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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Tag: games
Ask the Hive Mind: Where are the Pieces?
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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Easy Games to Teach and Learn
The GameRT Lists & Awards committee wrote up this list of library tested games for you to try out. Card Game : Super Fight •
Read moreIGW Around the World: AdventureX at the British Library
This guest post is brought to you by James Laws – editor of Redbrick Gaming. AdventureX – A Celebration of Good Games and Great People
Read moreAccessibility and Boardgames
The 4th to 17th June is Make a Noise in Libraries Fortnight in the UK. Run by the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB),
Read moreGuest Post – The Games Research Network
Today we have a guest post from Sam Illingworth and Paul Wake about their multidisciplinary project – The Games Research Network.
Read moreTalking 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 moreTalking Points: Play and freedom
Hello folks! This is the second in our series talking about why play is important enough to earn its place in libraries – normally this
Read moreTalking Points: Play and innovation
Hello folks! This is the first of our monthly series delving a little deeper into the importance of play, as outlined here. The points covered
Read moreTalking points: Games and theory of mind
Hello folks! This is the third of that series of more detailed talking points we mentioned. Here’s the summary from that original post: Further, games
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