Game Collection

"The Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) provides a venue for networking and collaboration for library workers interested in the use of games and gaming in libraries."

"BoardGameGeek is an online resource and community that aims to be the definitive source for board game and card game content. BGG features reviews, ratings, images, play-aids, translations, and session reports from board game geeks around the world, as well as live discussion forums." Along with general reviews, BGG also ranks the relative complexity of individual games as well as a community determined age range (compared to the advertised version).

From the American Library Association: November is International Game Month, "an initiative run by volunteers from around the world to reconnect communities through their libraries around the educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games."

Family-friendly games, with how-to descriptions. They require minimal or no materials to get started!

Classic hand clapping games with explanations and video examples.

Riddles with rhyming syllables.

Learn how to play a wide variety of games with just a deck of cards!

"By introducing Surrealist games and techniques, we can tap into children’s natural creativity and help them develop their own unique artistic voice."

BoardGameGeek's list of "Print & Play" games. These games only require access to a printer and paper and are otherwise free.

Lists a variety of free game resources: games to print, strategy games, dice games, and more.

A free, online version of the cooperative/competitive word game. Play as either spymaster or operative.

A hilarious combination of Pictionary and the Telephone game. Players take turns drawing and interpreting each other's art. Great to play both locally and online.

"We've got everything your gamer heart might desire, from addictive clicker games and whacky simulators to challenging puzzle games and explosive shooter games. Every month new games are added for you to enjoy!"

An AI experimental game: "You draw, and a neural network tries to guess what you’re drawing."