Library of Things

Everything you need to start your birding journey housed in one sturdy backpack! Kit includes:
binoculars with microfiber cleaning cloths, compass, first aid kit, rain poncho, Peterson Field Guides
Bird Songs Eastern/Central CD audiobook from Cornell Labs, Birds of Massachusetts Field Guide 2nd
Edition, Sibley’s Birding Basics and a Birdwatching Log Book with pens to record the birds you spy and
hear. And yes, patrons are encouraged to write in the log!

Board games are one of the best ways to get to know new acquaintances or to build family bonds! Check out our extensive collection of board games! Or, skip down a bit to see the RPG section.

• 3-in-1 Game Set (Chess, Checkers, Backgammon): Three all-time classics. If you don’t know the rules already, ask a friend to teach you!
• Alien: Fate of the Nostromo:In this gorgeously designed game from Ravensburger, 1-5 players take on the role of the crew of the USCSS Nostromo from the classic science fiction film Alien. Each crew member has unique special abilities, and players will have to work together to meet all their objectives and survive the mission. Remember: in space, no one can hear you scream!
• Antiques Roadshow: The Game: A collectible treasure hunt! Based on the classic PBS show, this compact card game uses real people and objects from the episodes to charming effect. Pull a card and see if you can estimate the value of the item, or if it’s authentic at all!
• Apples to Apples: A great party game! Pick up your Noun cards and see whose card most fits the Adjective for the turn. For instance, which is the most Squishy: Chalk, a Horse, the Library Book Sale, or Marlon Brando? It’s like comparing apples to apples!
• Azul: This innovative and competitive game has players assuming the roles of Portuguese tile-laying artists, vying for the favor of King Manuel I. Whoever decorates the Royal Palace of Evora with the most dazzling color patterns wins! Includes basic and advanced modes of play.
• Backgammon: Dating back at least 1,600 years, Backgammon has more than stood the test of time. Backgammon is a two-player game where players move all their pieces home before removing them from the board completely. First to do so wins! Games can go by quickly, so you’ll definitely want to play again and again!
• Balderdash: In this update for the classic game Dictionary, players are presented with obscure, unusual words from the English language, which they must either guess correctly, or provide an entirely fake definition for. If nobody knows the word, everyone votes for whichever sounds the most plausible, ensuring there is more than one way to win. A game of both knowledge and strategy.
• Basecamp: Conversation can be difficult when meeting new folks – check out this pack of thought-provoking icebreakers!
• Betrayal at House on the Hill (3rd Edition): Immerse yourself in this cooperative “old dark house” whodunit board game from Avalon Hill. Players will explore the hazardous manor together but beware, there’s a traitor in your midst!
• Bird Call: This fast-paced party game is a total free-for-all, a card game without turns that dares players to hoot, screech and trill their way to victory. The player with the most sets of matching bird cards wins!
• Blockbuster Party Game: This nostalgic movie trivia party game takes place under a miniature plastic Blockbuster sign, as players work in teams to collect VHS-shaped movie cards. First team with cards from all eight genres wins! Just remember: Be Kind, Rewind.
• Canasta Deluxe Game Set: The classic family card game, based on point-scoring and wildcard combinations, is featured in this deluxe set. Includes two decks, card holders and a large scorepad.
• Carcassonne: This tile-placement game has won many awards and traveled across the world. Claim territory, earn points for completing tasks, and see who can claim the most land in a world of beautifully crafted tiles.
• Cards Against Humanity (Family Edition): A parents-tested and approved family friendly (but still irreverent and silly) version of the classic fill-in-the-blanks comedic party game. Includes 600 cards. Suggested for ages 8 and up.
• Catch the Vibe: How well do you really know your friends? Each round starts with one player being named the “Vibe Master,” who draws a conversation topic card followed by two range cards. The Vibe Master secretly places the topic card somewhere within that range, and whoever gets closest to the truth wins! This game is suggested for players age 17+.
• Caverna: The Cave Farmers: In this spiritual sequel to the classic game Agricola, players assume the roles of a family of dwarven homesteaders. Farm, mine, forge and furnish. Compete to see whose cavern-home succeeds, or play solo to familiarize yourself with the game rules.
• Chess: Knight takes rook, queen puts king in checkmate… Created in India in the 6th century, chess remains one of the most-played games of the last fifteen hundred years.
• Clue: Who killed Mr. Body? Was it Colonel Mustard in the Billiards Room with the Lead Pipe? Or could it have been Miss Scarlet in the Ballroom with the Candlestick? This classic board game not only spawned dozens of imitators but in fact one of the best worst movies of all time. 
• Concept: In this hilarious and fast-moving party game, two players decide upon a “concept” and then must place pieces on icons that are roughly symbolic of that concept. It’s up to the other players to guess correctly, and whoever accumulates the most victory points wins!
• Coup: As a coup unfolds in your nation, how will you be the last power player left standing? This game plays somewhat similarly to popular party games like Werewolf or Mafia, a game of bluff, counter-bluff and deception.
• The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine: In this unique collaborative game, players have both individual goals to accomplish, as well as a broader mission objective to work towards together. The mission can only be a success if players achieve both sets of goals. Includes 50 Crew missions!
• The Dark Crystal Board Game: Based on the film from Jim Henson, this beautifully assembled game from River Horse allows players to relive a fantasy classic. Includes four highly detailed figurines of the story’s main characters.
• Diplomacy: Act as one of the Great Powers in 1901, and see if your conversation and diplomacy skills can help you gain great esteem throughout the world – or if your empire will sink under the weight of its own hubris…
• Dominion: Intrigue: This expansion for Dominion includes all base cards and can be played as a standalone game.
• Dominion 2: This deck-building game speeds through the conquering of foreign lands as players compete to increase their kingdom’s power. Players must think strategically and plan for their future, lest their dominion be ripped away from them…
• Dream Crush: This nostalgic fantasy dating game combines a modern sensibility with the nostalgic aesthetics of dating games from the 80s. Choose your crush, and try to predict who the other players will crush on as well. At the end of the game all players must reveal which dream crush they have chosen, and why!
• Dune: War for Arrakis: In this complex and asymmetric strategy game, players control the Fremen, Fedaykin and Sardukar forces, vying for control of the Spice reserves on the foreboding planet Arrakis! Relive the epic story from the classic novel and film adaptations, and forge your own! Includes handsome game board and miniatures, even the mighty sandworm! The Spice must flow!
• Exploding Kittens: Deceptively irreverent on the surface, this is a game full of twists and turns that relies on careful strategy to master. At one time the most successful Kickstarter-backed card game of all time, Exploding Kittens is sure to be a hit at your next party, as long as you don’t invite any cat lovers!
