In June, the Tuesday Plug & Play virtual gaming meetup was attended by two people. After meeting on Discord, we moved to Yucata.de for a game of Rajas of the Ganges then Board Game Arena for a game of Innovation.

Moving forward, we're suspending virtual Plug & Play on the 3rd Tuesday of the month in lieu of in-person Unplug & Play sessions. For now, the library's online Discord server, JPL_Plug&Play, will remain open to facilitate communication between library gamers. Feel free to use it to talk about what you're bringing to Unplug & Play, talk about games (playing, designing, etc.), or to facilitate any virtual gaming you want to arrange between you and your friends. I'll be renaming the channels to reflect the changing emphasis on supporting in-person as well as virtual gaming (this might take me a few weeks).

We hope that virtual Plug & Play has helped you stay in touch with your gaming friends during this time we've had to forego our normal in-person meetings. Let's all cross our fingers that the pandemic will subside enough for COVID restrictions to ease so we can move Unplug & Play inside after August.

In June, 18 games were checked out of the library.

DONATIONS

In June, the game Cards Against Humanity: Family Edition was donated by the designer and publisher, Max Tempkin. Also, the game F I T S (Fill in the Spaces) was transferred from the Unplug & Play collection to the Circulating collection.

To see more about Circulating Games, go to Jervis Library's website, www.jervislibrary.org. Click on GAMES at the bottom of the page, then Game Collection at the top of the page. Circulating games are highlighted in yellow. To see the Unplug & Play collection, go to the bottom of the sheet and click "Unplug & Play."

The library is once again open without appointment! For now, masks must still be worn over mouth and nose by all who enter the building. Summer hours of operation are Mon-Thu 8:30-7:30, Fri 8:30-5:30 (the library is closed on Saturdays for the summer, reopening September 18).

That's all for this month. I hope to see you over an ACTUAL game table in the near future.