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Are there no charity shops in your local area you can check for games? It's how we got most of our games and considering how easy it is for pieces to go astray there's nothing worse than paying full whack for a game and then losing some key pieces. On 08/08/2011 20:48, John Dolan wrote: > > Of course, go for it! > > Great for children and adults -- scrabble, draughts, chess, etc. > certainly organise tournaments or games days. Great pastime; allows > people to be together in the library; people make friends; learn things. > > Like many in-library activities it brings the books to life! > > In Rotterdam Library [if memory serves me] they have one of those life > size chess sets in the entrance hall on a chequered tiled floor -- in > use every day! > > Enjoy! > > John > > **/John Dolan OBE, BA, Dip Lib, MCLIP/** > > //205 Hole Lane// > > //Birmingham////B31 2DA// > > //UK// > > //E. [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > //T. 0121 476 4258// > > //M. 07508 204200// > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:*lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Ka Ming Pang > *Sent:* 08 August 2011 12:44 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Scrabble in Library? > > Hello > > I'm thinking of suggesting that our library buys a scrabble set for > the children users to play with, and wanted to know if any other > library offered this or other board games, or if they run > competitions, and also what the uptake is like. > > Thanks > > Ka-Ming. > -- - -- Loz "I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension." - Freeman Dyson "Now remember: The safety word is 'Run!'" - Kari Byron, Mythbusters