• Fluxx: In this modern classic from Looney Labs, the rules are always changing, and it’s up to players to keep up! Players start with basic shared rules and a goal, but through action cards and new rules, the parameters are constantly changing and evolving! An addicting game of short, unpredictable rounds.
• Forbidden Island: Build an island together, then explore it quickly – as the island crumbles and the water level rises, you can’t take everything with you… Try to make it out with the most treasure!
• The Fox in the Forest: This gorgeously designed card game pits two players against each other. Points are scored by winning more “tricks” than your opponent, but don’t get too greedy, as players with too much hubris will lose, much like the classic trickster characters from fairy tales.
• Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs: This bite size version of Gloomhaven packs a lot of gameplay into a tiny box! A unique solo adventure will have the player controlling an adventurer who has been shrunk down to the size of a mouse, making their way through dangerous environments full of both humanoid enemies and deadly creatures! Defeat enemies, collect loot, level up and advance forward to the next room. Just a word of advice: a few play-throughs might be necessary to get the hang of things, but when you do you can use strategy (and a bit of luck) to make it further into the campaign with each attempt, and eventually onward to victory!
• Guillotine: Players assume the roles of rival executioners in this fast-paced, irreverent card game. Set during the French Revolution, the goal is to collect as many noble cards in three rounds as possible. Off with their heads!!
• Hanabi: In this unique collaborative card game, players hold their cards so that only the OTHER players can see them. A game of timing, memory and trust. If players are successful, they’ll launch an unforgettable fireworks display!
• Happy Little Dinosaurs: As if the looming threat of extinction wasn’t bad enough! In this deceptively cute card game players try to survive the many hazards of the Mesozoic Era. First to 50 points wins (or last dino left alive, whichever comes first!).
• Head Trip: From the makers of Cards Against Humanity, Head Trip is a simple but addicting game of questions and answers where players inhabit roles dictated by “head cards:” everything from “You are Santa Claus” to “You have forty best friends who are all raccoons.” For 3-10 players.
• Hella 90s Pop Culture Trivia Game: Test your pop cultural knowledge of 90s fashion, music, movies, toys and more with this party trivia game for 3 or more players. “The 90s trivia game that’s all that AND a bag of chips!”
• HeroQuest: High adventure in a world of magic! This combination board game and RPG is a fantasy dungeon crawler reminiscent of classic sword and sorcery games like early Dungeons & Dragons, combining miniatures and challenging combat with dungeon exploration, and treasure aplenty!
• Horrified: American Monsters: In this cooperative board game players battle legendary cryptids including Bigfoot, the Chupacabra and the Mothman. Work together to defeat the monsters and save your town!
• Jaws: The Board Game: A game of strategy and suspense! This deceptively simple competitive strategy game from Ravensburger has players facing off, one as the great white shark Jaws, and 1-3 players on the other side portraying Brody, Quint and Hooper, who must work together to defeat the monster of Amity beach!
• Jenga: Beloved for generations, this fast-paced, excitement-filled and unpredictable classic tower-building game is perfect for all ages. The ultimate party game!
• Jumanji: Roll the dice, move your pawn and try to escape the jungle. The Athenaeum can make no guarantees about your safety if a herd of elephants unexpectedly rampages through your living room.
• Kingdomino: In this super-charged version of dominoes, players assume the role of medieval lords seeking to expand their kingdoms. There are only so many resources to go around however, and only one Domino King can reign supreme!
• Labyrinth: The Board Game: Take control of the beloved protagonists from Jim Henson’s classic film in this game for 1-5 players. Unpredictability is the name of the game, as variables ensure that no two games are the same, as the Labyrinth shifts and expands. If you can make it through, that’s only half the adventure, as players venture forth into Jareth’s deadly castle!
• The Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game: Middle-Earth has been overrun with the deadly forces of the dread Sauron, and it’s up to the party of 1-4 players to destroy the One Ring and send him back to the shadows! This entry in the Ravensburger Adventure Book series (family friendly games based on beloved stories like The Princess Bride and The Wizard of Oz) organizes play into “chapters” and “pages,” as players solve puzzles and advance across the game board from the Shire to deepest Mordor!
• Monikers: In this cross between Taboo and Charades, teams battle to score as many points as possible by guessing card names correctly. Rounds become progressively more challenging, with the final round allowing only nonverbal clues. This “dumb party game that respects your intelligence” is suggested for players 17 and up.
• Monopoly:The classic of classics, a mainstay since its first publication in 1935. Players roll the dice, travel around the board, and attempt to out-buy and sell their opponents through determination, and also ruthlessness!
• Monopoly: Deal: This fast-paced, luck-based card game streamlines the old classic. Be the first to collect three property sets of three different colors and you win!
• Munchkin: In this modern-day classic from Steve Jackson Games players fight monsters, betray each other and escape with all the treasure for themselves! As the back of the box says: “1. Kick down the door, 2. Fight the monster, 3. Grab the treasure, 4. Reach level 10 and win!”
• Munchkin Deluxe: Expands upon the original classic game by giving players a game board, cards and figurines to enhance the game experience. Note: this is a standalone game, and not an expansion.
• Mysterium: This supernatural, 1920s set game puts a spin on classic locked room murder mysteries, with players assuming the roles not of investigator or suspect, but of the ghostly spirit of the deceased, and a team of mediums trying to contact them! The game is won when the culprit is identified by a majority of players, freeing the spirit to pass into the afterlife (at least until the next game).
• No Filter: This icebreaker game is designed to help players get to know each other, or deepen existing relationships between friends. Roll the dice, speak candidly, and get some meaningful conversation going.
• P For Pizza: A family-friendly word association game delivered in a mini pizza box. First player to collect nine cards and build a giant pizza slice pyramid wins!
• Pandemic: This globe-trotting, collaborative strategy game pits you and your team of disease control experts against a series of deadly global outbreaks. Teamwork and communication are essential as players race to discover cures for each deadly disease before it’s too late!
• Phase 10: Rummy with a twist, Phase 10 is the classic card game from the makers of Uno. Complete all ten phases to win, but it’s more difficult than it sounds!
• The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game: This narrative board game tasks players with advancing through six chapters, all the while braving challenges and interruptions, matching the meta structure of the original film. Inconceivable!
  
