There is a concerted effort on the party of many public libraries to attract patrons and conduct activities that market the library as a community center. We have here a challenge to conduct a monthly gaming contest for children, teens, parents, and community members. The author, who has had much experience with this, provides a guide to conducting such an activity with lots of details, dos and don’ts, strategies, workarounds, and ideas for doing this up right. One can imagine such an event at the local school in conjunction with a parents night to encouage attendance. Far fetched? How do you attract parents to the school library? How could you work with the public library on this type of project so that families have their public library card, are linked into the public library databases, have library cards, and understand the important role both libraries play in a person’s life. “Bring ‘em in for one thing, teach them another…” We all need marketing plans. This is worth considering. Recommended. ( )