International Games Month

International Games Month is an initiative run by volunteers from around the world to reconnect communities through their libraries around the educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games.

International Games Month is all of November.

Featured Resources

2025 Resoure Document (PDF)

2024 Resource Document (PDF)

Print-and-Play 2021 PDF

IGM Online Gaming Resources

Virtual Gaming Resources 2021 PDF

ALA Games and Gaming Round Table Discord Server: Join other GameRT librarians for gaming discussion and play!

Professional Development

PDF of Resources from Gaming for Good: How games can support social-emotional learning (SEL): This PDF contains the resources shared by Matthew Farber at the recent webinar Gaming for Good: How games can support social-emotional learning (SEL).

Pairing books and video games for SEL impact: Pairing books and video games for SEL impact was written by Matthew Farber and appeared on Edutopia on June 7, 2022.

Game Jam resources

Recording available from Indiana State Library’s YouTube.


International Games Month is coordinated by:

Games & Gaming Round Table Logo

Games & Gaming Round Table of the American Library Association