• Ravine: This attractively designed cooperative strategy game pits players against a ticking clock. As plane crash survivors, players will need to survive the night while stranded in the wilderness, by foraging for food, building a shelter and keeping the fire lit. And also, most importantly of all, keeping their wits about them.
• Really Loud Librarians: Draw a card, shout words from the category until you guess correctly and defeat your opponents by making it to the finish line first! This combination board and party game is all about high stakes and high volume! Just make sure you check it out of the library FIRST before you begin!
• Risk: The beloved game of Risk for 2-5 players. With four game modes to choose from this battlefield
  strategy classic is perfect for family game night. Betrayals, alliances, secret missions and surprise
  attacks… Risk has it all!
• Quixx: This deceptively simple dice-rolling game moves fast and provides no shortage of twists and turns. It’s fun for the whole family, but requires real strategy to come out on top.
• Scrabble: One of the most popular and enduring board games in the world, this word game for 2-4 players will have you testing (and growing!) your vocabulary in no time.
• Scream: The Game: Escape from Ghost Face together in this cooperative party game based on the Scream film franchise. Don’t forget to download the companion app, featuring original narration and music.
• Scythe: Set in a steampunk alternate 1920s, this engine-building game can be played by up to five players, or even as a solo campaign. This gorgeously designed game won Game of the Year from BoardGameGeek in 2016 and has garnered raves from critics and fans alike.
  
