We are in the middle of one of the best weeks of the year as we fill the library with students to play board games! Classes from across the curriculum have come in to experience the joy of board games and to celebrate International Games Month @ Your Library.
Find out more about why we should be using games in the classrooms– and the libraries– of our schools.
November is International Games Month @ Your Library.
November is International Games Month @ Your School Library. All month long we will be celebrating the joy of games and learning more about the tremendous educational power of games.
Be sure to ask your teacher about when your class is heading down to the school library for games!
We asked LTSS Teachers and Staff about some of their favourite games to play. Here are some of the replies:
Mr. Ferrier played Axis & Allies when he was a kid. Now he loves Yahtzee, and the My Little Pony game, although his daughter beats him every time.
Ms. Truss loves Arkham Horror. She also mentioned Love Letter, Jaipur and Taco Cat.
Mr. Donaldson’s favourites include Settlers of Catan, Sequence, Cribbage, D&D, Magic: The Gathering, and Chess
Other teacher favourites:
November is International Games Month @ Your Library
Can you identify the board games pictured in this “Sporcle?” Give it a try.
November is International Games Month @ Your Library
November is International Games Month @ Your Library. Join with us as we celebrate Games and Gaming.
Try our the sporcle game version of our “Favourite Games” post.
November is International Games Month @ Your Library. Join with us as we celebrate the fun of board games, card games, tabletop games, party games and all kinds of live, in-person games.
Here are some of our favourites. More than a few are classics but there are also some more recent titles– maybe some that you haven’t heard of, but might like to try!
What are your favourite games? Let us know in the comments below.
Come down to your School Library to check out these titles to learn more about games.
November is International Games Month @ Your Library.
We have board games. We have board games, party games, table games, card games, dice games, role playing games, cooperative games, one player games, classic games, social games, strategy games, award winning games, word games, family games, trivia games, negotiation games, Euro games, guessing games, pop culture games, deduction games, chance games, storytelling games, simulation games, abstract games, tile games, bluffing games. We have games!
Come down to your School Library to check out our selection of games, and join with us as we celebrate International Games Month.
First there was International Games Day. Then it grew to International Games Week. Now we have International Games Month.
Come down to your School Library in November to celebrate GAMES all month long. We will look at all things related to games and gaming, culminating in the return of Games Day @ Your Library. Visit us in person or online to find out more.
International Games Week is on at YOUR School Library. Here are a few of our favourite games. How many of these have you tried?
The original was introduced to the world as “The Settlers of Catan.” This game proved to be so popular it spawned many new versions and expansions, including Seafarers of Catan, Cities and Knights, and much much more. The rise of Catan was part of a resurgence in interest in board games after a decline in the video game era.
Monopoly is often the first game mentioned when people talk about board games. Monopoly was arguably the most dominant board game of the 20th Century and remains a cultural phenomenon that transcends the board game industry. While many modern game enthusiasts are rightly critical of many of the mechanics of Monopoly, the most common criticism, that the game takes far too long to play, is almost always because people don’t follow the official rules. In particular, “house rules” such as the collection of all taxes and penalties to a pot, which has been already seeded with $500, for those that land on Free Parking, serves to keep enough money in the game that it becomes incredibly difficult to bankrupt anyone, making the game go on for hours at a time. If you follow the rules and keep play moving, a good game of Monopoly should be about an hour.
Unlike most other board games, chess has no elements of chance or “luck,” unless you consider it luck if your mistakes are left unpunished by worse mistakes from your opponent! With no dice rolls, card flips or other random elements, chess is considered to be the most pure game of skill amongst all board games. Chess requires concentration, strategic thinking, time management, pattern recognition, patience, spatial awareness and many other thinking skills and qualities.
Here are some more games of note. How many have you tried?
What are some of your favourite games?
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