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Project Design: This narrative focused experience includes a variety of creative and competitive events to give the youth in the community a place of their own that caters to their interests while fulfilling their needs for intellectual growth.

Target Population: youth age 10-18

Project Design: Expand gaming programs to include:

· An ongoing Dungeons and Dragons game wherein participants will develop back stories for their characters and create detailed synopses of the adventures they encounter.

· Tabletop games such as Warhammer or Settlers of Catan, and created content will be made available for public viewing.

· A fan-fiction contest where young people will write original stories about their favorite video game characters and create stories incorporating characters they create in games

· A workshop where young people create their own board game and/or concept for a video game, with emphasis on character and narrative development.

· Live Journal groups dedicated to role-playing and world-building

· Creation and publication of machinima

· Group project where several authors contribute to an ongoing narrative.

Project Goals:

· Expand the gaming services offered to youth

· Increase number of young people using WCPL

· Strengthen youth thinking skills

The Library will partner with:

· Friends of the Library

· Wayne County Public Schools

· Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne