Donor Spotlight! Paizo Publishing

2018 ALA Annual GameRT Sharing Sessions

If you are a librarian who uses games, design and play in your library, now is your chance to share
International Games Week 2017 Final Report

International Games Day became International Games Week in 2017. 1620 libraries from around the world participated during the week of
Librarians Report: Breakout EDU

By now many will have heard of Escape Rooms, which are becoming increasingly popular across the nation. Some libraries have
Pokémon Go Library Battle Map

Which Pokémon team controls your library’s gym? To add your library to the map, simply input your library’s information

Donor Spotlight! Paizo Publishing

July 6, 2017 GAMERT GameRT, International Games Week, Sponsors

Each year publishers donate games for participants in International Games Week. Today we’ll look at the donation from our wonderful sponsor, Paizo. Paizo was kind

Deep Space D6 Print and Play Review

June 27, 2017 Thomas Vose GameRT

Deep Space D-6 is a dice-based single player game available in a free print and play version here: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/183571/deep-space-d-6/files Upon downloading and printing, I had

Free and Low-Cost Tabletop RPG Options

June 19, 2017 Thomas Vose GameRT, Resources

Tabletop RPG gaming (Dungeons and Dragons usually being the default) is a perfect fit for Library programs – RPGs develop imagination as the players help

Games at ALA Annual 2017

June 12, 2017 GAMERT Conferences, GameRT, Past Conferences

The American Library Association Conference from June 22-27, 2017 in Chicago is again bringing games and play into your libraries. Games and Gaming Roundtable (GameRT)

International Games Week 2017 Registration is Open!

June 8, 2017 GAMERT GameRT, International Games Week, Register for IGW

Registration for International Games Week 2017 is open! Additional donations will be managed through this blog. You can subscribe to the blog to receive updates

Librarians report: Games Advisory

May 30, 2017 GAMERT GameRT, International Games Week

Any gamer has probably done some impromptu gamer’s advisory, just as most avid readers have recommended books to others. Here are some tips for successful

Switch Gaming in Libraries

May 26, 2017 Thomas Vose GameRT

Nintendo’s newest system, the Switch, was released this year, and libraries with gaming consoles for programs should take notice. The Switch has had a very

Breakout EDU : The Mysterious Library Box

May 16, 2017 GAMERT Conferences, GameRT

The year is 2050 and the pace of change in education has been paralyzingly slow. While at a dinner with your fellow educators you learned

Ontario Library Association’s Digital Odyssey 2017

April 24, 2017 GAMERT Conferences, Resources

The Ontario Library Association (OLA) will be hosting a one-day conference on gaming in libraries in Toronto at the Ontario College of Art and Design

International Games Week 2017

April 3, 2017 GAMERT Initiatives, International Games Week

International Games Day is now International Games Week. This change allows expansion into school programs and more flexibility in scheduling. This year’s event will take

Games in Libraries

2018 ALA Annual GameRT Sharing Sessions

International Games Week 2017 Final Report

Librarians Report: Breakout EDU

Pokémon Go Library Battle Map

Games In Libraries

Donor Spotlight! Paizo Publishing

Deep Space D6 Print and Play Review

Free and Low-Cost Tabletop RPG Options

Games at ALA Annual 2017

International Games Week 2017 Registration is Open!

Librarians report: Games Advisory

Switch Gaming in Libraries

Breakout EDU : The Mysterious Library Box

Ontario Library Association’s Digital Odyssey 2017

International Games Week 2017