By Thomas Vose Video games based on books are nothing new, and several big-name titles have literary inspirations. The Witcher games, enjoying a surge of
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GameRT Announces a New Grant Opportunity!
CHICAGO – The Games and Gaming Round Table of the American Library Association is proud to unveil a new annual grant program to enable libraries
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IGW 2018 Breakout: Get me home if you can!
International Games Week 2018 is excited to offer the digital breakout Get me home if you can! Let us know if you can solve this
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Librarians Report: Breakout EDU
By now many will have heard of Escape Rooms, which are becoming increasingly popular across the nation. Some libraries have done an escape room of
Read moreVideo game releases to watch for Holiday 2017
With a huge array of new releases for the holiday season, all competing for limited program and materials budgets, here are a few highlights for
Read morePrint and Play: Secret Hitler
Ready for International Games Week? We are getting ready by highlighting games that are available as free print and plays. This week we are highlighting
Read moreFree Video Games
It’s a golden age for free video games. Every year, thousands of games – created by individual developers or small teams – are released for
Read morePrint and Play Review: “Evolution,” North Star Games
Evolution (the print and play version is available here) is a card-based game about, well, evolution – specifically evolving species to protect themselves from predators
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Librarians report: Dungeons and Dragons in the Library
For the last year, I have been running a once a week game of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), at the Aberdeen Branch of the Harford
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Librarians report: Choosing the Right Games for Your Library
So your library has decided to acquire some games for patrons to use – YAY! That’s great, right up until you find yourself in your
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