GSL 166: ShushCon'22 Prep

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 166, Donald Dennis and Chris Bell talk about their prep for the Upcoming ShushCon gaming convention.

http://shushcon.com/

https://shushcon.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/shushcon

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
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Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 165: 2021 Summer in Review

Waccamaw Neck Branch Library multi-day classes.

In episode 165 of Games in Schools and Libraries Donald and Chris talk about many of their summer programming activities, much of which can be used in gaming or gaming adjacent activities.

ShushCon Update - In-person ShushCon is cancelled. We are currently trying to put together an online ShushCon.

Summer Activity Review

Google CS First Video Game Design

Miniatures and Terrain Making

• Games Workshop

• Making bushes and hedges

• Walls

• Proxxon Foam cutter

Mold Making and Casting

The folks at Reynolds Advanced Materials were a huge help in deciding what projects to offer. We wanted to go a bit more in depth than their starter classes, but they gave us a great place to start from, as well as helping find affordable solutions for our more ambitious pours.

Materials Used

• Alginate

• Plaster of Paris

• Laboratory Dental Vacuum Forming Molding Machine

• Moldable Plastic Pellets by Polly Plastics (Reusable thermoplastic beads)

• 2 Part silicone mold putty

• 2 part liquid silicone molds

• 2 part epoxy as casting medium

• Mold Release

Summer Games

• Kerbal Space Program

• Valheim

• Gaslands

Keep an eye on our blog for more in depth coverage of our summer activities, with pictures!

Waccamaw Neck Branch Library Weekly Schedule.

Week One Tails and Tales Character Storyboard, and word magnets.

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
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Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

Music provided by The Ol’ Bronze Hare. The Ol' Bronze Hare is a solo project by Andy Young that performs original and traditional music that blends the styles of Americana, Celtic, and Quebecois. You can find their music on Bandcamp and Youtube as well as follow them on Facebook and Twitter at The Ol' Bronze Hare.

GSL 164: HABA in Libraries

In Games in Schools and Libraries #164 Donald is joined by the amazing T Caires, of Haba Games. They talk about animal related games that would go along with the 2021 Tails and Tales summer reading program, as well as the Haba library programs. https://www.habausa.com/

Tiffany@habausa.com

I apologize to our listeners and T Caires for the delay releasing this episode. Health issues and an incredibly busy summer schedule prevented it’s timely release. The content is still useful.

Dragon’s Breath from the HABA USA website.

Haba Games Discussed

• Dragon’s Breath

• Dragon’s Breath - The Hatching

My Very First Games

• First Orchard

• Nibble Munch Crunch

• Hungry as a Bear

Game Night Approved

• Adventure Land

• Honga

• The Key - Sabotage at Lucky Llama Land

Honga

HABA’s Library Support Program for the USA

How to get games and replace parts through Haba USA. (Have your Tax Exempt Paperwork available.)

https://www.habausa.com/library-support-program-usa/

Use Book Tape to repair or reinforce game box corners.

HABA and Schools

Haba likes working with schools, and encourages teachers or administration to contact them directly, but doesn’t have a formal program set up yet. T talks about a program they were involved with in helping teachers facilitate students playing virtually at home.

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

Music provided by The Ol’ Bronze Hare. The Ol' Bronze Hare is a solo project by Andy Young that performs original and traditional music that blends the styles of Americana, Celtic, and Quebecois. You can find their music on Bandcamp and Youtube as well as follow them on Facebook and Twitter at The Ol' Bronze Hare.

GSL 163: Tails and Tales 3, A Long Neck Spinosaurus

One of the Georgetown County Library character boards for our summer reading Tales and Tails giveaway. Patrons picked up a different board each week

Sorry for the delay on episodes. Donald was out sick for awhile and then busy with summer projects when he returned. We should be returning to our biweekly schedule.

On Games in Schools and Libraries episode 163 Chris and Donald talk about more tabletop games suitable to the 2021 Tales & Tails summer reading theme.

Games Mentioned

• HIVE

• Takenoko

• Coconuts

• Kontour

• Bring your Own Book

• Cartooner and Mangaka

• King of Tokyo / King of New York

• Evolution

  • Evolution Beginnings

  • Evolution Climate

  • Oceans

• Zooloretto and Aquaretto

• Happy Salmon

• Camel Up

• Baren Park

• Fauna and Terra

Don’t forget ShushCon is in October. Check back for details as they develop.

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 162: Tails and Tales 2, More Games with Animals

In episode 162 of the Games in Schools and Libraries Donald and Chris talk about other animal themed games which might be useful to include in your 2021 Summer Reading Tails and Tales activities.