• Selfish: Space Edition: On this busted spaceship, there’s only enough oxygen for one astronaut to make it home. Shame there’s other astronauts aboard… Only the most ruthless player will survive!
• Settlers of Catan: A resource management game where each player must negotiate and trade with their friends for control of the island. What once was a nerd game has become quite popular as people try it out! The sheep must flow!
• Sequence: This all-ages STEM game combines both strategy and luck, as players draw cards and place chips on the board to create five-segment sequences and achieve victory. Can be played individually, or with teams.
• The Snallygaster Situation: Kids on Bikes: You know there’s a monster out there, since you’re an 11-year-old. But the adults don’t wanna listen to you… Time to rally your friends and go defeat the foul fiend yourselves!
• So…: “If a museum had an exhibit about you, what items would they put on display?” This is just one of the fifty-two new questions included in the second volume of the So… conversation cards series. Perfect as both an icebreaker activity and as a way to foster connection through deep conversation amongst even lifelong friends.
• Spaceteam: This fast-paced and chaotic cooperative card game has players working together to repair their spaceship before it’s swallowed up by a black hole. With only five minutes to avert disaster, players will have to think fast and shout loud!
• Sriracha: The Game: This family-friendly card game inspired by the popular spicy chili sauce promises fast-paced, card-slapping action. With short game times, players will be demanding a rematch, if they can take the heat!
• Star Wars: Outer Rim: A game of bounty hunters, mercenaries and smugglers! In Outer Rim players hunt bounties, smuggle goods, upgrade their ships and hire their crew, including some beloved characters from the Star Wars universe. For 1-4 players.
• Stratego: Lead your army to victory in this classic game of battlefield strategy set during the Napoleonic wars. Break through your opponent’s battle lines and capture to flag of victory! Over 20 million copies sold!
• Strawberry Sunset: Players have until sunset to grow the most vibrant and flourishing strawberry patch in this charming card game from Stellar Factory. A short but elegant, family friendly game of gardening and landscape design.
• Taco Vs. Burrito: This food-fighting card game for 2-4 players is equal parts silliness and strategy. Whoever cooks up the most delicious (or at least the weirdest!) meal wins!
• Terraforming Mars: Transports players centuries into the future, where they’ll compete against each other as Earth’s mega-corporations in a race against the clock to transform Mars into a habitable refuge for humanity. Combines resource management, strategy and ruthless competition for an immersive, complex science-fiction game experience.
• The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31: Relive the classic 1982 sci-fi film from John Carpenter with this board game based on the film’s chilling story. It’s a game of hidden identities and investigation as players try to stay alive, and decide the fate of humanity in the process!
• Ticket to Ride: All aboard! This railway building game is simple yet elegant, with players laying railroad tracks and train cars across the American frontier. The player with the most victory points at the end wins.
• Trivial Pursuit (Master Edition): Challenge yourself with this expanded edition of the classic Trivial Pursuit, with 3,000 all-new questions. Be the first player or team to collect all six wedge pieces and answer the final game-winning question!
• UNO: The classic matching card game beloved by both children and adults. Uno has been a favorite for over 50 years for a reason!
• Visitor in Blackwood Grove: In this asymmetric board game players assume the roles of the extraterrestrial Visitor, the Kid who discovered the Visitor’s spacecraft, and the Federal Agents trying to stop them both. If the Agents win, the Visitor will become their prisoner and test subject. But if the Kid and Visitor can work together, they’ll both escape the Agents and make it to safety.
• Wavelength: This innovative, award-winning “social guessing game” pits teams against each other to find a hidden point within a spectrum of possibility. Only the “psychic” knows the binary poles, and may give players only conceptual hints. For example, If the card says “hot-cold” and the bullseye is all the way to the “hot” side, then the clue might be “surface of the sun.” The team closest to the bullseye wins!
  
• We’re Not Really Strangers (Friendship Edition): This friendship edition of the popular icebreaker activity card game is perfect for getting to know your friend group better and fostering deeper connections through meaningful conversation. Suggested for ages 15 and up.
• Westfield-opoly: Play the classic game of Monopoly with a local twist! This limited edition game features local landmarks and attractions. There’s even a Westfield Athenaeum tile!
• What About Baseball: Sometimes you want to play baseball when you’re simply not able to – whether because it’s after dark, you’re on the go, or you’re already sitting at a baseball game! Play this board game version of baseball and see if your home team is up to snuff!
• Who’s Most Likely To…: This party game has no winners or losers, unless you count the embarrassment! Who in your group is the most likely to wake up in bed with a half-eaten burrito? Only one way to find out!
• Wingspan: In this beautifully designed game players assume the roles of ornithologists and birdwatchers, competing to create the most diverse and active bird habitat. Includes over 170 unique bird cards.
• Zeus on the Loose: Zeus has abandoned his Mount Olympus throne, and it’s up to you to find him and bring him back! This card game has players ascending Mount Olympus, but you’ll need the help of the entire Greek Pantheon!
• Zombies!!!: Conserve resources and defeat or avoid the zombies in this competitive survival horror board game. First to the helipad wins!!!

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Tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) have seen a huge resurgence in pop culture thanks in part to shows like Critical Role, Dimension 20, and the Adventure Zone. Try out some rockin’ role-playing games with a group of good buddies and see where your imagination takes you!

• Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game: Create and play your own elemental master in this role- playing adventure set in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
• Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game 6-Book Set: This throwback, “old school revival” style roleplaying game set includes the 4th edition core rulebook along with 5 supplemental books: Equipment Emporium, Adventure Anthology 1, Basic Fantasy Field Guide, The 2nd edition Chaotic Caves Adventure Series, and Morgansfort The Western Lands Campaign. This box set includes everything you’ll need to run a legendary campaign from start to finish!
• Cairn: This pen and paper RPG from Yochai Gal is easy to play but difficult to survive, with frantic combat set in a dark fantasy woodland environment. Cairn Bestiary also available.
• Cairn Bestiary: This supplement for the Cairn roleplaying system includes over 150 new monsters and other enemy types. An essential tool for the Cairn Game Master.
• Cairn Player’s Guide 2nd Edition: This elegantly designed second edition of the old-school, rules-lite Cairn system includes updated item lists, game and combat rules, and an expansive section of player backgrounds, all far more intriguing and unusual than those found in most other tabletop RPGs.
• Call of Cthulhu Starter Set: Based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, players assume the roles of investigators exploring the mysteries of things that go bump in the night – but these aren’t your grandparent’s ghoulies (vampires, werewolves etc). No, you’ll be exploring the worlds of cosmic horror, with great and terrifying Elder Gods, unnameable beings of twisting horror and mind-shattering powers…
• Dungeon Crawl Classics: This modern take on classic roleplaying tropes (a style often labeled as “Old School Revival” or “OSR”) harkens back to the options-heavy earlier editions of classic fantasy RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons, only designed with modern roleplaying audiences in mind. Features beautiful retro-style black and white illustrations from classic fantasy and roleplaying game artists.
• Dungeon World: The Dungeon World system is designed to be both easy to learn and highly customizable, providing for fast, adaptable play. Primarily set in deadly locales full of hostile enemies and devious traps, the “dungeon crawler” will put your skills to the test!
• Dungeons and Dragons Core Rulebook Set: The original RPG that started a generation of fans creating adventurous parties going out and exploring the monster-packed wilderness! Whether you’re looking for a classic dungeon crawl, a magical heist, an investigative mystery or simply a goofy time with friends, these games are for you! Check out both the Player’s Handbook and Dungeon Master’s Guide for the complete experience. 5th edition.
• Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide: This updated manual contains comprehensive rules and options for running a D&D game, expanding upon 5th edition’s 2014 Guide with an increased focus on accessibility and ease of use. Designed with both novice and experienced Dungeon Masters in mind. Best used in conjunction with the Monster Manual and Player’s Handbook.
• Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Monster Manual: This “bestiary” contains over 500 monsters and other enemy types, expanding the standard 5th edition options with over 75 new enemies alongside revised and expanded options for existing creatures. To get the most out of this book, use in conjunction with the Player’s Handbook and Dungeon Master’s Guide.
• Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Player’s Handbook: This long-awaited update to the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons commemorates the milestone 50th anniversary of the game, expanding the well- established 5th edition of the game with over 20 pages of new rules and options. Start here.
• Dungeons & Dragons (5th Edition): Spelljammer Adventures in Space Box Set: – This cosmic Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting introduces 5th edition to the “Wildspace” setting, with alien races, deadly planets and magical spaceships. Box set includes Astral Adventurer’s Guide, Boo’s Astral Menagerie (containing over 60 creature types), the Light of Xaryxis adventure module, poster map and unique Dungeon Master’s Screen.
• Dungeons & Dragons (5th Edition): Vecna Eve of Ruin: Fancy yourself an experienced D&D player looking for a challenge? This adventure is designed for characters level 10 and up, pitting players against the classic D&D villain Vecna and spanning the multiverse, from Ravenloft to the “Wildspace” setting of Spelljammer.
• Four Against Darkness: This “solitaire” gaming system is designed for a single player but supports more than one player as well. Everything needed to play a complete adventure, either solo or with friends, is contained within this slim volume.
• GURPS Basic Set: Characters: This update to the classic GURPS system includes literally hundreds of new and updated rules for character creation. The GURPS system is large and varied, but this volume contains everything you need to make a new character. Along with the Basic Set: Campaigns, this book contains everything needed to play the game, though there are dozens of additional campaign settings to choose from as well.
• GURPS Fourth Edition Basic Set Campaigns: A companion to the GURPS Basic Set Characters books, this update to the classic Steve Jackson system gives Game Masters all the resources needed to design a game setting and run a campaign. Compatible with the numerous GURPS expansion modules.
• Monster of the Week:This compact tabletop action-horror RPG pits 3-5 players against monsters and mythical creatures such as Bigfoot, aliens, vampires and the Chupacabra. “Most people don’t believe in monsters, but you know the truth. They’re real, and it’s your task to bring them down!”
  
• Mork Borg: This rules-light, heavy metal-inspired tabletop RPG translates to “Dark Castle,” in Swedish, and will be the perfect old-school style RPG for players looking for something darker and edgier than Dungeons & Dragons. It even has its own official doom metal playlist!
• Mutant Crawl Classics: Using the ruleset from Goodman Games’ Dungeon Crawl Classics, MCC brings the deadly, unpredictable and often absurd gameplay from that breakout hit into a post-apocalyptic “science fantasy” future setting. Scour the irradiated wasteland for lost artifacts, all while fighting off deadly giant insects, marauding mutants and killer androids. Includes everything needed to run and play the game.
• Pathfinder (2nd Edition) GM Core: The second of three major releases to the game’s second edition, the GM Core gives Game Masters resources for story crafting, combat design, and everything else needed to build an epic adventure campaign within the updated Pathfinder system.
• Pathfinder (2nd Edition) Player Core: This long awaited update gives fantasy roleplayers all they need to create and play a character in the second edition of the Pathfinder system. Designed as a new entry point, this book does not require the 1st edition, although prospective Game Masters may opt for the GM Core book in addition to this volume.
• Root: Based on the board game of the same name, this role-playing experience casts players as woodland creatures fighting for all sorts of different motivations in a sometimes-cruel world. Fans of Brian Jacques Redwall series will want to check this one out!
• Star Trek Adventures Captain’s Log Solo Roleplaying Game: This stand-alone, solo-play RPG is derived from the Star Trek Adventures game system. Includes everything needed to create original Star Trek stories set at any point in the franchise’s history. Create your own Starfleet characters and venture into the vastness of the cosmos on a mission of your own design. Designed for solo play but can be played with a group as well.
• Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Beginner Game: This introduction to the Edge of the Empire system is designed to be both an introduction to the world of Star Wars roleplaying as well as an all-in-one complete adventure. Includes adventure book, rulebook, cheat sheet, character folios and tokens, map and custom Edge of the Empire game dice.
• Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition Players Guide: A handsomely designed hardcover edition of the latest update to the beloved Vampire The Masquerade roleplaying game series. Collects all the latest character-building options including clans, archetypes and powers. Includes options for both group and solo play.
• Wanderhome: Offering a decisive change of pace from most fantasy tabletop RPGs, Wanderhome is set in a pastoral, slower-paced fantasy world inhabited by animal folk and mythical creatures. With a unique focus on the ways in which the seasons affect the game world and an emphasis on travel, Wanderhome promises a gaming experience unlike any other.
• White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game: This “OSR” (“Old School Revival”) game takes direct inspiration from the earliest editions of the classic Dungeons & Dragons system. Everything needed to run and play the game in one slim volume. Compatible with the Swords & Wizardry White Box rule set.

