Board game cafe now open near Midtown Crossing (OS JR made the paper on video)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/go/nightlife/board-game-cafe-now-open-near-midtown-crossing/article_e3953618-383d-11e4-a030-0017a43b2370.html




MICAH MERTES/THE WORLD-HERALD
The sign of Spielbound Board Game Cafe at 32nd and Harney Streets.


POSTED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 11:25 AM
By Micah Mertes / World-Herald staff writer

Spielbound Board Game Cafe is now open at 32nd and Harney Streets in the former location of Attic Bar & Grill and, before that, Jets.

The cafe is a nonprofit venue where board game enthusiasts can get together and play some games. It now serves coffee and other drinks and will soon serve sandwiches, soups and pastries.

Spielbound offers a library of more than 1,000 board games to play, ranging from classics like Monopoly to new favorites like Settlers of Catan to obscure European strategy games. Many of the games come from the personal collection of Spielbound owner Kaleb Michaud.

The size and diversity of the collection (which the Spielbound site has cataloged here) ensures that there will be a game for every gamer, no matter the age or interests. “We want everyone to feel welcome,” Michaud said in an earlier World-Herald story.

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[woo me with science]

1. "Nonprofit venue." Nice.

We need more of this. Public spaces where people can meet without someone plotting to empty their pockets.

[Stuart G]

2. Are these real board games...like..Monopoly...or digital???

Screw the Digital...

looks like real board games...not digital..This is in Nebraska...

3229 Harney Street in Omaha, Nebraska...

[Stuart G]

4. Here is a link:

http://spielbound.com/cafe

[Katashi_itto]

3. OMG! Boardgames!!! We have Zotz Cafe in New Orleans. There is a meetup group that

goes there. I go right after Kendo Practice.

[drray23]

5. thats great

I would love to have something like it on my town. Socializing with other people with real face to face encounters, a cool game and a cup of coffee sure beats facebook or the like.

I grew up in France and there was a cafe in my town for checker and chess players. I spend many hours there playing chess while sipping coffee and talking about world events.

[BobbyBoring]

6. Risk was my all time favorite

Sometimes we'd not speak to each other for days after

[kiva]

7. Very cool!

Love board games, and card games too.

[Omaha Steve]

8. I'll be donating an old 60's Hit the Beach game

Milton Bradley.