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The quiet takeover of the local library's study room
I had to drop off some tax forms at the downtown branch yesterday, and I walked past their main study room. Every single table was taken up by board game groups, not a single person studying. I counted three separate games of Gloomhaven, two tables with Twilight Imperium set up, and one group deep into a campaign for something called Kingdom Death: Monster. The librarian at the desk just shrugged and said, 'Tuesdays are for the conquerors.' It was a full-scale invasion of cardboard and miniatures. I guess the free space and big tables are too good to pass up, but it made me wonder where the actual students go. Has your local library become an unofficial game hall too?
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abby_wilson511mo ago
Our library's study room has a permanent Risk board set up on table three. The reference desk keeps a lost and found box for stray dice and hero clix. They tried a "quiet hours" sign once, but a guy arguing about dragon movement rules tore it down. It's basically a free game cafe with worse coffee.
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oliver21mo ago
@abby_wilson51's library sounds like ours, where the chess club now runs a full tournament ladder from the genealogy section.
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