About us
Let's play games at Spielbound! The goal is to create a community of people to get to know each other and play both planned and pick-up games at Omaha's local Board Game Cafe and Library, Spielbound.
While there will be some events posted here, games at other times are always encouraged!
If you would like to post an event to this group, contact Lily Wang, an organizer of this group and Volunteer Coordinator at Spielbound. I will be happy to post your event here, and on the Spielbound calendar and Facebook page as well if you like!
Please note that Spielbound does charge a day pass for use of their games. The prices are currently $6 Sunday - Thursday, and $7 Friday and Saturday. Spielbound serves beverages of all kinds, and has a small selection of food, and outside food (not beverages) is also allowed.
Spielbound is located a block south of the main Midtown Crossing thoroughfare, at 3229 Harney St. Omaha, NE 68131.
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LilyPalooza! Free Demo - Star Realms
Spielbound Board Game Cafe, 3229 Harney St, Omaha, NE, USJoin us for a free demo in the LilyPalooza series, hosted by Lily Wang, the last Sunday of each month! Demoed games are 10% off on the day that they are demoed, AFTER the demo is over.
Game: Star Realms
Duration: 20-60 minute playthroughs
Players: 2-6
Description:Star Realms is a spaceship combat deck-building game by Magic Hall of Famers Darwin Kastle (The Battle for Hill 218) and Rob Dougherty (Ascension Co-designer). It combines the fun of a deck-building game with the speed and interactivity of Trading Card Game style combat. In Star Realms, players make use of Ships and Bases to generate Trade to acquire new Ships and Bases or to generate Combat to attack their opponent to reduce their Authority or destroy their Bases. When you reduce your opponent’s Authority to zero, you win!
The Ships and Bases in Star Realms come in four factions. You may acquire and use cards of any faction, but many cards have powerful Ally abilities that reward you for using cards of the same faction together. As you acquire cards using Trade, you put them into your discard pile, to be later shuffled into your personal deck. When you play a Ship, you do what it says and then place it into your discard pile at the end of your turn. When you play a Base, you place it face up in front of you and may use its abilities once every turn. In addition to Combat being the way you reduce your opponent’s Authority to zero and win the game, it’s also useful for destroying your opponent’s Bases. Some Bases are designated as Outposts. Your opponent’s Outposts must be destroyed before you can use Combat to attack your opponent’s Authority directly.
Star Realms is easy to learn, especially if you’re familiar with deck-building games, but takes time to master. Each time you play, the game is filled with various strategic decision points. Should I take the best card for me or the best card for my opponent? Should I focus on taking cards of a particular faction or on taking the best card available? Should I be focusing on acquiring more Trade or more Combat? Should I attack my opponent’s Base or their Authority? These are just some of the many choices you’ll be faced with. New players needn’t agonize over these choices just to play, but as they become more advanced players, they will find this depth of strategy leads to great replayability.
The Star Realms set contains everything you need for two players. Including multiple copies (one copy for every two players) of the game and/or its standalone expansions, Star Realms: Colony Wars and Star Realms: Frontiers, allows up to six players to play a variety of multiplayer formats, including free-for-all and team play.
—description from boardgamegeek.com
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