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Author: Jessica Spears

Games Designed by Women

March 28, 2023 Jessica Spears Game Reviews, GameRT, Games, Highlight

We are highlighting the work of women designers this month. This list include some of my favorite games ever! Also, check out this list of

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Interview with Game Designer Gwen Ruelle

March 13, 2023 Jessica Spears GameRT, Highlight

For Women’s History Month, we are highlighting the absolutely wonderful designer Gwen Ruelle and her great games. Gwen Ruelle is half of the two-person board

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Black History Month Special

February 27, 2023 Jessica Spears GameRT, Resources

Last Year the GameRT Lists and Awards committee wrote a great list of games by Black Creators for Black History Month, (https://games.ala.org/black-history-month-is-for-gaming/).  This year we

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February: Lovely Games for a Lovely Month

February 12, 2023 Jessica Spears Game Reviews

For this month, we pulled together a set of games that have relationships at their core. How do we interact with each other? How do

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January Games – The New Game on the Block

January 18, 2023 Jessica Spears Game Reviews, GameRT

For the New Year, the Lists and Awards committee asked the question: “If you were starting your new collection of games, what games would you

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December: Travel Sized Games

December 20, 2022 Jessica Spears Game Reviews

December often sees us going from coast to coast, trying to reconnect with far-flung family. It is also a month when a lot of Americans

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November is for Food!

November 21, 2022 Jessica Spears Game Reviews, GameRT

Turkey, and stuffing, and Grandmom’s boiled to death string-beans, Thanksgiving is all about food. Enjoy these great games about food. Maybe you can even convince

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October Spooooooooky Games

October 21, 2022 Jessica Spears Game Reviews, GameRT

All things fun/funny/spooky for you. Enjoy! Board Game: Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu • Designer: Matt Leacock, Chuck D. Yager• Publisher: Z-man Games• 2-4 players• 40-60

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Ask the Hive Mind: Where are the Pieces?

October 17, 2022 Jessica Spears GameRT, Resources

If you’re looking to start a game collection, you probably have questions. GameRT is here to help! In this blog series, once a month we’ll

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 A New Place to Play, Twitch & GameRT

September 22, 2022 Jessica Spears Game Programs, GameRT

By Danielle Costello Twitch has been a thrilling new venture for GameRT this Fall. We began with the idea that we’d like to offer more

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