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Category: Game Reviews

January Games – The New Game on the Block

January 18, 2023 Jessica Spears Game Reviews, GameRT, Highlight

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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September is for…Cats!?!

September 20, 2022 Jessica Spears Game Reviews, GameRT

I was listening to some wonderful librarians talk about their favorite games, and I was struck by how many of the games they mentioned were

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July is the Time for GameRT President’s Picks!

July 25, 2022 Jessica Spears Game Reviews

GameRT’s New President, the Amazing Rebecca Strang has made us a list of her favorite games right now. These games look really fun! Legacy of

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LGBTQ* Month Games List

June 23, 2022 Jessica Spears Game Reviews

Celebrate Pride Month with these awesome games designed, or created by people who identify as LGBTQ*. For a bonus, many of these games celebrate an

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AAPI Month Games

May 24, 2022 Jessica Spears Game Reviews

Here are some recommended games by Asian and Asian American and Pacific Islander creators. Lanterns – The Harvest Festival: Tile Laying Game • Designer: Christopher

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Games about Libraries

April 28, 2022 Jessica Spears Game Reviews, GameRT

In honor of National Library week, April 3rd-9th, here is a bunch of games set in libraries. (Yes, we know that April is Poetry Month,

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Game Review: We Didn’t Playtest This at All!

March 10, 2022 Alec Gramm Board and Card Games, Game Reviews

Hello, everyone! I come before you today with another “Games from the Wardrobe”. For those that missed the first article, in essence, I will be

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