughout the city. Players simultaneously and secretly plan which locations to send their three chefs to, hoping to collect the best ingredients. Some chefs are fast, but can gather only one item, while others can carry three items but arrive late. Rumors are also available at locations and provide guidance on what the critic desires. Challenges revealed in rounds 1-6 offer the players opportunities to earn stars…

08Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander

PaizoCon at The Game Shoppe

Events, Pathfinder RPG, Starfinder RPG

PaizoCon is an annual celebration of all things Pathfinder, Starfinder and more! Join us May 23rd–26th for a plethora of games, prizes, more! Join us for a Charity Pathfinder Event!Co-hosted by The Game Shoppe and the Omaha Pathfinder Society.Free to play – register for games at: www.warhorn.net/events/paizocon-omahaDonations accepted for the Food Bank For The HeartlandRaffles and prizes for lucky participants! The Game Shoppe - Bellevue 1406 Harlan Dr, Bellevue, NE 68005 Friday, May 23rd6 – 11pmPFS2 6 -12, “The Burning of Greensteeples (3-6th level)6 – 11pmSFS2e playtest scenario #1, Shards of the Glass Planet (level 1)The Game Shoppe - Bellevue Saturday, May 24th12 – 5pmSFS 3-99, “Fate in the Future” – TWO TABLES! Interactive event – play synchronized with other cities!6 – 11pmPFS2 6-15, “Lost and Forgotten” (5-8th level)6 –…

05Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander

Board Game Spotlight: My Shelfie: The Dice Game

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight

You've filled your bookshelf with plants, games, books, awards, and cats! Now that each item has its place, will you be able to find it before the others? In My Shelfie: The Dice Game, players try to create dice combinations to fill up the spaces in their bookcase. If you manage to fill up a shelf or a column, you block that section to all other players. At game's end, only the sections with at least three spaces filled will be worth points! Do you like nice plants, or do you prefer cute cats? Will you focus your attention on completing columns, or will you try to run for the shelves?

04Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander

Board Game Spotlight: Everdell Duo

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight, New Arrival

In Everdell Duo, you either compete against your single opponent or play co-operatively with another player to earn the most points. You accomplish this by placing workers to gather resources, then use those resources to play cards face up in front of you, creating your own woodland city. Cards may be played from your hand or from the face-up area on the board called the meadow. However, only cards touching the sun or moon token may be played from the meadow, and players move these tokens each time they perform a turn. Therefore, planning for and timing which cards you play is critical. Each game you try to achieve various events, the requirements of which differ from game to game, making certain cards and combinations more important to pursue. The game…

03Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander

NEW Arkham Horror LCG: The Drowned City

Board Game, Living Card Game, New Arrival

In The Drowned City Campaign Expansion, one to four investigators explore the mysterious and deadly city of R’lyeh as it rises from the ocean’s depths. As players venture into the tomb-like ruin, they’ll scale the city’s crumbling foundations, scour the sea floor for alien artifacts, navigate mind-bending machinery and shifting corridors, and discover an ancient history that was drowned with the city itself. Along the way, they’ll experience a unique story that changes based on their chosen investigators, and it all culminates in a climactic battle against Cthulhu himself! The Drowned City Investigator Expansion features six new investigators for Arkham Horror: The Card Game and adds a trove of new player cards and options for deckbuilding, including brand-new “Specialist” cards that play off investigators’ traits. Protect the vulnerable as the trawler, Marion Tavares; draw…

02Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander

Magic Modern RCQ Schedule

Events, Magic the Gathering

🎉 Modern RCQs at The Game Shoppe – April 19 & May 31! 🎉Test your skills, earn glory, and compete for a Regional Championship invite at our next Modern Regional Championship Qualifiers (RCQs)! Location: 4014 N 144th St, Omaha, NE 68116 Phone: (402) 991-8699 📧 Omaha: gamegeekomaha@thegameshoppe.com Website: The Game Shoppe Omaha Location: 1406 Harlan Dr, Bellevue, NE 68005 Phone: (402) 292-4263 📧 Bellevue: gamegeekbellevue@thegameshoppe.com Website: The Game Shoppe Bellevue 💰 Entry Fee: $30🔒 Paid entries guarantee your seat!Sign up early in person or call your store to register and pay by phone.🧠 Limit: 48 players✅ Check-in opens at 10:00 AM 🏆 Prize Support:💯% of entry fees go back out as prizes!Don’t wait until the last minute — spots will fill up fast! 📱 Magic Companion App Required:Download the app…

