Board Game Club boxes are set to land in 100 UK libraries ahead of Easter, as Playtime PR commences an initiative designed to increase access to games for local communities.

Following a stellar response from games companies and huge interest from libraries, Playtime PR will be delivering the first wave of Board Game Club boxes to libraries across the country later this month.

The initiative, which aims to increase access to play for local communities through their libraries, will see the first Board Game Club boxes making their way to 100 public libraries across the length and breadth of the country. Each box contains 11 brilliant board games from Asmodee, Big Potato, Gibsons, Imagination Games, Orchard Toys, Ridley’s Games and Spin Master.

“The response by both games companies and libraries has been phenomenal,” enthuses Ceriann Smith, director of Strategy & Creative at Playtime PR. “Almost a third of the signed-up libraries plan to use the Board Game Club boxes to refresh their existing games collections, while nearly a quarter say they’ll use the games to establish a new Board Game Club at their library. It’s great to see such a strong appetite for games in library settings.  We’d like to extend massive thanks to all the games companies that have come on board to support this initiative – we couldn’t do it without their generous support.”

Games companies interested in supporting wave two of the project, which will run in the autumn and will open up the initiative to even more libraries throughout the country, should contact libraries@playtimepr.com.