10 Books for Fans of Dungeons & Dragons
by Alex Kohn, YA Information Assistant, Mulberry Street Library
December 16, 2020
Dungeons and Dragons, colloquially known as DnD or D&D, is experiencing a bit of a resurgence in popularity. First published in 1974, this tabletop role playing game is an enduring example of collaborative storytelling. If you enjoy playing D&D, consuming D&D content, or just want to see what all the fuss is about, here are some books to get you started.
Word Search Puzzles to Celebrate NYPL125
by Andrea Lipinski, Senior Young Adult Librarian, Kingsbridge Library
August 20, 2020
Please enjoy these puzzles based on some of our most checked out books.
Game Day With the Kingsbridge Teen Advisory Group: "Exploding Kittens" Edition!
by Andrea Lipinski, Senior Young Adult Librarian, Kingsbridge Library
March 19, 2018
The teens in our Teen Advisory Group were already in about-to-go-on-vacation mode. Seemed like a great time for them to try a card game that involves plotting, revenge, and kittens.
NYPLarcade: International Games Day 2017
by Thomas Knowlton, Outreach Librarian, MyLibraryNYC
November 8, 2017
Please join us for International Games Day and celebrate play, literacy, and games at the Library!
NYPLarcade: Game Design Books at the Library
by Thomas Knowlton, Outreach Librarian, MyLibraryNYC
April 13, 2016
Whatever your age or interests, the library can point you to great books and resources for designing your own games.
NYPL Across and Down: Crossword Puzzle Answer Key
by Tracy O'Neill
December 22, 2015
Did you fill out NYPL Across and Down: A Crossword Puzzle? Check to see how well you know the Library with the answer key below.
NYPL Across and Down: A Crossword Puzzle
by Tracy O'Neill
December 21, 2015
On December 21, 1913, the first known published crossword appeared in the New York World newspaper. Today, in celebration, we're challenging you to complete our New York Public Library-themed crossword!
NYPLarcade: International Games Day 2015
by Thomas Knowlton, Outreach Librarian, MyLibraryNYC
November 6, 2015
Saturday, November 21 is International Games Day, an annual event to encourage play and games at libraries all over the world. We will be celebrating IGD 2015 with games and coding for all ages, click for the full schedule!
Podcast #74: Colson Whitehead on Poker
by Tracy O'Neill
August 18, 2015
For this week's episode of the New York Public Library podcast, Colson Whitehead discusses poker. In 2011, the author traveled to the World Series of Poker, where he competed and reported back for Grantland.
A V. Thomas Pynchon Crossword Puzzle
by Tracy O'Neill
May 8, 2015
Happy birthday, Thomas Pynchon! In honor of the author's dazzling literary headrushes we've put together a crossword that only a real fan can conquer. So put down your muted post horn and show us your Pynchon puzzling know-how.
July Reader's Den: "Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It" by David Ewalt - Wrap Up
by Brian Baer, Mulberry Street Library
July 30, 2014
Hello and welcome to the wrap up of Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt. I hope you enjoy or are enjoying the book as much as I have. If you have any comments or questions please feel free to write below. For August the book is The Circle by David Eggers.
July Reader's Den: "Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It" by David Ewalt Part 3
by Brian Baer, Mulberry Street Library
July 24, 2014
Welcome back to the Reader's Den for part three of Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt. In Part two we discussed the chapters on Roleplaying. In this post we discuss the history of Dungeons & Dragons itself.
July Reader's Den: "Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It" by David Ewalt Part 2
by Brian Baer, Mulberry Street Library
July 22, 2014
Of Dice and Men is essentially a history of Dungeons and Dragons, but it also seeks to explain gaming to the non-gamer or the curious.
July Reader's Den: "Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It" by David Ewalt
by Brian Baer, Mulberry Street Library
July 11, 2014
In Of Dice and Men, David Ewalt recounts the development of Dungeons & Dragons from its roots in the games of the Ancient World and 19th Century Europe, through its many incarnations and editions and the hysteria that came with it, to its current incarnation in video games.
Booktalking "Grandmaster" by David Klass
by Miranda McDermott, Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library
May 22, 2014
David Pratzer, aka "Patzer-face," is a chess novice who is surprised to learn that his father is a grandmaster at the game. Visualizing the chess board, spending hours each day studying open moves... chess is mental combat, and it emotionally and mentally exhausts its participants.
Booktalking "Endgame" by Frank Brady
by Miranda McDermott, Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library
May 22, 2014
On his sixth birthday, Robert James Fischer received a chess set from his 11-year-old sister Joan. It was the beginning of Bobby Fischer's epic journey from a poor Brooklyn school boy to a national and international chess celebrity.
Historical Maps in Minecraft
by Leonard Richardson, NYPL Labs
May 8, 2014
At a recent internal hacking event here, NYPL Labs developer Paul Beaudoin recruited me into an interesting project: transforming one of the library's 20,000 digitized historical maps into the three-dimensional world of the building game Minecraft.
I'm Sending You to the Graveyard! YuGiOh and Magic at Chatham Square
by Margo Zhao
April 4, 2014
At the Chatham Square Branch, the children and teens that join together in groups send one clear message to each other when playing two certain card games: I’M SENDING YOU TO THE GRAVEYARD!
In Praise of Board Games
by Helen Broady, Bronx Library Center
April 3, 2014
The next time we had "no-computer/board game time" I was amazed at the reaction from our regulars. When asked the same question and replying with the standard answer, I heard an exuberant "Ooh! We can play board games now? "
Booktalking "Mahjong All Day Long" by Ginnie Lo
by Miranda McDermott, Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library
January 17, 2014
Everyone loves mahjong, a Chinese tile matching game. When you play mahjong, you can hear the clicking of the tiles.
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