23Mar 2025 by Becky Alexander

🏙️🌳 New Game Arrival: Balconia! 🌳🏙️

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight, New Arrival

Transform your balcony into a flourishing garden in Balconia! 🌸🌿 This strategic tile-laying game challenges you to design the most beautiful and vibrant balcony while competing for limited space and resources. Who will have the best view at the end of the game? Now available at The Game Shoppe—stop by and start creating your perfect balcony today! #NewRelease #BoardGameGeek #ShopLocal #TabletopGaming #BalconiaGame #TileLayingGame #StrategyGame #BoardGameNight #GardeningGame #BoardGamesOfInstagram https://youtu.be/dQljwGL_k3s

22Mar 2025 by Becky Alexander

🌿🌳 New Game Alert: Hutan – Life in the Rainforest! 🌳🌿

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight, New Arrival

Step into the heart of the rainforest in Hutan: Life in the Rainforest! 🦋🌍 Build your own ecosystem, nurture wildlife, and create a thriving natural habitat in this beautifully designed, strategy-based game. Can you balance nature’s delicate systems and protect the rainforest? Now available at The Game Shoppe—grab your copy and start your ecological journey today! #NewRelease #BoardGameGeek #ShopLocal #TabletopGaming #RainforestGame #EcoFriendly #NatureLovers #StrategyGame #BoardGamesOfInstagram https://youtu.be/YYbjKZ91k4E

21Mar 2025 by Becky Alexander

🌸✨ New Game Alert: Floristry! ✨🌸

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight, New Arrival

Get ready to arrange your way to victory in Floristry! 🌷 Create beautiful bouquets, match colors and shapes, and earn points by crafting the most stunning floral arrangements. Perfect for lovers of strategy and aesthetics, this game will bloom into your next favorite! Now available at The Game Shoppe—stop by and start creating today! https://youtu.be/fGqm_QdjnIs #NewRelease #BoardGameGeek #ShopLocal #TabletopGaming #FloristryGame #BoardGameNight #StrategyGame #FlowerPower #BoardGamesOfInstagram

21Mar 2025 by Becky Alexander

⚔️✨ Unmatched – The Witcher: Steel and Silver! and The Witcher: Realms Fall! 🔥⚔️

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight, New Arrival

⚔️✨ New Game Arrival: Unmatched – The Witcher: Steel and Silver! ✨⚔️ Step into the world of The Witcher and face off against iconic heroes and monsters in Unmatched: Steel and Silver. 🐺 With unique abilities, intense battles, and characters like Geralt and Ciri, this expansion takes the Unmatched series to a whole new level! Now available at The Game Shoppe—grab your copy and start your epic duels today! ⚔️🔥 New Arrival: Unmatched – The Witcher: Realms Fall! 🔥⚔️ The battle for the Witcher universe continues in Unmatched: Realms Fall! 🐉 Take control of legendary characters from The Witcher series and dive into fast-paced, tactical duels with unique abilities and strategy. Whether you're a seasoned Witcher or a newcomer to the world, this expansion brings new excitement to the Unmatched…

20Mar 2025 by Becky Alexander

🏆✨ New Game Alert: Top Tier and Akropolis: Athena! ✨🏛️

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight, New Arrival

🏆✨ New Game Alert: Top Tier! ✨🏆 Think fast, stack smart! Top Tier is a fast-paced party game where you'll race to stack and organize items in the best possible order. Quick thinking and clever strategy will lead you to victory—do you have what it takes to be truly top tier? Now available at The Game Shoppe—grab your copy and get stacking! 🏗️🎉 🏛️✨ New Arrival: Akropolis: Athena! ✨🏛️ The gods smile upon your city-building skills once again! 🏗️ Akropolis: Athena brings new challenges and strategic depth to the award-winning Akropolis. Build majestic temples, honor Athena, and expand your city with clever tile placement. Will your metropolis stand above the rest? Now available at The Game Shoppe—get your copy and start building today! 🏛️ https://youtu.be/Knf-3gUkdAk #NewRelease #BoardGameGeek #ShopLocal #TabletopGaming #BoardGameNight…

19Mar 2025 by Becky Alexander

🃏🤫 New Game Alert: The Lie and Cantankerous Cats 😼🐱

Board Game, Board Game Spotlight, New Arrival

Think you can spot a lie? Or tell one convincingly enough to fool your friends? The Lie is a fast-paced social deduction game where deception is key and trust is a fragile illusion. Can you outwit your opponents and keep your secrets safe? Now in stock at The Game Shoppe—grab your copy and put your bluffing skills to the test! https://youtu.be/BIY_Lg_F9wE 🐱😼 New Game Alert: Cantankerous Cats (Third Edition)! 😼🐱 Ever wanted to be a mischievous feline, causing chaos while keeping your humans in check? In Cantankerous Cats, you’ll claw, scheme, and purr your way to victory by outwitting your opponents and collecting mischief points. Perfect for cat lovers and anyone who enjoys a little playful backstabbing! https://youtu.be/SGJV8jsfUG4 Now in stock at The Game Shoppe—grab your copy and embrace your…

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