Including digital copies to TTRPG collections

Hello all. I’m presently within the strategy of creating a small assortment of TTRPGs for my library. I’m largely simply testing the waters with a core set of things for now, however I’m hoping that we’ll get a robust sufficient response that I’ll have the ability to increase it additional sooner or later.

In order to introduce some selection for individuals who could also be enthusiastic about video games apart from people who comply with conventional D&D-esque group campaigns, I’ve tried to incorporate some solo RPGs in addition to indies with various participant numbers which have totally different play buildings. One downside I’ve bumped into just a few instances is that the bodily copies for a lot of probably nice video games are fairly skinny and flimsy, which means they might probably get misplaced on customary cabinets and would have an elevated threat of being broken from utilization.

A possible answer I’ve considered is buying digital copies of those video games and both permitting patrons to request a printed copy of a sport, or giving them entry to a pdf that they’ll work from or print on their very own. In order to do that I’d clearly must make it possible for any such distribution is appropriate throughout the phrases of copyright/consumer licensing for every sport, so my subsequent step was to start out performing some analysis into how these are sometimes structured. If it looks like there are at the very least some video games with which this could be doable, I’ll then have to have a look at particular person titles.

Before stepping into the weeds of analysis, I hoped to see if anybody right here has any expertise with utilizing digital copies of video games as a part of their assortment or has appeared in depth on the authorized parameters of distribution of all these video games. I’d think about that totally different builders/publishers fluctuate in what they permit, however even info on one or two particular builders can be useful. I’m hoping to at the very least reduce the period of time I would want to spend researching, so any and all recommendation can be appreciated.

Thanks upfront for any assist!

Best,

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Devin Weaver
Technical Services Manager
Mercer County Public Library
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