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  • Gaming Librarian Spotlight: Annabelle Blackman

    Public Librarian Interviewed by Julie Hornick Tell us about yourself. In a nutshell, who are you, and what is your

  • Call for Presenters: TTRPG virtual mini conference- March 31, 2023

    Exciting news all! The Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT) of the American Library Association is looking for presenters for

  • Ask the Hive Mind: How Do You Shelve Games?

    If you’re looking to start a tabletop game collection, you probably have questions. GameRT is here to help! In this

  • January Games – The New Game on the Block

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

Games In Libraries

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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October Oct-ivities from GameRT!

October 3, 2022 admin Game Programs, GameRT, Webinars

We have three events coming up this month – our monthly board meeting, a webinar and a virtual event on Twitch! If any of these

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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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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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3rd Quarter Video Game Releases

September 19, 2022 admin GameRT

Once again, here is Josh with a spreadsheet of video games released in the third quarter of 2022 sortable by Title, ESRB Rating, Cost, Publisher,

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Foundry & Other Online Tabletop Platforms

September 13, 2022 Jessica Spears GameRT

Review of Foundry compared to other of Virtual Tabletop Platforms by Jenn Taylor. Virtual Tabletops, also called tabletop simulators, are computer programs that allow users

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September Programs!

September 1, 2022 admin Game Programs, GameRT

We have two exciting GameRT programs coming up in September! A live play session on Twitch and the other program is all about Jackbox games!

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Games & Movies & Books, Oh My!

August 31, 2022 Jessica Spears GameRT, Games

For some summer fun, or in celebration of the start of school, here are some games that are also movies or books, or both. Board

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Megaland and IGM, OTP!

August 29, 2022 Jessica Spears International Games Week, Promotional Material

As you probably know, you can be entered into a drawing for games by registering your library for International Games Month events (register here: https://games.ala.org/international-games-month/).

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