GSL 46: ShushCon Recap

Donald & Stephanie talk about all of the exciting activities at ShushCon, and then they Review:

Escape the Room
Uglydoll Loonacy
Happy Salmon
Munchkin: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Lift it!

Matt Saunders from the Yellow Parable talks about starting up a board game club at the middle school in conjunction with an existing chess club
@Matt_Saunders (twitter) and matt@mowemdown.com (email)
BGG: oicu12b12

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Posted on March 31, 2016 by Donald Dennis.

GSL 45: Replacement Games

In Games and Schools and Libraries, episode 45, Donald & Stephanie talk about ShushCon, a convention being held at the WNB Library in Pawleys Island SC, March 11,12,& 13. They also talk about replacement games for some classics that are a bit long in the tooth.

In this episode we replace

Monopoly
Snakes & Ladders
Jenga
Yahtzee

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Posted on February 1, 2016 by Donald Dennis.

GSL 44: Tea Dueling

Donald & Stephanie talk about breaking the spirit of the IT department, and having to take control of the teen room computers. Stephanie talks about receiving a Unity License Grant.

Steampunk Tea Party

Tea Dueling
Ruse
Girl Genius: The Works
Forbidden Desert

Minecraft

Mining Dead - http://www.mc-adventure.com/
Mineplex http://mineplex.com/
Hypixel https://hypixel.net/

Starting a Game Club at School

By Matt Saunders of yellowparable.com
@Matt_Saunders (twitter)
BGG: oicu12b12

Reviews

Mysterium
Got Em!
The Amazing Doctor Nim
Girl Genius: The Works
Mice & Mystics

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Posted on December 10, 2015 by Donald Dennis.

GSL 43: Gamify your Classroom with Helaina (Hoffman) Storie

Helaina (Hoffman) Storie

BGG: HHoffman
Twitter: @HStoriegamified

http://www.classcraft.com/
https://prodigygame.com

Games Reviewed

Venture
Brave Rats
Sherrif of Nottingham
Power Grid

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Posted on November 3, 2015 by Donald Dennis.

GSL 7: Themes Part 2 (REBROADCAST)

This is the second of a two-part Games in Schools and Libraries podcast about game themes, how they can be handy for getting people into a game, how they can support curriculum and how they can also be inappropriate.

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Posted on September 21, 2015 by Donald Dennis.

GSL 6: Theme Part 1 (REBROADCAST)

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 6, Don and Giles discuss game themes, how they can be handy for getting people into a game, how they can support curriculum and how they can also be inappropriate.

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Donald Dennis and tagged themes cirriculum games school libraries.

GSL 42: Teaching Game Design with Kathleen Mercury

In this episode I discuss using game design in classrooms with Kathleen Mercury, and several YA patrons from the WNB Library in Georgetown County give brief feedback about CS First Game Design.

Kathleen Mercury
www.kathleenmercury.com
BGG: funkdonut https://boardgamegeek.com/user/funkdonut
Twitter: @mmmmmmmercury

Show Links
Board Game Geek Link to Class Projects https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/191126/game-designs-future-are-here-created-middle-school
d.school: Institute of Design at Stanford http://dschool.stanford.edu/
Extra Credits - Minimum Viable Product https://youtu.be/UvCri1tqIxQ
Link to episode with Rhino Hero songs http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/obg-cfe-19-far-space-foundry

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Posted on August 15, 2015 by Donald Dennis and tagged podcast games gamedesign design schools libraries CS First game design kathleen mercury.

GSL 5: Game Space (REBROADCAST)

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 5 Giles and Don talk about the spaces required and some of the physical considerations worth thinking about when playing games in a school or library.

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Posted on August 7, 2015 by Donald Dennis and filed under REBROADCAST.

GSL 41: Circulating Games - Do You Count All the Pieces?

Donald is joined by PJ Bentley and Kellen Freeman to discuss circulating games. Stephanie Frey and John help review Ricochet Robots, Rampage, and Dancing Eggs.

Board Game Bibliography

Kellen Freeman

BGG: kenzlo
Reddit: kenzlo
Twitter: kellenfreeman
G+: +KellenFreeman
URL: kellenfreeman.net
Library URL: delawarelibrary.org (dedicated page on board games is http://www.delawarelibrary.org/services/board-games)
Game wiki: bit.do/boardgames

PJ Bentley