By Ashleigh Hvinden Summer means convention season! What does that mean for board game librarians? A tidal wave of brand new games is upon us!
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Publisher Spotlight: Foxmind Games
Our amazing GameRT President, Jennifer Bartlett, does a lot with board gaming in libraries – here is her take on a series of games put
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By Ruth Monnier You might have seen the post “ALA Play 2019: Vendors and Pictures.” You might have heard ALA Play is an event on
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We were very happy to see such a great group of vendors at this year’s ALA Play event! For those of you interested, you can
Read moreConfessions of an RPG Nerd, Part 5
So, you want to be a god…. Congratulations! You now know what an RPG is, some terminology, what genre you want to play, and how
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By Christine Martin-Resotko How crunchy is it? I’ve seen a lot of confusion when people mention “crunch” with RPGs. No, it isn’t about what type
Read moreSo You Are Looking to Start Your Library Board Game Program…
By Ashleigh Hvinden In my experience of becoming a librarian, I have realized that 89% of program success is based on luck. As a library
Read moreBoard Game Review: “Thanos Rising”
By Ashleigh Hvinden In case you are not a pop culture fan, for the last twelve years, Stan Lee’s Marvel (yes, that Marvel) has been
Read moreThe Merit of IP Games
By Ashleigh Hvinden If you watch Board Game YouTube, you will hear a lot of board game experts discuss how IP games (licensed games based
Read moreConfessions of an RPG Nerd, Part 3
By Christine Martin-Resotko Break it down. After writing the first two blog posts, I realized that gamers use a lot of abbreviations and strange terms.
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