2nd Annual Backgammon Tournament Held in McIntyre Library April 9

McIntyre Library at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will host the 1st annual Eau Claire backgammon tournament on April 9 starting at 1 pm. The tournament, which is FREE and open to UW-Eau Claire students and all residents of the Chippewa Valley is for beginners and experienced players alike. One tournament participant will be randomly selected to win a backgammon set just for participating.

How the tournament works

The tournament will have a maximum of 32 players (two sixteen team brackets).  

Registration is required to enter the tournament.

Location
McIntyre Library will host all rounds of the tournament  and is located on the UW-Eau Claire campus at 105 Garfield Ave. Eau Claire, WI 54702.  Parking at UW-Eau Claire is free on the weekends.  Please consult this map (PDF) for location information.  Suggested locations to park are the Phillips Lot or Hibbard Lot.

Registration
Registration is FREE and is required to participate in the tournament.  To register send an email indicating your interest in participating to Hans Kishel, UW-Eau Claire librarian: kishelhf@uwec.edu.

Please register no later than April 6.  If space is available registrants will be taken on day of tournament.

Additional Information
The grand prize will be a backgammon set, to be randomly selected from all tournament contestants. Light refreshments will be served.

Questions should be directed to Hans Kishel (kishelhf@uwec.edu, 715-836-2959).

Support for this program includes UW-Eau Claire's McIntyre Library and the Council on Internationalization and Global Engagement.

International Game Day Event in McIntyre Library: Nov. 15, 1-5 pm

International Game Day @ McIntyre Library 11/15/14, 1-5 pm

McIntyre Library is hosting International Game Day on Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 1-5 pm on the library's first floor.  International Game Day is an annual celebration of games, play, libraries and learning that any anyone can join, and costs absolutely nothing to register for. This is literally a world-wide event, with libraries on ALL SEVEN continents participating last year. Yes, that does include Antarctica!

McIntyre Library plans to have a variety of video, board, and card games to play at International Game Day.  This includes a Nintendo Wii with a variety of games, and over 100 board and card games to choose from.  Whether you're a Mario Kart or Smash Bros. fan, enjoy the strategy of Carcassonne, or are a master at Settlers of Catan, International Game Day at McIntyre Library has something for everyone.

Bring your friends...it's 100% free!

Free pizza, mini golf in library - big success.

On Wed. Sept 5 from 7-11 pm just over 800 students came to the library to experience After Dark.  This improves on last year's record of 621 during the same four hour period.

Thank you to all of the student groups who helped make this event so successful: UWEC Players for the living statues, Backwards Thinkers Society for their improv comedy, and the Irish Dancing Club for their lively dance routines.

 

McIntyre Library will host the third annual After Dark back-to-school party on the UW-Eau Claire campus.  The free event will be from 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, September 5, on the first two floors of the library.  All UW-Eau Claire students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend.

The party will feature free Toppers pizza, games,  and live entertainment.  Library staff have designed a multi-floor, 9-hole miniature golf course that has water hazards and utilizes one of the stairwells.  Students can also play a variety of board & video games and participate in Family Feud, Pictionary, Bingo, and life-size Clue.  Prizes will be awarded throughout the night.

UW-Eau Claire student groups will provide live entertainment.  Theater troupe the UWEC Players will pose as living statues.  The Irish Dancing Club will perform for students at 7:30 pm and student improv team the Backwards Thinkers Society will perform comedy sketches starting at 8 pm.

After Dark encourages students to get acquainted with the library and each other.  About 600 students attended the 2011 event.

Support for After Dark has been provided by McIntyre Library, Toppers Pizza, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Action City, the Center for Alcohol Studies and Education, and the Center for International Education.

To learn more, contact Eric Jennings (jenninge@uwec.edu, 715-836-4076), sign up to attend on Facebook, or view the video above for a taste of last year's After Dark.

Game Day in Library

The library is hosting a monthly gaming event for UW-Eau Claire students this Saturday from 1-5 pm. Games range from traditional board games like Apples to Apples and Risk to Euro-games like Dominion, Settlers of Catan. Bring your own game or learn a new one! No experience is necessary. So take a break from studying, learn a new game, and meet some friends this Saturday.

If you can't make it but would like to know about future game days, email Eric Jennings (jenninge@uwec.edu), Like the library on Facebook, or follow the library on Twitter.

It's your move! Ongoing chess game in the Library

Take a break in your studies to make the next move in an ongoing chess game in the Library. Find the game near the elevators on the 1st floor. A marker indicates whose move it is (black pieces or white pieces). Make a move, change the marker, and check back later to see how your color is doing. Stay tuned for more game events in the Library!

Gaming on Display

Stop in the library grand corridor to visit Hans Kishel's gaming displays. Take your turn viewing games for all ages and interests, see books related to gaming topics. View his impressive dice collection, roll over to the war games, and win with the display on game design .

Hans suggests gamers might like these sites:

Board Game Geek (BGG)– website that has large amounts of information on all games
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/

My collection of games as listed at BGG
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/hkishel?own=1&ff=1

Consim World – website about wargames
http://consimworld.com/

Online Retails for games that you probably won’t find at the mall
http://www.funagain.com/
http://www.thoughthammer.com/
http://www.fairplaygames.com/

Website that rates children’s games by age category
http://www.kidgameratings.com/index.aspx