Thursday, November 16, 2023

Grab a Game at the Library to Celebrate International Games Month

 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.” 

-Unknown  
 
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 pencilall 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

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