Thursday, August 9, 2007

Building A Gaming Community

Donald G. Dennis. "Building a Gaming Community and Game-Friendly Environment." Gaming is easy and inexpensive to start in the library today.

Physical
Lighting, power, ISP, ambient sound/soud isolation/doors, food, beverages--Games should be visible, secure. Keep a missing pieces bin.
--Hanging bags for games near back. Core collection right here.
--Decor. Web community, etc.

Focus
--Traditional. RPG (Role Playing Games). Electronic. Choose one.
--Be the go-to person for gamer's advisory. Choose a game of the month. Make reviews. Session reports. Podcasrs.

Back to the Book
--Choose Your Own Adventures, Lost World, RPG's SRD's (System Reference Documents), Hoyle's, Humor, Graphic Novels, Comics, Dark Tower, PVP, Knights of the Dinner Table, etc.

Activities
--game nights -tournamaents -miniconventions

Promote
--Local game groups, conventions, stores press releases, 2.0, game companies will send free stuff.

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