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The designers of the library instruction game, Search&Destroy return to share the exciting growth of their project: making library instruction fun for students and easier for librarians.

With Search&Destroy in the classroom, students learn database skills through killer card mechanics, tied to information literacy learning outcomes. The team spent 2025 expanding into new editions; Search&Destroy: Biomedical, intended for library instruction by health sciences librarians and Buscar&Destruír: Edición Español, a complete Spanish language translation. The OG Search&Destroy has circulated over 700 copies at over 300 locations on 5 continents and the new editions are also spreading rapidly. In this session the designers will explain Search&Destroy’s design, mechanics, and learning outcomes. They will reflect on the project’s growth into new editions and share best practices for using games in the classroom. Attendees will play Search&Destroy, meaning massively fun library database destruction. Bring your laptop to engage and enrage.

• Event Type TRD - Trade Day Events
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• Day Wednesday
• Start Time 1:00 PM
• End Time 2:00 PM
• Duration 1 hours
• Location JW
• Room 204.0
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• Age Required Everyone (6+)
• Experience Required None (You've never played before - rules will be taught)
• Min Players 1
• Max Players 30
• Cost Free
• Tickets Available 30
• GM / Organizer Gary "GREY" Maixner, Mari Kermit-Canfield
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• Tournament No
• Round 1 of 1
• Materials Required No
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• Website wunderkind-games.com
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• Special Category none
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