GSL 166: ShushCon'22 Prep

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 166, Donald Dennis and Chris Bell talk about their prep for the Upcoming ShushCon gaming convention.

http://shushcon.com/

https://shushcon.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/shushcon

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The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 161: Tails and Tales 1

From the Endangered Cover Art

Games in Schools and Libraries episode 161 is the beginning of a series where Donald and Chris talk about games that support the 2021 Summer Reading theme “Tails and Tales”. Some of these are great games about animals, some are great storytelling games that can be used to tell tales about animals, and some are both!

Before they get to that the talk a little bit about what they are doing to incorporate the Glowforge into their summer reading activities.

Game Reviews

• Tiny Epic Tactics

• Aldabas

• ALDR

Tails and Tales Related Games

• Mice & Mystics

• Cockroach Poker

• Rory's Story Cubes

• Untold Adventures Await

• Endangered

• Costa Rico

• Cardline

• One Night Ultimate Werewolf

• One Week Ultimate Werewolf

• Werewords

Don’t forget ShushCon is in October. Check back for details as they develop.

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 159: Fairy and Gnome Doors

Southern Georgetown Community Library Fairy Door

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 159 Donald and Chris talk about the cancelling of ShushCon Online 2021, new gaming shelves for the library, games they have played, and the Fairy and Gnome door project.

ShushCon

ShushCon 2021 Online Cancelled, but we will still run an event in October.

Four of our five new shelves, with room to grow.

New Game Shelves

Our new KALLAX shelves, from IKEA, while not necessarily as durable as standard library shelves are perfect for game collections. Recommended if you live near an Ikea and can pick them up. Not recommended to have them shipped to you.

• Ikea’s KALLAX Shelves

Tiny Epic Dungeons, still available through late pledges.

Reviews

• Tiny Epic Dungeons

• Deckscape: Heist in Venice

• Decktective: The Gaze of the Ghost

• Colony

• Scorpius Freighter

460 doors created and shared with our community!

Fairy Doors

We chat a bit about our creation of fairy doors for a system-wide program we worked on with our children’s services department. For more information check out our blog, linked below.

• GSL Fairy Door Blog

• Fair Door photo album

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 144: Reviews from a Lonely Library

Some of our circulating collection. Chris pictured in the background.

In this episode Donald and Chris announce ShushCon is cancelled, talk a bit about what they are doing when no patrons are allowed in the library, including getting game information to Cataloging, and do a bunch of reviews.

Games Chatted about

• Horizons

• Silver Coin

• Dome Crushers

• Cartooner

• Kingdom Hearts Talisman

• Artemis Project

• Emerald Flame

• Charterstone

• The Expanse RPG

• Wingspan

• Parks

• Xia Legends of a Drift

• Wavelength

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
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Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 141: Heroic Escape Adventures

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 141 Donald and Chris review some escape room games they played at the library. They also talk about our Moonrise escape room.

Note - Keep an eye on the GSL blog for upcoming information and file links for our the Moonrise Escape Room.

Games Covered

• Murder at the Paisley's

• Escape Room In A Box: Flashback

• Deckscape: The Mystery of Eldorado

• Unlock! Heroic Adventures

• MacGyver: The Escape Room Game

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
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Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 135: Reviews with Chris and Donald

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 135 Chris Bell and Donald Dennis review games they’ve played in the Teen Room.

Games Reviewed

• Quacks of Quedlinburg

• Good Critters

• Kodama

• Unlock - Expedition Challenger

• Roll for the Galaxy

• Cockroach Poker

• Roll Player

• Call to Adventure

• Getaway Driver

• One Week Ultimate Werewolf

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 126: A Universe of Story

Space Games!

In Games in Schools and Libraries 126 Donald and Chris get extra spacey as they talk about games they have brought into the library to support 2019 Summer Reading and the Moonrise Grant.

More Space Games. Space is big!

Space Games

• Space Base

• Gloom in Space

• Terraforming Mars

• Rover Control

• Gravwell

• Silent Death / Arclight

• Roll for the Galaxy

• Survive Space Attack

• Exodus Fleet

• Star Trek Catan

• Cosmic Encounter

• Savage Worlds - The Last Parsec RPG

• Starfinder RPG

• Traveller RPG

• Fate/Fate Accelerated RPG

• Fiasco https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/fiasco-playsets/

• Untold Adventures Await

Unplayed Space Games

• Lupo The Space Adventure

• The Expanse

• Moons

• Horizons

• Periorbis

• Cosmic Factory

• Moon Miner

• First Martians

• Alien Artifacts

• One Night Ultimate Alien

• Our Last Best Hope

• Exodus: Proxima Centauri. Exodus: Edge of Extinction

• Scorpius Freighter

Bits from our Moonrise Grant escape room.

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 116: Into the Gaslands

Gaslands in Action

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 116 Donald Dennis and Chris Bell talk about what’s been going on in the library lately.

First the pair discuss the Gaslands, a miniatures game that uses Hot Wheels scale vehicles, from Osprey Games. They touch on how it plays as well as customizing cars, making terrain, and how they are using it at the library.

Forge Three Keys to win!

Next they talk about Keyforge, a unique deck game by Richard Garfield. After talking about why it is useful to libraries they also discuss a bit about the history or technology and game manufacturing.

The Detective game, with obligatory cup of coffee. And another bonus game that slipped in when nobody was looking.

The final review is about Detective, a Modern Crime Boardgame that plays like a series of episodes from a particularly intense police procedural TV show. A great gaming experience, but only really suitable for particular game environments.

A good Detective board, though we had another dry erase board as well, and lots of paper notes. Don’t look too closely, because there may be spoilers.

To wrap up they talk about ShushCon (March 22-24) and the GSL Trade Day (March 22). Our topic this year will be using story games and RPGs to support your other activities.

Let us know if you have topic requests, or would like to join us to present or run games at the con.

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System.