Games Day

The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library will join thousands in celebrating International Games Month @ Your Library, highlighting the popularity and power of games and play, monthly on the third Saturday of each month through April 2023.

Join the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library and over a thousand libraries around the world in celebrating International Games Month @ Your Library beginning on Saturday, November 19th from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. in the Main Meeting Room and continuing monthly on the 3rd Saturday of the month through April (Nov. 19, Dec. 17, Jan. 21, Feb. 18, Mar. 18, and Apr. 25). A wide variety of board games, card games, and video games for all ages will be free to play on a first-come, first-served basis. Examples of games that will be available include classic favorites such as Candyland, Chutes & Ladders, Monopoly, Scrabble, Chess, and Checkers; new standards such as Settlers of Catan, Forbidden Island, Apples to Apples, and Pandemic; and various video games for consoles such as Nintendo Switch. Attendees may drop in at any time during the event to try new games, play old favorites, or simply watch all of the fun.

International Games Month is an international initiative supported by the American Library Association, the Australian Library and Information Association, Nordic Game Day, L’Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, and the Public and Mobile Library Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. For more information about International Games Month please visit https://games.ala.org/international-games-month/