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• Omron Bronze Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor: This simple to use, soft-cuffed device monitors blood and detects for indications of hypertension and irregular heart rate as well.
• Yriuat Folding Camping/Card Table: This lightweight, foldable and portable camping table is perfect for
  a game of cards by firelight, or for sharing a meal on the trail or beach. 24″D x 16″W x 24″H, sturdy with
  adjustable legs and mesh hanging storage level.

Need to work from home? Whether you’re studying, looking for work, or trying to fix your old computer, we understand there’s dozens of reasons to suddenly need a computer for a few weeks. Look no further than our Chromebooks, available to check out from the Reference Desk. Comes equipped with power cable, transfer dongle and carrying case.

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• Embroidery Starter Kit: This kit from Santune includes an embroidery hoop, needles and needle threader, scissors, thread, cloth and more. Follow the handy illustration guide to get embroidering!
• Knitting Kit: Includes sets of assorted knitting needles, pom-pom maker set and crochet set.
• Make a Zine Kit: Interested in small-scale self-publishing or DIY art projects? These two all-in-one kits contain everything you’ll need! Both kits include scissors, assorted writing utensils, glue sticks, tape, stickers, collage materials, paper, “how to” instructions, pre-folded blank zines and much more!
• Mini Darning Loom Kit: This darning kit from AMZ Elite includes a mini metal loom, a wide array of color threads and darning mushroom and egg tools. Perfect for mending clothes and making them last!
• Sewing Machine: A what? That’s right! We’re now offering a Brother Pacesetter PS200T Sewing and Quilting Machine for use in your home. Halfway through a project and your machine konked out on you? Looking for a machine to borrow for a simple mend? Designing your own clothes and looking for a way to practice? Whether you’re trying to save money or are starting to learn new crafting skills, this sewing machine is the perfect way to push through your project! This item includes the Pacesetter sewing machine, a carrying case with operation manual, 7 guide sheets and 16 accessory types listed in manual including 1 wide table, 1 foot controller and other accessories stored inside machine compartment.
• Wax Sealing Kit: Whether you’re making invitations for a wedding, a murder mystery party, or simply want to fancy-up your letter, check out our Wax Sealing Kit to create beautiful letter seals! Heat up a few of the wax beads using the tea candle, spoon and spoon holder. Wait until the wax is hot and melted, then pour onto your envelope. Finally, imprint your seal using the metal stamps, fashioned with very fancy floral patterns. One fun trick: put the stamp in the freezer while you melt your wax for a crisp impression on the seal. Please be very careful with this item, as it includes hot wax and the risk of burns! Kit includes 24 colors of wax beads in a containment case, 1 tweezers, 10 tea candles, 2 metallic embossing pens, 7 metal stamps, 2 stamp handles, gold glitter, 1 wax melting spoon, 1 wax warmer, 1 bag and 2 pages instructions.

Two week loan period with one automatic renewal.

• Ancel BD310 OBDII Car Diagnostic Scanner: This diagnostic scanner works on most 1996- and OBDII compliant US, 2001- European, and 2003- Asian vehicles, and supports all OBD II protocols including J1850 PWM, J1850 VPW, ISO9141, KWP2000 and CAN. Requires download of the free Ancel app, which will display a diagnostic report within minutes of the device being plugged into your vehicle.
• Boifun Portable DVD Player: Watch DVDs on the go with this compact all-in-one player. Also supports SD cards and USB drives.
• Bose Soundlink Flex Portable Bluetooth Speaker: This compact but mighty portable soundbar from Bose is perfect for the beach, on a camping trip, backyard party, or anywhere else. The speaker is waterproof, compatible with Bluetooth, rechargeable, and includes a built-in microphone that can make and receive calls. The connect app even automatically installs updates. Charging time: approximately 4 hours (includes charger).
• EPSON WorkForce ES-50 Portable Document Scanner: Scan to USB, desktop computer or the cloud with this fast, lightweight, portable scanner. Allows for a single sheet or document at a time.
• Eversource Kill A Watt Electricity Usage Monitor: Includes electricity monitor for recording and tracking energy use as well as an educational booklet offering tips on reducing energy consumption.
• FIOLEES SM-216 Portable Cassette Player/Recorder: This portable Walkman features a built-in speaker and headphone jack as well as supporting Bluetooth. Batteries included.
• Graphing Calculator: These calculators are often expensive for many students to buy outright, putting them at a disadvantage in classes that require them. We’re now offering one to use in the library to help you with your studies! Plot, graph and much more – perfect for your science or math studies.
• Karaoke Kit-Karaoke night is a blast with friends – but what if you’re not feeling like going out tonight? Our rechargeable, battery-operated Karaoke Machine Kit is perfect for a party at home or on the go! Sing loud and proud on the beach, out camping or in your living room. Cue up your songs on your phone and connect to the speaker with Bluetooth. When fully charged the speaker is good to go for up to eight hours of use. Kit is equipped with JYX Karaoke Machine with 2 Wireless Microphones.
• KLIM Discover Portable CD Player: Supports CDs, Bluetooth, MP3 (via SD card) and features a built-in FM radio transmitter. No batteries necessary, charger included!
• Magnifying Desk Lamp: This sturdy adjustable LED desk lamp magnifies up to 10x and includes a dimmable light with five separate color modes. Perfect for reading or close hobby work or crafting.
• Poniie Electricity Usage Monitor: Potentially reduce your power bill by testing the energy consumption of appliances. This monitor measures voltage, amp meter, frequency and power factor. Includes instruction booklet.
• Temtop M10 Air Quality Monitor – Test your home, workspace or anywhere else for hazardous chemicals and other air pollutants. This compact device monitors AQI (Air Quality Index), PM2.5 (harmful particulates), HCHO (formaldehyde), and TVOC (natural gas and other volatile compounds).
• Victrola Revolution GO Turntable: Play vinyl on the go with this new record player from Victrola. Supports three playback speeds for both LPs and 45s, is fully Bluetooth compatible and portable, and includes built-in speakers and charger cord.

