This week at the School Library


International Games Month @ Your Library takes top billing this week as the School Library hosts over 25 different classes for a celebration of games! Board games, tabletop games, card games, party games and all sorts of games will be happening Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.



On Wednesday the School Library also hosts the district DELF exam for French language students. As such we will be closed to all drop-in students for the entire day on Wednesday.

What are your favourite games?

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!


  • Chess
  • Catan
  • Monopoly
  • Hearts
  • King of Tokyo
  • Scrabble
  • Colt Express
  • Password
  • Cribbage
  • Biblios
  • Trivial Pursuit
  • Backgammon
  • Exploding Kittens
  • Carcassonne
  • Things
  • Ticket to Ride

What are your favourite games? Let us know in the comments below.

Games Hall of Fame

How many of these games from GAMES Magazine’s Hall of Fame have you played? There are some all-time favourites here!

Here is the list, including the year of publication:

  • Sorry (1934)
  • Monopoly (1935)
  • Yahtzee (1938)
  • Stratego (1947)
  • Clue (1948)
  • Scrabble (1948)
  • Blockhead (1954)
  • Mille Bornes (1954)
  • Twixt (1957)
  • Diplomacy (1959)
  • Risk (1959)
  • Acquire (1962)
  • Twister (1966)
  • Bridgette (1970)
  • Dungeons & Dragons (1974)
  • Pente (1979)
  • Civilization (1980)
  • Othello (1980)
  • Axis & Allies (1981)
  • Trivial Pursuit (1981)
  • Taboo (1989)
  • Tribond (1989)
  • Magic the Gathering (1993)
  • The Settlers of Catan (1995)
  • Apples to Apples (1999)

Sources:

The Board Game Family

Board Game Geek

Wikipedia/Games 100


Celebrate with us all month long as your School Library observes International Games Month!

We Have Games

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.