Games at Jervis Library
Unplug & Play Game Night
Once a month, the library offers a night of fun where participants can "unplug" (put down their electronics) and play board games with live opponents. Participants can bring their own games or choose from the upstairs Unplug & Play game cart or the downstairs circulating game collection—check one out and bring it upstairs to the auditorium! Hope to see you there!
For more information, click Unplug & Play at the top of the page.
Circulating Games
The circulating game collection is now a robust collection of 130+ games and growing, split between two collections:
Family Games (appropriate for ages 7 and younger) in the Children's Room
All Other Games next to the stairs by the Information Desk
For more information, click Circulating Games at the top of the page.
Upcoming Events
Unplug & Play Tabletop Gaming
Unplug & Play is held on the first Wednesday (new) and third Tuesday of each month from 5–8pm in the library auditorium. Look for announcements on the library's Facebook page and on the Facebook group page of the CNY Tabletop Games Society.
Upcoming 2022 dates: 11/2, 11/15, 12/7, 12/20
Mahjong for Beginners
Wednesday, November 30, 5-7pm
Tuesday, December 27, 5-7pm
Auditorium
Learn how to play Mahjong! We'll talk about the differences between Mahjong sets and rules and learn how to play the Hong Kong variant. If you want to read the Hong Kong rules ahead of time, we'll be using Tom Sloper's excellent FAQ https://sloperama.com/mjfaq/mjfaq10.html
Stay connected with what's going on with the library on the library's Facebook page and on our website, jervislibrary.org, or click the link below to subscribe to the library's monthly Gamer's Newsletter email.
Spotlight Game
Mariposas
Game Designer: Elizabeth Hargrave
Publisher/Year: AEG 2021
Number of Players: 2-5
For ages: 14 and up
Duration: 45 minutes
Mariposas
(game description from boardgamegeek.com)
"Every spring, millions of monarch butterflies leave Mexico to spread out across eastern North America. Every fall, millions fly back to Mexico. However, no single butterfly ever makes the round trip.
"Mariposas is a game of movement and set collection that lets players be part of this amazing journey.
"Mariposas is played in three seasons. In general, your butterflies try to head north in spring, spread out in summer, and return south in fall. The end of each season brings a scoring round, and at the end of fall, the player with the most successful family of butterflies — i.e., the most victory points — wins the game."
Mariposas is part of the Circulating Game Collection and is will be available for check out in November.
Spotlight Games are displayed in the Unplug & Play display case, next to the Circulating Games collection, near the Information Desk. Look for a new game every month!
Get more information about this and other games at BoardGameGeek.com.
This page last edited 10/11/22 by PAC