Two-week loan with one auto-renewal.

Perhaps you just broke your trowel, or lost it somewhere in your garage; now you can borrow tools for as long as you need. Please wash off dirty tools before returning.

• Bulb Planter: Dig down deep and recover your annuals so you can plant them once it’s warmer!
• Fiskars Post Hole Digger: This durable welded-steel digger is perfect for breaking through tough soil to create extra-deep post holes.
• Fiskars Tiller: Break up and redistribute compacted soil with ease using this long-handled steel tiller from Fiskars.
• Set of hand tools: Trowels, cultivators and pruning shears. Get all your small-scale gardening done with ease.
• Soil Block Maker: Need to transport your seeds? This soil blocker allows you to create small, neat bricks of soil perfect for transportation and containment. Avoid plastic waste with this helpful gardening tool. Mix and moisten your soil in a large tray or basin, press down with the blocker, and voila! Your nursery will now have perfect little blocks of soil, ready for planting. Kit includes 1 instructions, 1 soil blocker, 1 handle with spring separates, and 24 seed pins (8 each of square, shallow round, and deep round).
• Soil Tester Kit: Why buy a niche item like this when you can borrow it for free? Measure the moisture content and acidity of your soil with this toolkit.

Three week checkout period with one automatic renewal.

Enjoy wireless internet access (WiFi) at home or on the go. These devices are so popular that we were able to renew service for another year, till October of 2023. Simply plug it in and connect to it in your device’s WiFi options. If you’re having trouble operating the hotspot, check out our page on the topic! Comes equipped with carrying pouch and power cable.

Two week checkout period with one automatic renewal.

Thanks to the Center for EcoTechnology, which was granted funding from the EPA to get community members educated on the benefits of cooking on induction stove vs. gas, we now have an induction cooktop to loan out. Unlike gas and electric cooktops, which use an open flame or heating element, induction cooking uses electromagnetic energy to heat pots and pans directly. Induction cooking uses less carbon and is safer and faster than either gas or electric.

People who switch from gas stoves to induction can experience the following benefits: 

• Environmental: Using an induction stove instead of gas cuts your cooking carbon emissions in half.  
• Health & Safety: Induction stoves eliminate toxic emissions that come from gas, and that increase the risk of childhood asthma by 45%.
• Economic: Induction cooktops are about three times more efficient than gas.  
• Cook time: Induction stoves take half the time of gas to bring water to a boil.  
• Cleanup: With their smooth surfaces and burners that don’t get hot enough to bake on food, induction cooktops are a breeze to clean. 
• Precision: Induction burners are quicker to respond to temperature adjustments than gas burners. 

Westfield Athenaeum Induction Stove Lending Program from Center for EcoTechnology on Vimeo.

An excellent, quiet way to spend an afternoon or three. Pick yours out from the selection in the Great Hall! New and used 300, 500, 700 and 1000 piece puzzles are all available. Missing a piece? Mark a small ‘x’ on the front in sharpie where the piece should be and let a circulation assistant know.

Three week loan period with one automatic renewal.

Some of the coolest recipes out there involve big machines for your kitchen. A lot of these can be pretty expensive, and not everyone has the resources to just go out and buy an air fryer. However, now you have the opportunity to check out these gadgets from the library whenever you need them! Each of the Kitchen Gadgets can be checked out for three weeks, with one automatic renewal. Please read all instructions carefully before use, and use adult supervision and caution when using any sharp or heated device. Please thoroughly clean the item before returning it. **Please be aware when borrowing any of our kitchen gadgets that they may have been exposed to any and all allergens**

