Rebecca Strang
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Rebecca Strang
@bexagons.bsky.social
she/they. Gaming & academic librarian. TTRPG design dabbler. Cat lover. Play, storytelling, books, tea, crafts, snail mail. President Emeritus @alagamert.bsky.social.
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This is my gaming group's 9th annual @extralife4kids.bsky.social game day to help raise money for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. We are close to our fundraising goal and have some fun gamey donation incentives, too!

www.extra-life.org/participants...
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Another game arrival from an @alagamert.bsky.social International Games Month sponsor! @oesterlelib.bsky.social received a copy of Down We Go, a TTRPG from @plusoneexp.bsky.social! It'll be processed for the collection soon!
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's always a good day when @exeunt.press is in the mailbox!
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thank you to The Op Games for sending some games for our @oesterlelib.bsky.social library collection as part of @alagamert.bsky.social International Games Month! Our tech services person has them in our processing queue and they'll be available for checkout soon!
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
More photos of @junkfoodgames.bsky.social Moon Rings custom playing cards!
October 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Go grab Moon Rings & its custom playing card deck. GORGEOUS! Well done @junkfoodgames.bsky.social! More photos in next post!

junkfoodgames.itch.io/moon-rings
Solo journaling game, you're a witch navigating a labyrinth to end the reign of the cursed Blood Moon. See content info on the game page.
October 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today's find in the used game section at our local game store!
October 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Played Cellulose today and grew some catnip!
August 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I've also made some button pins for the new gaming club I'll be running on campus!
August 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Unboxing the latest order from @ipr.bsky.social for my academic library's new TTRPG collection 🎉🎲📚

Original video with 🎵 over on IG: www.instagram.com/reel/DNQ2ES7...
August 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A few close ups of the game kits in plastic totes. These kits include dice, coins, cards, character standees, etc., as required for Play by each game. Games by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social @gemroomgames.bsky.social @almostbedtime.bsky.social @smolghost.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The new TTRPG collection is on the shelves at Oesterle Library! I just put in another order with @ipr.bsky.social on Friday using their library support program, so we'll add to this soon. 💙 We're also starting a new gaming club on campus to support the collection! #GamingInLibraries #PlayIsAValidEnd
August 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
In addition to the cover reinforcement, we also use book tape on the inside to more firmly secure the cover to the pages for books with staple bindings.

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July 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
For games w/ less sturdy covers that don’t need kits, we reinforce the cover so it will circulate longer using Kapco’s Easy Cover II. Here are examples of @junkfoodgames.bsky.social Death Cap Saute and @sharkbombs.bsky.social Goblin Errands with the clear 15 mil covers.

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July 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Not all TTRPGs come w/ all the extras required for play, so we supply generic coins, cards, & dice for games that need them. Photo examples of @junkfoodgames.bsky.social Moon Rings w/ cards, dice, & character token. & @almostbedtime.bsky.social The Librarian’s Apprentice w/ cards, coin, & dice.

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July 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For TTRPGs with inclusions like cards, coins, bookmarks, etc., we create kits! The kits live in stackable plastic containers w/ a hinge lock. As a rule, if a game can be played with dice & paper, we don’t make a kit. If extra things are required for play, then we make a kit!

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July 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The player kits we made live in a storage box by @gamegenic.com. Each box has 5 player kits inside. Each player kit contains: 1 RPG dice set, 1 coin, 1 dry erase marker, and 1 blank character standee. These sets are generic so they can work for many different games.

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July 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
For TTRPGs that are just the book(s) with sturdy covers and no inclusions, such as Blades in the Dark or Monster of the Week, we process those just like a regular book – no additional processing necessary! We do have separate player kits that students can check out if they need them, though.

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July 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My library has a tabletop game collection that includes: board games, TTRPGs, puzzles, & tarot cards. On the call # label, the “B” means the item goes in the tabletop collection. Board games have no additional collection indicator, but TTRPGs, puzzles, and tarot cards do:

B
TTRPG
Blades

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July 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Added some zines to my @itch.io page! One with stamps I've carved, one about snail mail, and two monthly personal zines. Zines are free/PWYW to download.

toplayishuman.itch.io
July 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Craft time! I'm in a mail swap for zines of carved images, so I'm working on stamping stuff I've carved and cutting it out so I can arrange it.
July 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Thor wanted to be the center of our #Dragonbane adventure tonight.

#cats #ttrpgs
July 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Heading home from #ALAAC25 this morning, but made one final stop to get a few postcards hand cancelled at the B. Free Franklin Post Office! 💌📬
July 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I made a Nat Geo collage bookmark and, inspired by a convo about lyrical games, put actions on either side... open to use and interpretation, or not. So it's possibly a game and definitely a bookmark. I'm bringing them to the ALA library conference next month where I'm working the gaming grove.
May 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
New 10th anniversary copy of Call of Catthulhu arrived. Are we doing it right?
May 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM