This month’s sponsors, SimplyFun, are focused on games for children and families. Here’s their own blurb on what they do: SimplyFun is THE parental resource
Read moreAuthor: phil
Philip Minchin is a consultant on and advocate for play, games, creativity, community, and learning, with a substantial side of strategic thinking about the future of libraries.
Talking Points: Play, inclusion, and community-building
Welcome back folks! This is the fifth entry in our series about the importance of play. If you’re just joining us, this series starts here.
Read moreLibrarians report: Murray State University Library
However, from mid-August through mid-May, nearly 11,000 college students swarm the community and the town seems to come alive. Murray State University is well known
Read moreSeptember update
Hello folks! Welcome back – only a couple-and-a-half months to go! Time to get those registrations in if you haven’t already… even though we do
Read moreBook folks on games: Alison Croggon
Our next guest for this series is author, poet, dramatist and critic Alison Croggon. If you enjoy fantasy fiction, but haven’t read her Books of
Read moreGame Profile: Qwirkle
The prolific Hannah Tracy is back again! She brings us another profile of a game that works well for audiences of all ages, such as
Read moreSponsor Profile: Looney Labs
Hi everyone! Time for another sponsor profile – this time of Looney Labs – from our volunteer Hannah Tracy, in which she discusses their donations: exception-based
Read moreSpecial Guest Post: Scott Mason, Perton Library, South Staffordshire, UK
Hi folks! Today we’re holding off on our monthly Game News post a little. This last weekend was Gen Con, the biggest tabletop gaming convention
Read moreGames folks on libraries: Susan Gold & James Portnow, the Global Game Gift
This month we’re joined by not one but two luminaries of the games world: Susan Gold and James Portnow. Their individual bios will speak more
Read moreMinor announcement: 2014 IGD map is now live!
Hi folks! I forgot to mention this when it happened last week, but the map of IGD participants for 2014 is now up! Instructions about
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