• Air Fryer: This little convection oven creates currents of superheated air, sending the heat evenly around the center trays to crisp up your dish. Fry chicken and meats, potatoes, pastries, potato chips and more – but without all the unhealthy fats, oils and empty calories of deep fried food.
• Canning Kit: Literally hundreds of things are canned regularly by folks around the world. Pickles, jams, jellies, fruits, vegetables – canning is an excellent way to keep food safely preserved for long periods of time. Stock up for the wintertime, make pickles for presents, or just make tasty treats for yourself and your family.
• Electric Smokeless Grill: Bring the outdoor grilling experience indoors with this smokeless, non-stick, easy-to-clean electric grill from Granitestone. Grill up burgers, veggies, and anything else in minutes!
• Food Dehydrator: Heat dehydration is an alternative method of food preservation to traditional methods, like using a lot of salt. Using very hot air circulated by fans, this device dries moisture out of whatever you put in it. An excellent way to dry fruits and vegetables for chips and snacks, dry flowers to help remember special moments, make meat jerky, or dry herbs for future use.
• Ice Cream Maker: Some of these devices might need some explaining as to what they’re used for. The Ice Cream Maker on the other hand – well, it makes ice cream! Create a tasty summertime treat with this churning friend. Check out how easy it is to make healthier alternatives, all using the same process. Simply choose your ingredients and watch ‘er whirl, then cool off at the poolside or barbeque with your homemade ice cream, frozen yogurt, or sorbet.
• Juicer: Many fruits and vegetables are hiding another useful way to prepare them – the juice inside! Use this device to squeeze them dry, and get tasty fruit juice for your breakfasts or vegetable juices as a side. Fruit and vegetable juice have long been said to have great health benefits.
• RFAQK Springform Cake Pan Set: This set includes 3 pans (2 pieces each), 7 frosting tips, paper liners, cupcake liners, piping bags, 2 piping bag couplers, 1 icing spatula, 3 scrapers and 1 cake leveler.
• Silicone Cake Pan Molds set: – Includes 1 Chicrinum Bundt cake mold, 3 SENHAI flower-shaped molds and 2 ORIONE rose-shaped frosting molds.
• Spiralizer: Some foods are best enjoyed fancy. It can be very tricky to cut foods into spiral shapes – unless you’re using this gadget to do the hard part for you. Zucchini, carrots, curly fries, hash; see how easy gourmet can be!

When the weather starts getting warm and the sun finally stays out the whole day, it’s time to break out the Lawn Games and party!

• Badminton: Bounce the shuttlecock back and forth over the net, making sure not to let it drop to the ground or the other side gets a point! First to twenty-one points, with at least a two-point lead, wins!
• Bocce: Divide into two teams, and throw the white ball (the jack or pallino) about twenty feet away. Alternate bowling your balls towards the jack, then measure which team got the closest! Earn one point from each ball of your team that is closer than the closest ball from the other team.
• Cornhole: Set the foldable boards about twenty feet apart, and take turns tossing your beanbag. Try to score more points than the other team! Earn one point for landing the beanbag on the board, three points for landing it in. First team to twenty-one exactly, wins. If you go over twenty-one points though, you immediately lose ten points and gotta catch up again!
• Croquet: Set the two rainbow sticks into the ground about twenty feet from each other, then arrange the hoops evenly in between them. From one stick, each player lightly smacks their ball through each of the hoops, goes across the field to the other stick, then repeats back to the start!
• GoSports Kubb Viking Clash: This all-ages easy-to-learn lawn game is sometimes called “Viking Chess” due to its ancient Scandinavian origins. Includes 10 Kubb blocks, 1 king piece, 6 batons, 4 corner stakes and a carrying case.
• Lawn Bowling: Set up your pins on grass or a flat surface, and use the ball to knock down as many as you can!
• Ring Toss: Try and get your ring on the peg! First to ten points wins.
• Tumble Tower: Similar to a familiar tabletop game, but larger and for outdoors play! Stack them up and take turns removing blocks – but don’t let it fall down!
• Volleyball (and badminton) Combo Net: Two teams compete to keep the volleyball in the air, only hitting it with their hands. Don’t let the ball touch the ground on your side of the net!

Each of the Lawn Games can be checked out for three weeks with one automatic renewal.

Are you ready to start planting? Pick up free seeds for your own garden – fruits, veggies, herbs and more! You can pick up heirloom, non-GMO seeds for free at the Seed Library right in front of the circulation desk. You can learn much more about this project on its own page.

• Bicycle locks: Gone out for a bike ride around town and realized you left your lock at home? Simply ask at the Circulation desk and borrow one of ours! Standard cable-style and heavy-duty U-lock are both available.
• Omron Bronze Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor: This simple to use, soft-cuffed device monitors blood and detects for indications of hypertension and irregular heart rate as well.
• Portable Air Pump: Sports like basketball and soccer are great – when the ball is full of air! Pop into the library for a few minutes and borrow our air pump when you need a quick fix. Not suitable for bicycle tires.

• Cartman 148-Piece Tool Set: Includes tape measure, screwdriver set, long nose pliers, hammer, magnetic bit holder, combination wrench, utility knife, sockets, insulation tape, fastener kit and more.
• Dewalt Stud Finder: Alert sounds and LED directional arrows help to locate both wood and metal studs. Features a detection depth of 3/4 inches, and an open center channel for location marking.
• Safety Equipment Kit: Considering borrowing our tool set or other home improvement items? Consider also borrowing our safety kit, which includes protective earmuffs, two sets of googles, a breakaway high visibility vest, gel knee-pads and product guides. Safety first!
• SKIL 360 Degree Line Laser: Projects a bright red 360⁰ level line for up to 65 ft. in diameter. Perfect for leveling furniture or aligning fixtures and framed pictures and more! Includes laser, tripod, USB cable and wall charger.

What’s better than a tiny, four-stringed version of a guitar that you can take home? Well, what if it was mint-green and glowed in the dark?! Comes equipped with a clip-on tuner and carrying bag.

Three week loan period with one automatic renewal.