Video Games

• Baba is You

• Goat Simulator

• Ultimate Chicken Horse

• Untitled Goose Game

• The Last Guardian

• Animal Crossing

• Never Alone

• Moss

• The Sonic Series

• Zoo Tychoon

• Crash Bandicoot

• Donkey Kong

• Deer God

Tabletop Games

• My Little Pony - Tales of Equestria RPG

• Adventure Maximus

• Battlesheep

• Hey! That's My Fish!

• My Little Scythe

• Dixit / Mysterium

• Before there were Stars

Non Game Mentions

• The Great Flamingo Uprising

• They Toys that Made Us

Don’t forget ShushCon is in October. Check back for details as they develop.

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 161: Tails and Tales 1

From the Endangered Cover Art

Games in Schools and Libraries episode 161 is the beginning of a series where Donald and Chris talk about games that support the 2021 Summer Reading theme “Tails and Tales”. Some of these are great games about animals, some are great storytelling games that can be used to tell tales about animals, and some are both!

Before they get to that the talk a little bit about what they are doing to incorporate the Glowforge into their summer reading activities.

Game Reviews

• Tiny Epic Tactics

• Aldabas

• ALDR

Tails and Tales Related Games

• Mice & Mystics

• Cockroach Poker

• Rory's Story Cubes

• Untold Adventures Await

• Endangered

• Costa Rico

• Cardline

• One Night Ultimate Werewolf

• One Week Ultimate Werewolf

• Werewords

Don’t forget ShushCon is in October. Check back for details as they develop.

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 30: The Main Event (REBROADCAST)

In this rebroadcast of Games in Schools and Libraries episode 30 Giles and Don talk about events. We discuss running events, publicizing events, and different ways of fostering interest.

This episode was originally hosted by the Games for Educators Website. After listening to this episode go check them out. http://g4ed.com/

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 160: Escape Games for the Classroom

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 160 Donald and Professor Scott Nicholson talk about publisher dummy contracts and maintaining the right to share your own work, how to get your published works cited appropriately, and the new book Unlocking the Potential of Puzzle-based Learning by Scott Nicholson and Liz Cable.

They also chat about puzzle hunts as learning and weekly puzzle challenges for the classroom.

After the break Scott looks back at his experience teaching Escape Room Design, and the added difficulty of moving online.

Scott also gives us a scoop about his upcoming project with The mEducation Alliance.

Find out more about Scott Nicholson at https://scottnicholson.com/

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 159: Fairy and Gnome Doors

Southern Georgetown Community Library Fairy Door

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 159 Donald and Chris talk about the cancelling of ShushCon Online 2021, new gaming shelves for the library, games they have played, and the Fairy and Gnome door project.

ShushCon

ShushCon 2021 Online Cancelled, but we will still run an event in October.

Four of our five new shelves, with room to grow.

New Game Shelves

Our new KALLAX shelves, from IKEA, while not necessarily as durable as standard library shelves are perfect for game collections. Recommended if you live near an Ikea and can pick them up. Not recommended to have them shipped to you.

• Ikea’s KALLAX Shelves

Tiny Epic Dungeons, still available through late pledges.

Reviews

• Tiny Epic Dungeons

• Deckscape: Heist in Venice

• Decktective: The Gaze of the Ghost

• Colony

• Scorpius Freighter

460 doors created and shared with our community!

Fairy Doors

We chat a bit about our creation of fairy doors for a system-wide program we worked on with our children’s services department. For more information check out our blog, linked below.

• GSL Fairy Door Blog

• Fair Door photo album

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 158: The Spiel Foundation

On Episode 158 of Games in Schools and Libraries Donald and Kathleen are joined by Stephen Conway to talk about what the Spiel Foundation is doing for schools and libraries.

The Spiel Foundation

Stephen Conway serves as Director of the Spiel Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2007.

The foundation is dedicated to making the world a more playful place, and to do so they deliver bundles of games to a wide variety of organizations serving players of all ages (children’s hospitals, senior centers, shelters, halfway houses, boys and girls clubs, schools, libraries, and even prisons).

• stephen@thespielfoundation.com

• http://thespiel.net/

• http://thespielfoundation.com/

• http://www.majorfun.com/

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 157: Social for Social's Sake

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 157 Donald is joined by Dustin Staats of Board Gaming with Education to talk about the value of games in a pandemic and post pandemic education setting.

Dustin Staats

• Board Gaming with Education

• @bge_games

• GSL 138: Board Gaming with Education

Also mentioned

• Google Jamboard

• Flip Grid

• Trapwords

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System.