GAMERT (Gaming) Round Table

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The mission of the Games and Gaming Round Table is to provide the following:
  • A forum for the exchange of ideas and concerns surrounding games in libraries;
  • Resources to the library community to support the building and maintaining of library game collections;
  • A force for initiating and supporting game programming in libraries;
  • Create an awareness of, and need for, the support of the value of gaming and play in libraries, schools, and related learning communities.
  • Create an awareness of the value of games and gaming in library outreach and community engagement plans.
  • A professional and social forum for networking among librarians and non-librarians interested in games and gaming.

  • 1.  Congrats to Brian Mayer

    Posted Jul 11, 2014 06:31 AM

    Congratulations to Games & Gaming Round Table member Brian Mayer, designer of Freedom: The Underground Railroad.  He practically swept the Dice Tower Awards this year, winning 3 of the categories: Best Cooperative Game, Best New Designer, and Best Game Theming.


    For more information about The Dice Tower Awards and to see all the nominees and winners, look here: http://www.dicetower.com/dice_tower_awards/2013-awards.html


    Alternatively, you can listen to the podcast about the awards here.  You'll want episode #362.


    Way to go Brian!