In May, John Spiess, Jim Stanton and I were invited to the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) Conference in Hartford Connecticut, which is a yearly conference devoted to new programming in libraries, amongst other topics. We came prepared – complete with a few table top setups, and a presentation on everything Next Gen has been up to. I’ve been to lots of these types of conferences before, but what differentiated CLA was the amount of energy in the facility. We had over 50 people at our breakout session, which was lovely. The librarians asked great questions, took our business cards, and were already asking about setting up events. In fact, we’ll be running summer events in both Canton and Waterford, Connecticut solely through connections we made at the conference. It was a ton of fun!
John Spiess, whom I simply refer to as the “Jedi Master” of miniature painting, has been cranking out Dark Ages figures in preparation for his “Battle of Hastings” game at Historicon 2022. Recently, I got a chance to see these figures in person, and I played his “Halberd, Mace, and Great Sword” ruleset. I’ll leave it at this – if you’re reading this blogpost, I hope you’ll be at Historicon 2022 to play!
Yes- if you’re wondering- that shield is hand painted with a brush. It is not a transfer!
Lastly, if you have any interest in game based learning (if you’re reading this article, you probably do), I was a recent guest on the IPA USA podcast, where I got a chance to talk about some of my thoughts on games in the classroom. Should you be interested, check out this YouTube link.
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We’re in the process of booking up events for the summer, so if you’re interested, give us a holler!
