Author Talk Series
Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders. Brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium.
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Library of Things
One night ultimate werewolf. [2016]
Bezier Games,
AUXGOD music battle card game. Pop music… [2021]
AuxGod Games,
Rolling Realms board game. [2021]
Stonemaier Games (Firm),
Scythe. [2016]
Pendulum. [2020]
Viticulture. [2016]
Pun intended. [2025]
Gouda Games (Firm),
Election night. [2024]
Semper Smart Games,
Happy little dinosaurs. [2021]
Unstable Games (Firm),
Kingdom rush, rift in time. [2020]
Lucky Duck Games (Firm),
Spirit Island : a game. [2017]
Greater Than Games, LLC,
CODENAMES board game. [2015]
Vlaada Chvátil
Castle Panic. [2022]
Justin De Witt
Tides of time. [2015]
Kristian Čurla
Patchwork express. [2018]
Uwe Rosenberg
Wingspan. [2019]
Elizabeth Hargrave
Hot tin roof board game. [2014]
Leo Colovini
Machi Koro. [2019]
Masao Suganuma
Terraforming Mars. [2016]
Jacob Fryxelius
Ecosystem. [2019]
Matt Simpson
Trekking the world board game. [2020]
Charlie Bink
The chameleon. [2017]
Rikki Tahta
Trekking the National Parks : the board game. [2017]
Superfight.
Jack Dire
CODENAMES pictures. [2018]
Munchkin [2010]
Steve Jackson
Azul board game. [2021]
Michael Kiesling
Into the Black Forest. [2014]
Jason Slingerland
Mass transit : the cooperative transportation… [2022]
Chris Leder
SETI : search for extraterrestrial intelligence. [2024]
Tomáš Holek
Dungeon fantasy roleplaying game. [2019]
Sean Punch
Monikers. [2015]
Alex Hague
My little scythe. [2018]
Hoby Chou
Forest shuffle. [2025]
Lookout Games (Firm),
New York Zoo. [2020]
Wyrmspan. [2023]
Connie Vogelmann
Ecosystem : coral reef. [2022]
Muse. [2017]
Jordan Sorenson
Ninja camp [2015]
Adam E Daulton
Forestry. [2025]
Michal Peichl
Western legends. [2019]
Hervé Lemaître
Expeditions. [2023]
Jamey Stegmaier
That's pretty clever! = Ganz schön clever. [2020]
Wolfgang Warsch
Big Boggle. [1979]
Allan Turoff
Munchkin magical mess. [2018]
Everdell. [2018]
James A Wilson
Munchkin Oz. [2015]
Munchkin Warhammer, age of Sigmar [2019]
Sagrada. [2017]
Adrian Adamescu
Nerd words, science. [2019]
Eric Slauson
Canvas [2021]
Jeffrey Chin
Cellulose : a plant cell biology game. [2021]
Steve Schlepphorst
Hive. [2017]
John Yianni
Ark nova. [2021]
Mathias Wigge
Carcassonne. [2010]
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Euphoria : build a better dystopia. [2013]
My shelfie. [2022]
Phil Walker-Harding
Senjutsu : battle for Japan. [2022]
Paul D Allen
My first Carcassonne. [2009]
Kodama : the tree spirits. [2016]
Daniel Solis
Brass : Birmingham. [2018]
Gavan Brown
Crossbows & catapults : fortress war. [2024]
Rob Daviau
War of the ring. [2011]
Roberto Di Meglio
Concept. [2013]
Asmodee (Firm),
Latice Hawai'i [2019]
Brent Vincent
This that & everything. [2016]
Outset Media Corp.,
Throw throw burrito. [2019]
Matthew Inman
7 wonders board game. [2020]
Antoine Bauza
Wordplay : family edition. [2024]
Game Development Group, Inc.,
Dragonwood : a game of dice & daring. [2020]
Darren Kisgen
Tapple : fast word fun for everyone! [2021]
USAopoly,
Shut the box game [2020]
Wood City (Firm),
Trio. [2023]
Kaya Miyano
Trash pandas. [2018]
Gamewright (Firm),
Smash up. [2012]
Alderac Entertainment Group,
Mantis. [2022]
Ken Gruhl
Just desserts. [2015]
Andrew Looney
Sweep the world. [2021]
Mehag, Inc.,
Planet. [2019]
Urtis Šulinskas
Santorini. [2018]
Gordon Hamilton
Unreal estate game. [2017]
The Tea Dragon Society card game. [2018]
Kay O'Neill
Doomlings. [2020]
Renegade Game Studios (Firm),
3DT : triple threat tic-tac-toe. [2020]
James G Jackson
Mariposas. [2020]
Captain Flip. [2023]
Paolo Mori
Ticket to ride. [2007]
Alan R Moon
Mountains out of molehills. [2021]
Pat Marino
American mahjong game set.
