Comments on: How School Libraries Can Use Board Games http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/04/22/how-school-libraries-can-use-board-games.html shifting libraries at the speed of byte Fri, 16 May 2008 03:53:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Dennis Blackmore http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/04/22/how-school-libraries-can-use-board-games.html#comment-7186 Dennis Blackmore Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:07:40 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/04/22/how-school-libraries-can-use-board-games.html#comment-7186 at last, more people to play scrabble !! at last, more people to play scrabble !!

]]> By: El CheapO http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/04/22/how-school-libraries-can-use-board-games.html#comment-7251 El CheapO Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:40:58 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/04/22/how-school-libraries-can-use-board-games.html#comment-7251 All I have to say is Chess Chess Chess! All I have to say is Chess Chess Chess!

]]> By: Liz http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/04/22/how-school-libraries-can-use-board-games.html#comment-7288 Liz Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:01:36 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/04/22/how-school-libraries-can-use-board-games.html#comment-7288 Carcassonne! Settlers of Cataan! Puerto Rico! Oasis! Gulo Gulo! Ice Towers! Magic! Pokemon! D&D! <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/3700" rel="nofollow">Monster Island</a>. Carcassonne! Settlers of Cataan! Puerto Rico! Oasis! Gulo Gulo! Ice Towers! Magic! Pokemon! D&D! Monster Island.

]]> By: Liz http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/04/22/how-school-libraries-can-use-board-games.html#comment-7290 Liz Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:06:30 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/04/22/how-school-libraries-can-use-board-games.html#comment-7290 Oh and King of the Beasts is particularly good for kids who can't read yet. It has interesting strategy. Oh and King of the Beasts is particularly good for kids who can’t read yet. It has interesting strategy.

]]> By: Christopher Harris http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/04/22/how-school-libraries-can-use-board-games.html#comment-7308 Christopher Harris Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:30:39 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/04/22/how-school-libraries-can-use-board-games.html#comment-7308 Thanks for the game suggestions, everyone. We have quite a few of them already, full list at <a href="http://sls.gvboces.org/gaming/gamelibrary" rel="nofollow">our gaming site</a>, but will certainly check out King of the Beasts and some of the others. Being a school setting, we have been most carefully avoiding D&D for now. We didn't want anything to derail the gaming project before it got started and D&D does bring a bit of baggage with it to the table. Call us chicken if you must, but I made the decision to focus on success. CCGs are out (for now) for the same reason. Schools have had many issues with them. What we did do, though, is bet games that are similar. For example, Skallywaggs provides a nice CCG-like card set with complex rules but no collecting. Shadows over Camelot provides some of the epic quest elements of D&D in a more ELA-aligned setting. It has been very interesting working with our local gaming store. They have had to start taking a much closer look at games to realize that what they think is an awesome game won't work for us because it is all about brewing beer. Thanks for the support, and please keep sending us suggestions if you have more ideas for K-12 games that can be tied to a curriculum standard! Thanks for the game suggestions, everyone. We have quite a few of them already, full list at our gaming site, but will certainly check out King of the Beasts and some of the others.

Being a school setting, we have been most carefully avoiding D&D for now. We didn’t want anything to derail the gaming project before it got started and D&D does bring a bit of baggage with it to the table. Call us chicken if you must, but I made the decision to focus on success. CCGs are out (for now) for the same reason. Schools have had many issues with them. What we did do, though, is bet games that are similar. For example, Skallywaggs provides a nice CCG-like card set with complex rules but no collecting. Shadows over Camelot provides some of the epic quest elements of D&D in a more ELA-aligned setting.

It has been very interesting working with our local gaming store. They have had to start taking a much closer look at games to realize that what they think is an awesome game won’t work for us because it is all about brewing beer.

Thanks for the support, and please keep sending us suggestions if you have more ideas for K-12 games that can be tied to a curriculum standard!

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