Board games have social, creative, and educational potential. Schools are using games and game mechanisms as enrichment activities with application to the Common Core. It's time that libraries got "on board" as well! Following on the successful "Board in the Library" series published on WebJunction, this webinar will provide practical advice on how to choose the right games for your community, how to set up your own circulating board game collection—including a quick inexpensive starting collection—and how to plan board gaming events. Learn more about modern board games—their rules, mechanics, classifications and themes. Game on! Presented by: John Pappas, Library Manager at Bucks County Library System; Marti Fuerst, Librarian at Large, Omaha, Nebraska.

1. THE GOLDEN AGE OF GAMING
BOARD GAMES FOR GROWNUPS
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gamethyme/2394872254

2. John Pappas
Bucks County Library System
Pennsylvania
Marti Fuerst
Librarian At Large
Omaha, Nebraska
GloomisbyAtlasGames.

3. Why Board Games?
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4. Video Games - Detachment
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5. Board Games - Interaction
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6. https://www.flickr.com/photos/35408038@N06/3949671774
Lurk
Observe
Ask
Play
Explore

7. Starlit Citadel
Board Games with ScottWatch it Played
Tabletop

8. BoardGameGeek.com

9. https://www.flickr.com/photos/usonian/42376309/
I remember board games!

10. Deeper Strategy and Tactical Decisions
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11. Decision Space
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12. Player Interaction
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13. https://boardgamegeek.com/image/1494896/agricola
Innovative Mechanisms

14. Narrative Potential

15. Every Player, Their Game
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16. https://boardgamegeek.com/image/2270073/one-night-ultimate-werewolf
SOCIAL
INTERACTION

17. Solitary
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18. Friendly Competition
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19. Direct Competition
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20. Cooperative Interaction
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horror

21. GAME CATEGORIES
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22. Classic Games
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23. Party Games
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24. Gateway Games
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25. Filler Games
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26. Bait Games
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27. Game Types: Thematic
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28. Game Types: Strategic
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29. GAME
MECHANICS
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30. http://boardgamegeek.com/image/2267813/flash-point-fire-rescue
Cooperative

31. Real-Time
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32. Worker Placement
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33. Area Control

34. GAME GROUPS

35. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dejonghe/8047793388
M.E.E.P.Le.S.
Moderate
Expectations
Encourage
Provide
LEniency
Smile

36. How Many People?

37. Promotion

38. Meetup

39. Meetup

40. Game Menu

42. http://boardgamegeek.com/image/2401251/ticket-ride
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43. http://boardgamegeek.com/image/2075323/stone-age
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44. http://boardgamegeek.com/image/1001894/forbidden-island
http://boardgamegeek.com/image/2325512/carcassonne

45. http://boardgamegeek.com/image/1966440/alhambra
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INCAN
GOLD

47. https://boardgamegeek.com/image/266574/lifeboat
https://boardgamegeek.com/image/1773447/kittens-blender

48. Day Off – Game On!
Games for Grownups
Game Designer’s Guild/Game Developers Group
Game Jams
The Golden Gamers
The Board Gaymer
EVENT TYPES
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49. THE GOLDEN AGE OF GAMING
BOARD GAMES FOR GROWNUPS
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gamethyme/2394872254