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The library gives you a game

The library gives you a game

In the Libraries of the UPC we understand the game as a tool that favors social relations and teamwork, improves communication and can be an intellectual challenge and to overcome.

For this reason, from the Campus Library of the Baix Llobregat, we offer you a selection of games so that the borrow We offer you two types of loan:

1. Games that are loaned for 14 days

2. Games that are borrowed for a single day (until library closing time)

The library gives you a game and invites you to try out the proposals and challenges of various types: individual board games, collaborative games, strategy games, ... Choose what you like best and exercise another way of learning!

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What games do we have?

High voltageHow do you play it?

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In the center of the table is a "5+/-2". Quick! You have to find one of your cards that is the result of this addition or subtraction, a “7” or a “3”. It all depends on the cards in your hand and whether you are faster than the other players! The first player to run out of cards wins the game.

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Carcassonne

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The city of Carcassonne, in southeastern France, is famous for its walled citadel dating back to Roman and medieval times. Players will try to make their fortune by placing their followers on the roads, towns, monasteries and farms in the region, a region that will change as the game progresses. Correctly arranging these followers, be they bandits, knights, monks or peasants, will be essential to achieve victory.

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CatanHow do you play it?

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In Catan, players try to be the dominant force on the island of Catan by building settlements, cities, and roads. Each turn dice are rolled to determine what resources the island produces. Players build by spending resources (sheep, wheat, wood, brick, and ore) that are represented on these resource cards; each land type, with the exception of barren desert, produces a specific resource: hills produce brick, forests produce wood, mountains produce ore, fields produce wheat, and pastures produce sheep.

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Lowlands

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Cluedo is a board game where participants must solve a fictional crime using their powers of deduction. A murder has been committed and the perpetrator, the weapon and the room where it happened must be found out. It is a deduction board game, based on a detective story, created in 1944 by the Englishman Anthony E. Pratt. It was published by Waddingtons and the game quickly became a success. The name derives from the combination of two words: Clue, in English clue and Ludo, the name given in English to the game of parchisi.

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Lowlands

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The cube that has been making our heads dance for almost 50 years (thanks Ernő Rubik for inventing it!).

With 43.252.003.274.489.856.000 (approximately 43 quintillion) possible positions, did you know that any of these positions can be resolved with just 20 moves?

Dare to test yourself with the most popular mechanical puzzle in history!

The current world record for the fastest cube is held by Yusheng Du with a time of 3,47 seconds. Do you dare to break this record?

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 Domino How do you play it?

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Dominoes originated a thousand years ago in China from dice games. The present form of 28 double, rectangular tokens does not appear to have been known in Europe until, in the middle of the XNUMXth century, it was introduced and spread far and wide by the Italians.

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Chess

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Chess: Features

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Have you ever considered that chess helps you learn how to solve complex problems? Did you know that playing chess has a positive impact on numerical and verbal skills, and helps improve memory? Don't think about it anymore and come and move your card!

 

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Lowlands

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Word formation is a crossword game that combines:

the chance when picking up the letters and the ability to compose words by

Get the maximum score: this depends on position and value.

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GoHow do you play it?

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Two-player strategy game from China. According to legend, it was Emperor Yao who invented it to develop his son's mental capacity and train him to rule the country.

What if we make it the engineers who are in a position to rule the world? Come and play!

 

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The besto of los hombres lobo de Castonegro

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The different editions of the Werewolves of Castronegro, Luna Nova, Personatges, El pacte, have led the authors and the publisher to present their selection of the best characters created during these 15 years: the Best of of the Werewolves of Castronegro.

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Card games

The library offers you these three decks of cards:

  • Spanish fight

  • French fight

  • UNO card game

 

 

How do you play it?

Video instructions: Poker  Video instructions: UNO

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The forbidden island

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Forbidden Island is a visually stunning cooperative board game. Instead of winning by competing with other players like most games, everyone has to work together to win the game. Players take turns moving their pawns around the “island”, which is built by laying out many silk-screened tiles before the game begins. As the game progresses, more and more island tiles sink in, become unavailable, and the pace picks up. Players use strategies to prevent the island from collapsing, while trying to collect treasures and items. As the water level rises, it becomes more difficult; sacrifices must be made.

 

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Crew

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In this game players start out as astronauts on an uncertain space adventure. What are the rumors about the unknown planet? The eventful journey through space spans over 50 exciting missions. But this game can only be defeated by completing the common individual tasks of each player. In order to face the different challenges, communication is essential in the team. But this is more difficult than expected in space.

With each mission the game becomes more difficult. After each mission, the game can be paused and continued later. During each mission what counts is not the number of tricks, but the right tricks at the right time.

 

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Lowlands

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Monopoly is one of the best-selling commercial board games in the world. There are currently more than 1.700 versions, in 37 languages, and it is sold in 103 countries.

The goal of the game is to achieve profits and ultimately monopoly of the market, having all the imaginary real estate properties that appear in the game.

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Moon

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Moon is a quick game where you will learn how a real computer works.

To win the game, you have to help the astronauts complete their mission by solving all the objective cards. Each objective card shows a combination of bits. To solve the target card, you must store this combination of bits in the A register of the CPU. In each round, you can perform as many operations as you want depending on the available energy units. There may also be hardware errors that require you to repair them or look for workarounds.

 

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Rummikub

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Rummikub  

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The first, the real best Rummikub to get you started and make your friends fans of the funnest numbers game. Not to be confused with Rummy or Rummi. You will have to make ladders and matches and match the numbers until you run out of tiles, if you manage to be the first, you win. Game of numbers, this is a strategy game that will captivate you for hours. It is the most well-known numbers game you can find.

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 The operation of Rush Hour is simple: prepare the challenge as indicated by the card and fight in the traffic jam to remove the red car, sliding the vehicles that block its path. This game has four levels of difficulty, allowing each player to progress at their own pace. With 40 completely renewed challenges, even more fun for all ages! 

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Star Trek AscendancyHow do you play it?

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Star Trek: Ascendancy is a board game of exploration, expansion, and conflict between the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, and the Star Romulan Empire. Players control the great civilizations of the Galaxy with the goal of expanding their influence and growing their civilization through peace and exploration or conquering and exploiting.

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Terraforming Mars

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"Since its conception in 2174, the World Government has continuously striven to achieve global unity and peace. Our mission is to be a shared tool of humanity to create a better future. The Earth is overpopulated and the resources We now have to choose between retreating or expanding into space to find new homes for humanity. That's why we need to make Mars a habitable planet. The terraforming of Mars will require effort of all humanity to achieve. Therefore, the World Government will establish a terraforming committee for this purpose. Any corporation or company that contributes to the terraforming process will be generously rewarded by the committee measures will eventually lead to a habitable planet for our descendants. Thank you for your attention!” Levi Uken, spokesman for the World Government, January 16, 2315 AD.

 

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Lowlands

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The Mind is more than just a game; it's an experiment, a simple and brilliant team experience. All levels must be completed to win the game, and you won't be able to agree or exchange information. You'll have to connect your minds and thoughts. It's a curious cooperative card game where intuition plays an important role.

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Lowlands

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In the Lowlands, each player will be the owner of a small farm by the sea. You will build levees to protect the lands from flooding, expand your sheep farm with the help of your workers and raise sheep for sustenance. However, in the face of the constant threat of rising seas, you will have to collaborate in the dike expansion tasks and you may even have to put these tasks before your personal goals, since a flood could have negative consequences for everyone

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The books that accompany the collection

Expand your knowledge of some of these games with the following books in the library:

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Last update: 15 / 05 / 2025