Starting on May 17th, McCone County Library cardholders will be able to borrow board games from the library. Due to a generous grant from the Montana Children’s Trust Fund, we were able to secure well over 100 games. These games will have a lending period of one week. Cardholders will be able to place holds on games through our website or by calling the library. Renewal of games may depend on how many holds are outstanding on a particular game. Games were chosen in many different categories to appeal to a wide variety of library patrons. We have games for people pf every age and interest. If you have questions about any of the games, contact Mary at the library.
Listed below are the current collection of games organized by category:
| Games for Pre-K | Familiy Games | Party Games | Educational Games | Strategy Games | Classic Games |
| Acorn Soup | Apples to Apples | Cards Against Humanity | Articulate | 221b Baker Street | Backgammon |
| Animals matching game | Articulate | Cards Against Humanity blue box | Bananagrams | Arkham Horror | Big Boggle Classic |
| Button Button Belly Button | Battleship | Cards Against Humanity Family | Don’t Quote Me | Azul | 2 waterproof card decks |
| Dinosaur Bingo | Blockbuster Game | Cards Against Humanity red box | Double Bananagrams (more tiles to play with more people) | Betrayal at House on the Hill | Hoyles Rules of Games |
| Dinosaur Matching Game | Candyland | Cards Against Humanity green box | Escape Room in a Box | Carcassone | Checkers/Chess |
| First 100 Alphabet | Chutes & Ladders | Disturbed Friends | Escape the Room Dr Gravely | Catan | Clue Classic Edition |
| First 100 Animals | Disney Villainous | Exploding Kittens | Game of the States | Catan Extension (so you play with up to 6 people) | Family Feud 40th Anniversary Edition |
| First 100 Words | Mind the Gap | Murder Mystery taste for wine and murder | Jeopardy Travel | Choose Your Own Adventure | Farkle Dice Cup |
| Go Fish | Rummikub | Never Have I Ever | Laser Maze | Codenames | Foldable Cribbage Board with cards |
| Hungry Hungry Hippos | Scrabble Slam | Superfight | National Geographic Brain Games | Deadwood 1876 | Jenga |
| I Spy Travel | Sequence | Superfight 80″s deck | No Stress Chess | Dominion | Mahjong |
| Jungle Bowling Pins | Sorry | Superfight orange deck | Paperback | Dune Imperium | Mexican Train Dominoes |
| Monkey Around | Telestrations | Sushi Go Party | Rush Hour | Forbiddden Island | Monopoly Classic |
| Mouse Trap | The Floor Is Lava | Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza | Simple Math Bingo | Hive | Parcheesi |
| Nibble Crunch Munch | Travel Bingo | Unstable Unicorns | Tangrams | Jaws | Risk 1959 |
| Old Maid | Uno 50th Anniversary | What Do You Meme tiktok edition | Trivial Pursuit | King of Tokyo | Scattergories |
| Princess Matching Game | Guess Who | Stupid Deaths | Half Truth | Lord of the Rings Quest to Mount Doom | Scrabble Classic |
| Snap | Pop Up Trouble | Munchkin Crazy Cooks | Yahtzee | ||
| Sneaky Snacky Squirrel | Qwirkle | Munchkin Deluxe | Chess Set | ||
| Spot It | What Do You Meme family edition | Munchkin Shakespeare | |||
| Spot it Animal Bingo | Throw Throw Burrito | Mysterium | |||
| Trucks match up game and puzzle | One Night Werewolf | ||||
| Zimbos Elephantastic Pyramid Game | Pandemic | ||||
| Yeti in My Spaghetti | Star Wars Outer Rim | ||||
| Ticket to Ride | |||||
| Unsolved Case Files (a fake case file where you solve a fictional murder) | |||||
| Wingspan | |||||
| Imhotep the Duel | |||||
If you are wondering what more than 100 games looks like:
Just for a frame of reference, those shelves at the back of the picture are 5 feet tall. There are so many games from which to choose. Do you like fun with your family? Parcheesi, Sorry, Family Feud, and Scattergories are for you. Do you want to have a fun evening with your friends while consuming adult beverages? Cards Against Humanity, Superfight, Disturbing Friends and Never Have I Ever are just your thing. Are you a parent or grandparent of a small child? Acorn Soup, Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, Button Button Belly Button, and Jungle Animal Bowling are great ways to while away an afternoon. Do you yearn to throw food at your family? Throw Throw Burrito was created just for you. Are you an avid birdwatcher? Why Wingspan is your game. A hardcore tabletop gamer who needs nothing more than a few good friends, a messy basement and a small mountain of snacks? Dune Imperium, Mysterium, Star Wars Outer Rim, and Lord of the Rings the Quest for Mount Doom all have your name on them. But what about the games I played when I was younger? Clue, Yahtzee, Scrabble, Backgammon, Chess, Checkers, Mahjong, and Cribbage are waiting just for you. Fans of trivia will find their matches in Trivial Pursuit, Don’t Quote Me, National Geographic Brain Games, Half Truth, and Mind the Gap (a fiendish game that has different card decks for different ages so everyone feels smart). A quick glance at the list above will give you an idea of the depth and breadth of this collection.
A few other exciting events are happening at the library that will enable more McCone County residents to be able to use the library. We will be testing special Saturday hours. These hours will start June 5th and run through August 14th. The hours for Saturday will be 10 am to 4 pm. The results of this special test will determine any future changes to library hours in the future. We hope that three months of data will give us a good idea of whether or not changes in the library hours are needed on a more permanent basis.
Summer Reading is coming in June. It will be in person. We will have storytimes, games, crafts, and activities every Tuesday in June. We will also have extra activities on Saturdays like board game demonstrations and extra storytimes. We will also offer some incentives for kids and adults who read at the library regularly over the summer. Another blog post will follow with more specifics on our plans for summer reading. Until then we wish you lots of fun and something great to read.