Shifting stones : a game of tiles & tactics. [2020]
J Evan Raitt
Ticket to ride first journey board game. [2018]
Tea witches. [2025]
Manny Vega
Shallow sea. [2025]
C W Yeom
The magic labyrinth.
Dirk Baumann
Bites. [2020]
Brigitte Ditt
The world game [2000]
World Game (Firm),
Splendor. [2019]
SPACE Cowboys (Firm),
Deer lord! [2017]
Dennis Lippens
Harmonies. [2024]
Johan Benvenuto
Takenoko. [2011]
Matagot (Firm),
King of Tokyo. [2016]
Iello (Firm),
Labyrinth board game. [2007]
Max J Kobbert
Einstein : the board game. [2023]
Professor Puzzle (Firm),
Lost cities. [2018]
Reiner Knizia
Forbidden Island. [2010]
Matt Leacock
Dandelions. [2022]
Takashi Sakaue
Mycelia. [2023]
Daniel Greiner
Disney villainous. [2018]
Ravensburger AG,
Clank! catacombs [2022]
Paul Dennen
Bears vs babies. [2021]
Elan Lee
Forbidden jungle. [2024]
Cascadia. [2021]
Travel magnetic Go game set.
Yellow Mountain Imports,
Photosynthesis. [2017]
Blue Orange (Firm),
Boop. [2022]
Scott Brady
Wildcraft! : an herbal adventure game [2020]
Kimberly Gallagher
Tokaido. [2018]
Funforge (Firm),
Perspectives. [2023]
Dave Neale
Stalk exchange. [2024]
Christopher Chan
Squish smash monster trash. [2025]
Hibull, LLC,
Cat crimes. [2017]
Alyssa Petersen
Anarchy pancakes. [2022]
Eric M Lang
Great Shakespearean deaths card game. [2016]
Tim Crouch
Sushi go party! : the deluxe pick and pass card… [2016]
#Culturetags : a game for people who love… [2020]
Culture Brands, LLC,
Scrabble crossword game. [2018]
Hasbro, Inc.,
Rapid rumble. [2017]
Grasper Global Private Limited,
Scrabble crossword game. [2010]
Kingdomino. [2017]
Bruno Cathala
Exploding kittens party pack. [2018]
Exploding Kittens,
Arboretum. [2021]
Dan Cassar
Prime climb. [2017]
Math for Love (Firm)
Tattoo stories : party game by Bicycle. [2019]
U.S. Playing Card Co.,
10 days in the USA [2003]
Zombie burrito. [2024]
Brian Spence
Seventh hero. [2014]
Zezhou Chen
Zombie kittens. [2024]
Sleeping queens 2 : the rescue! [2022]
Denise Evarts
Dixit. [2021]
A little wordy. [2021]
Ian Clayman
Ecologies. [2019]
Matt Montrose
Dad joke face-off. [2020]
Playroom Entertainment,
Catan. [1995]
Klaus Teuber
Love letter [2019]
Seiji Kanai
Gnomes at night. [2016]
Peaceable Kingdom (Firm),
Dune imperium. [2020]
Welcome to the dungeon. [2013]
Masato Uesugi
It's blunderful : party game by Bicycle. [2018]
Heat : pedal to the metal [2025]
Asger Harding Granerud
The questions : hip-hop trivia. [2023]
Sean Kantrowitz
Escape the dark castle. [2017]
Thomas Pike
Tacocat spelled backwards. [2022]
Really loud librarians : grab & game. [2023]
CODENAMES Disney family edition board game. [2017]
Blood rage. [2022]
D&D starter set. Dragons of Stormwreck Isle. [2022]
Jeremy Crawford
The lord of the rings, the fellowship of the… [2025]
Bryan Bornmueller
