The LOT (Library of Things)

Let’s Try Something New at the Library!
 
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) recently awarded funding to the MetroShare Community of Libraries Consortium under its Regional ILS Cooperative grant program to provice educational and recreational kits at all MetroShare Libraries and are designed to enhance the lives of Library patrons.
 
There are kits for patrons of all ages.  The recreational kits range from an outdoor movie screen to a giant dice yard game, from hosting a podcast to playing pickleball.  Educational kits include learning to play the piano, coding basics with a Space Rover, and Playaway Launchpad pre-loaded tablets to learn Spanish, math, and more.  These kits are designed to give patrons the opportunity to try something new, without the commitment of purchasing their own equipment.

Publisher
Goliath Games
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 game (1 playing board, 42 sequence cards, 84 playing marker chips) ; in container 40 x 26 x 5 cm + 1 instruction sheet
Language
English
Description
Publisher
Feierya
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 game (1 automatic card shuffler) ; in container 21 x 11 x 10 cm + 1 instruction sheet
Language
English
Description
Publisher
Peaceable Kingdom Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 game (1 game board, 6 owl tokens, 1 sun token, 14 sun cards, 36 color cards) ; in box 18 x 29 x 3 cm + 1 instruction
Language
English
Description

284) Hex hex

Publisher
Smirk & Dagger Games
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 game (94 cards, 6 score cards, scoring tokens, 12 hex tokens) : color ; in box 4 x 6 x 2 inches.
Language
English
Description

285) Scythe

Author
Publisher
Stonemaier Games
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 game (Global components: 2 rules booklets, 1 quick reference guide, 5 dual-layered player mats, 1 game board, 80 resource tokens, 80 coins, 12 multiplier tokens, 12 encounter tokens, 6 structure bonus tiles, 42 combat cards, 23 objective cards, 28 encounter cards, 12 factory cards, 2 power dials, 5 riverwalk cards, 5 quick-start cards, 31 automa cards. Faction-specific components: 20 mech miniatures, 5 character miniatures, 5 faction mats, 5 custom wooden action tokens, 5 custom wooden popularity tokens, 5 custom wooden power tokens, 30 custom wooden star tokens, 20 custom wooden structure tokens, 20 custom wooden recruit tokens, 40 custom wooden worker tokens, 30 wooden technology cubes) : cardboard, paper, wood, plastic, color ; in box 30 x 36 x 10 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Publisher
Wholesale Chess
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 game (34 chess pieces, 1 roll up chess board, 1 quiver chess bag) ; in container ‎23 x 4 x 4 inches
Language
English
Description
Publisher
Hans im Glück
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 game (84 land tiles, 1 scoring track, 25 wooden followers in each of 5 colors, 5 summary cards, and 1 rule booklet) : cardboard and wood, color ; 2.5 x 10.8 x 7.5 inches.
Language
English
Description

288) Monopoly

Publisher
Electronic Arts
Pub. Date
©2008
Edition
PlayStation 2.
Physical Desc
1 computer optical disc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Publisher
Hasbro
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 game (1 game board, 4 gingerbread character pawns, 64 cards) : cardboard, plastic, color ; in container 27 x 47 x 4 cm + 1 instruction sheet
Language
English
Publisher
Brotherwise Games
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
5th edition.
Physical Desc
1 game (1 rulebook, 1 quick start guide, 155 cards) ; cardboard, plastic, color ; 5 x 1.5 x 8.2 inches (in container).
Language
English
Description
Publisher
Peaceable Kingdom
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 game (1 game board, 3 plastic dinosaurs, 12 fern tokens, 5 volcano pieces, 1 stand, 1 dice) color illustrations ; in container 23 x 32 x 4 cm
Language
English
Description
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
3 books, 1 game board, 1 set of polyhedral dice, and accessories in a portable plastic container
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Publisher
Hasbro
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 game (2 battle cases, 10 ships, 94 red pegs, 187 white pegs, 1 rule sheet) : color, plastic ; in box 2.99 x 10.63 x 10.63 inches (27 x 27 x 8 cm)
Language
English
Description
Publisher
Asmodee Editions, LLC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 game (109 card, instructions) : color illustrations ; approximately 7 x 5 cm in metal box approximately 12 x 12 x 4 cm + 1 instruction leaflet
Language
English
Description
Publisher
Wonder Forge
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 game (1 game board in 3 sections, 4 movers with bases, 1 spinner, 1 ferry tile, 10 magnifying glass tokens, 6 food tiles, 30 goldbug cards, and 1 sand timer, rules) : cardboard, plastic, color ; in container 27 x 40 x 7 cm
Language
English
Description

296) Crows

Author
Publisher
Valley Games, Inc
Pub. Date
©2010?
Physical Desc
1 game (38 crows, 53 tiles, 8 shiny objects, 20 special tokens, 1 first player marker, 4 +100 scores markers, 1 scoreboard) : cardboard, plastic, color ; in container 20 x 25 x 7 cm + 1 instruction booklet (4 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm)
Language
English
Description
Publisher
Gnomish Har, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 game (29 evidence various evidence pieces) plastic container ;
Language
English
Description
Publisher
Days of Wonder
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 game (1 game board, 20 blue trains, 20 red trains, 20 green trains, 20 yellow trains, 72 train cards, 32 ticket cards, 4 coast to coast cards, 1 golden ticket card, 1 instruction sheet) : cardboad, wood, plastic, color ; in container (30 x 30 x 8 cm)
Language
English
Description
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
261 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description

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