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Rebecca Strang
@bexagons.bsky.social
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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!

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An orange cat sitting on a Gloomhaven game box. There is a speech bubble for the cat that says, "Play games, heal kids!"
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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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!
A TTRPG book lying flat on a desk mat. The book is Down We Go, and has a skull on the cover.
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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It's always a good day when @exeunt.press is in the mailbox!
Gaming books wrapped in brown paper packaging. The paper is sealed with a green wax stamp and has a hand written message that says, "THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER! ENJOY THE HAVE! -E.P." alongside a skull drawing. To the left of the package is a white piece of paper with a "Quest Complete" stamp, and a clear bag with stickers inside.
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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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!
A stack of board games, including: Tapple, Flip7, Tacta, Hues and Cues, Blank Slate, and Telestrations
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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More photos of @junkfoodgames.bsky.social Moon Rings custom playing cards!
Moon Rings game book on a table in the background with empty playing card case. Playing cards held in a hand in the foreground showing off shiny red foil edges. Moon Rings game book on a table in the background with empty playing card case. Playing cards held in a hand in the foreground showing off shiny red foil back with labyrinth design. Moon Rings game book on a table in the background with empty playing card case. Adce of Spades held in a hand in the foreground. Back of Moon Rings book shown on a bed of playing cards.
October 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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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.
Moon Rings game book on a table. Empty playing card case above the book and playing cards spread out below the book. Moon Rings game book on a table in the background with playing cards spread out below the book. Empty playing card case held in a hand in the foreground. Moon Rings game book on a table in the background with playing cards spread out below the book. Empty playing card case held in a hand in the foreground. Moon Rings game book on a table in the background with playing cards spread out below the book. Empty playing card case held in a hand in the foreground.
October 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Today's find in the used game section at our local game store!
A VHS copy of Gargoyles: The Movie - The Heroes Within, which includes an interactive VCR board game
October 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Played Cellulose today and grew some catnip!
A gray tabby cat sitting in the box lid of a board game on a table. The game is Cellulose, a game about plant biology.
August 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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I've also made some button pins for the new gaming club I'll be running on campus!
A small pile of button pins on a desk. The pins say "North Central Supportive Gaming Community"
August 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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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
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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
A game called Necromancer Heretic, in a plastic tote A game called 9 Lives to Valhalla, in a plastic tote A game called The Librarian's Apprentice, in a plastic tote. Another tote underneath it contains a have called Moon Rings. A game called Dwelling, in a plastic tote. Another tote underneath it contains a game called Dialect.
August 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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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
A bookshelf in an academic library. The top four shelves are filled with TTRPGs. The bottom shelf is empty The top two shelves of a bookshelf, filled with TTRPGs. The top shelf contains several books. The second shelf holds small plastic totes that contain player kits for small, indie TTRPGs. The bottom half of a bookshelf. The top pictured shelf contains player kits that hold tools that work across s wide array of games: a dice set, a coin, a character standee. The middle shelf contains TTRPGS that come in boxes and a couple plastic totes with player kits.
August 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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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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Inside cover of a TTRPG to show book tape connecting the cover to the inside pages. Inside cover of a TTRPG to show book tape connecting the cover to the inside pages.
July 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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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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Two TTRPGs laying on a table, side by side, front cover up. Goblin Errands and Death Cap Saute. Two TTRPGs laying on a table, side by side, back cover up. Goblin Errands and Death Cap Saute.
July 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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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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The game Moon Rings in a plastic bin with cards, dice, and a character standee The game The Librarian's Apprentice in a plastic bin with cards, dice, and a coin
July 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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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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Two plastic bins sitting side by side. They are approximately 12 in x 8 in and 2 to 3 inches deep. Each bin holds a TTRPG with its pieces needed for play (dice, coins, etc.)
July 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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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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Gamegenic "Holder Cave" - a plastic case that holds smaller cases Inside the Gamegenic "Holder Cave" - there are 5 "Token Holder" cases Inside the Gamegenic "Token Holder" case there is: 1 RPG dice set, 1 coin, 1 dry erase marker, and 1 plastic character standee
July 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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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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TTRPGs on a shelf at an academic library
July 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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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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TTRPGs on a shelf at an academic library Tarot card decks on a shelf at an academic library Puzzles on a shelf at an academic library Board games on a shelf at an academic library
July 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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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.

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The foreground features a scanned zine cover. The cover has three banners that say "Stuff Carved by Bex" and the zine is made with a dictionary page. The background is a photo of stamp carving tools and materials on a table.
July 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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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.
A lap desk covered with stamped images on white paper that have been cut out. There are also scissors on the desk and a pile of tiny cuts of paper. The stamped images include some cats, a raccoon face, a flower, a leaf, a ghost, and some small banners.
July 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Thor wanted to be the center of our #Dragonbane adventure tonight.

#cats #ttrpgs
A gray cat lies on top of a TTRPG game map in the center of a dining table. The map is surrounded by rulebooks and other maps for Dragonbane.
July 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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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! 💌📬
B. Free Franklin Post Office storefront. Brick building with an arch tunnel. On the left is the post office with a street lamp in front.
July 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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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.
Two stacks of bookmarks, each stack shows one side of the bookmark. The art is a college of torn Nat Geo pages featuring a variety of natural landscapes. From to bottom, the scene includes space, blue skies, mountains, grass, water, and rock. Each side has a different word in magazine clipped letters: explore, protect.
May 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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New 10th anniversary copy of Call of Catthulhu arrived. Are we doing it right?
A cat plays with a plush pink octopus inside a game box
May 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM