November is International Games Month
November 20th thru 26th is National Games & Puzzles Week
What we did this summer!! Library staff spent part of their summer gathering data and doing research to choose board & card games to add to the library’s collections. An interest survey during May Term helped us start a list of games that students were interested in - thank you to everyone who participated!
“There’s more to life than increasing its speed, sometimes you need to slow down and play a board game.”
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In June a group of us took a fun shopping trip to two local stores, Board Game Paradise and Jack’s Toy Store. Utilizing our initial list, our own favorites, as well as online reviews, and with some expert guidance from store staff, we chose over 50 board and card games to build the collection.
“A good game is like a good conversation – engaging, challenging, and surprising.”
-Unknown
The rest of the summer was spent cataloging, processing and re-packaging the games and choosing a location to house them. And the rest is history – the Game Nook was born – game boxes shelved in a convenient location right inside our front doors and a giant table with different seating options where you can play a game.
“Games are the playgrounds of the mind.”
-Unknown
Typically, board games can be checked out for three days at a time but there is a special extension if you choose to check them out over Thanksgiving Break. Peruse the shelves, pick a box and bring it up to the front desk with your student ID. You’ll receive all the game pieces in a convenient zippered pouch. And then HAVE FUN!!
“Board games are the art of strategy and chance, wrapped in a world of imagination.”
-Unknown
Don’t want to travel home with a board game? Grab one of our “mystery envelopes” filled with paper games & puzzles and a pencil – all ready for you to put down your phone and have some fun while traveling or just during some downtime over break.
“In the end, it’s not the games we play but the memories we make that truly matter.”
-Unknown
Our student employees have started playing and reviewing games as well – check out our Instagram page to see those reviews. As a reminder, any member of our University community – students, staff & faculty – can check out games!
Here is just a partial list of some of the games we currently have in our collection:
Bananagrams
Boggle
Cards Against Humanity
Catan
Checkers
Chess
Clue
Codigo Secreto Duo
Connect Four
Dungeons & Dragons
Exploding Kittens
Jenga
Loose Caboose
Monopoly
One Night Werewolf
Operation
Perfection
Scrabble
Sequence
Sushi Go
Uno
Unstable Unicorns
Yahtzee
