Posts tagged #reviews

GSL 144: Reviews from a Lonely Library

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

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.

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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.
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. 

Posted on March 25, 2020 and filed under Reviews, Conventions.

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. 

Posted on September 12, 2019 and filed under Reviews.

GSL 128: ShushCon19 Game Reviews

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In Games in Schools and Libraries 128 Donald and Chris review games that were donated for ShushCon 2019.

Donald will be at ALA Summer Annual in DC. Let us know via email or social media if you’ll be there and would like to either play a game or record a segment for the show.

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Games Covered

  • Fate/Fate Accelerated

  • 3 Cheers for Master

  • Cursed Court

  • Renfair

  • Gloom in Space

  • Koi

  • Nevermore

  • Merchants of Araby

  • Between two Castles of Mad King Ludwig

  • 10 Minute Heist

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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 66: Staff Development Day

On this episode of Games in Schools and Libraries Donald and Stephanie talk about using games and escape room activities at the Georgetown County Library System Staff Development Day.  https://goo.gl/photos/K3vDx4sJ5YoKjKMt9

We led off the day with Happy Salmon, then talked to Library Staff about how we would be using escape rooms over the summer.  After lunch we talked with them about drones and how our teen patrons would be building their own drones using Flybrix. 

Reviews

  • (10:47:00) Code Names & Code Names Pictures
  • (14:57:00) Chemistry Fluxx, Math Fluxx, Nature Fluxx
  • (22:17:00) Card Lines animals, Dinosaurs
  • (27:18:00) Fauna Terra 
  • (31:57:00) Oceanus

Donald will be at the ALA 2017 summer annual in Chicago, you can meet him at:

  • ALA Precon
  • ALA Play 
  • Games & Gaming Round Table Booth

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced by Inverse Genius
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
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Music by Ian Sovine

Posted on May 22, 2017 and filed under ALA.