GSL 61: Escape Columbia and ShushCon

In episode 61 of Games in Schools and Libraries Donald and Stephanie talk about presenting at the SC State Library about Escape Rooms. They also review Escape Plan Columbia and chat about ShushCon 2017 & Escape Room Workshop. 

Photo album of escape room related pictures.  https://goo.gl/photos/P9MDMRtEdND7P8s18

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Posted on February 9, 2017 .

GSL 60: Giant Games

In episode 60 of Games in Schools and Libraries Donald Dennis & Stephanie Frey discuss large games in the library, and how Stephanie created an over-sized Catan.

Reviews
Coconuts
Garbage Day
Fuji Flush
Fabled Fruit

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Posted on February 3, 2017 .

GSL 59: 4 Player Couch Play

In episode 59 of Games in Schools and Libraries Donald and Stephanie talk about popular games that can be played by four players at a time on one XBOX One or PS4. 

  • Rocket League
  • Minecraft
  • Tricky towers
  • Gauntlet
  • Overcooked
  • Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
  • Rayman Legends
  • Broforce
  • Castle Crasher
  • Battle Block Theater
  • Madden NBA 2K WW 2K
  • Trials Fusion
  • Goat Simulator
  • Magica 2

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Posted on November 29, 2016 .

GSL 58: Evolution

In this episode of Games in Schools and Libraries Donald talks with Dominic Crapuchettes of Northstar Games about the Evolution game line.




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Posted on November 3, 2016 .

GSL 57: Games and Montessori

In this episode of the Games in Schools and Libraries Podcast Donald Dennis and Bill Reed Discuss games in Montessori schools, and bringing game professionals into the classroom.

Bill Reed on Board Game Geek
https://boardgamegeek.com/user/wmreed

 

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Posted on October 29, 2016 .

GSL 56: Escape Room Creation

Donald and Stephanie talk about their experience building an escape room and sharing it with patrons in Pawleys Island and with librarians at the SC State Library training day.

Pictures of props
https://goo.gl/photos/P9MDMRtEdND7P8s18  

Breakout EDU
http://www.breakoutedu.com/

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Posted on October 21, 2016 .

GSL 55: SC State Library Training Day

Donald talks about the SC State Library training day for games with Pamela, Alisha, and Katie.

Pamela Hoppock
SC State Library Learning Experiences Coordinator
Host of the Library Voices SC podcast

Alisha Polkowski
Librarian
Part owner of SCARAB Gaming Convention. 

Katie Simmons
SC State Library User Experience Designer

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Posted on October 16, 2016 .

GSL 54: RPGs with Jon Maness

Games in Schools and Libraries 54
In this episode Donald and Jon talk about what games might be suitable for introducing new players to Role Playing Games.

Jon Maness  @KoboldDude on Twitter

SCARAB Swarmcast @SCARABSwarmCast on Twitter
http://jonman.podbean.com/

SCARAB Gaming Convention January 13th - 16th 2017
http://www.s-c-a-r-a-b.com/

RPGs Discussed

  • Adventure Maximus
  • Kobolds Ate My Baby
  • Dread / Grim
  • Fiasco
  • TOON

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GSL 53: WINQ Game Design Feedback

Katheleen Mercury joins Donald to talk about classroom game design, and the WINQ game design feedback method.

Fail Faster - Extra Credits
https://youtu.be/rDjrOaoHz9s

32:38 Donald & Stephanie Review Games
Stowaway 52 from Gamewright
Escape the Room Dr. Gravely's Retreat from Think Fun Games
Backyard Builder's Treehouse Crash of Games  
Top That from Blue Orange
Gigamons from Blue Orange
Piratoons from Stronghold
Stellar conflict from Stronghold
Animals on Board from Stronghold
Bear Valley from Stronghold
999 from Chunsoft
Zero Escape from Kotaro Uchikoshi
Castle Crashers fromThe Behemoth
Realm of the Mad God from Wild Shadow Studios

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GSL 52: Pokemon Go

In this episode Donald, Stephanie, and Ian talk about the latest ARG hotness - Pokemon Go. Learn what happens at a Pokemon Gym, what being a Pokestop means, and how to lure Pokemon Trainers into your library.  

Our library is swarmed with Pokemon trainers and some of them join us on mic to let us know what they think about Pokemon Go, the new augmented reality game.  


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Posted on July 15, 2016 .

GSL 51: ALA 2016

Special segments recorded at the 2016 American Library Association Annual Conference. 

Tonya  Woldridge of Paizo on the Pathfinder Society  http://www.paizo.com
Harry Chang of Konami Digital Entertainment on the Yugioh TCG Library Demo Program http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/
Leah Culliten of Haba USA about ALA, and Haba Curriculum Support http://www.habausa.com  
David Hoyt about Giant Word Winder http://www.giantwordwinder.com 
Richie Yukiko Teen Librarian for the Broward County Library http://www.broward.org/library/
Pedro Mendoza & Steven Eckman at the ALA Play UNPUB http://unpub.net/

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Posted on July 2, 2016 and filed under ALA.