Stormbreaker Alex Rider: The Board Game (RDA)

RDA REF

RDA ELEMENT

DATA RECORDED

2.3.2

Title proper

Stormbreaker Alex Rider: The Board Game

2.4.2

Statement of responsibility relating to

title proper

Specialty Board Games, Inc.

2.8.2

Place of publication

Barrie, Ontario, Canada

2.8.4

Publishers name

Specialty Board Games, Inc.

2.8.6

Date of publication

2006

2.11

Copyright date

2006

2.13

Mode of issuance

monograph

2.15

Identifier for the manifestation

SBG: 22100

3.2

Media type

unmediated

3.3

Carrier type

Other

3.4

Extent

1 game

3.5

Dimensions

Box 26.67 x 26.67 x 6.35 cm

4.2

Terms of availability

$29.99 when new

6.9

Content type

tactile three-dimensional form

7.10

Summarization of the content

Become the hottest new 14 year old spy, Alex

Rider, and be the first to complete your mission
by hacking your opponents secret code.
Based on the popular book series about the
teenage super-spy, this game has players
navigating the game board by collecting gadgets
and special skills in order to complete various
challenges and defeat the enemy.
Collect your assets within the Safe and Mission
zones, but be careful when you enter the Caution,
Heightened Alert and Danger zones your life could
be in jeopardy!

7.12

Language of the content

In English

7.24

Artistic and/or technical credit

Photographs, MMVI Samuelson/tgM Film

7.7

Intended Audience

Age 8 and Up

17.8

Work manifested1

Specialty Board Games, Inc. Stormbreaker Alex

Rider: The Board Game

19.2

Creator

Specialty Board Games, Inc.

20.2

Contributor

Daniel, Liam

18.5

Relationship designator

Photographer

Stormbreaker Alex Rider: The Board Game (MARC)

MARC FIELD

MARC FIELD

INDICATORS

DATA RECORDED

TAG

Leader/06

Type of record

Leader/07

Bibliographic level

Leader/18

Descriptive cataloguing form

Leader/19

Multipart resource record level

007/00

Physical description fixed field

Category of material

007/01

Physical description fixed field

Specific material designation

008/35-37

Fixed length data elements

Language

eng

040

Cataloguing source description

conventions

##

$e rda

245

Title statement

10

$a Stormbreaker Alex Rider:

The Board Game

264

Production, publication,
distribution, manufacture, and
copyright notice

#1

$a Barrie, ON, Canada : $b

Specialty Board Games, Inc. $c
c2006

264

Production, publication,
distribution, manufacture, and
copyright notice

#4

$c 2006

300

Physical description

##

$a 1 game (1 game board, 2

six-sided die, 220 mission cards,
1 Stormbreaker score pad, 4
classified folders, 4 pawns)
$b cardboard, paper, plastic
$c 26.67 x 26.67 x 6.35 cm

336

Content type

##

$a tactile three-dimensional form

$2 rda content

337

Media type

##

$a unmediated $2 rdamedia

338

Carrier type

##

$a other

500

General note

##

$a 2 or more players

520

Summary, etc.

##

$a Become the hottest new 14

year old spy, Alex Rider, and be
the first to complete your
mission by hacking your
opponents secret code.
Based on the popular book series
about the teenage super-spy,
this game has players navigating
the game board by collecting
gadgets and special skills in
order to complete various
challenges and defeat the
enemy.
Collect your assets within the
Safe and Mission zones, but be
careful when you enter the

Caution, Heightened Alert and

Danger zones your life could be in
jeopardy
521

Target audience note

##

$a Age 8 and up

546

Language

##

$a Text in English

650

Subject Heading

##

$a Board games

650

Subject Heading

##

$a Spies $x Games

650

Subject Heading

##

$a Teenagers $x Games

655

Genre Form

##

$a Board games.

700

Added entry Personal name

1#

$a Daniel, Liam, $e photographer

Notes:
This particular board game was difficult to catalog due to the lack of instructions
in the game box. Another difficulty of cataloging the board game is that the
company that created it is now defunct and little information about the game is
gleaned from the box. While cataloging the board game it was and is important
to include all the information from the box that equated to a known element
and/or field. Cataloging a board game is not as straightforward a process as
cataloging more traditional library media. By examining how college libraries
have chosen to catalog board games using a MARC record, it is clear that there
are no set rules on how to catalog this type of material. When dealing with
untraditional media which are not commonly recorded in RDA or MARC, a library
may have to decide just how they will proceed with future cataloging efforts for
these materials. When cataloging board games, it is necessary to include all
relevant information for the users benefit. Users are likely to choose a board
game based on its recorded details such as play time and number of players, in
a similar fashion to how they might choose a book based on the number of
pages. Having a more complete record will make these entries within the library
catalog more substantial and of more information to all patrons.

References:
American University (2015). University Library Catalog. Retrieved from
http://www.american.edu/library/index.cfm
Stormbreaker Alex Rider: The Board Game. (n.d.). Retrieved April 24, 2015,
from
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27093/stormbreaker-alex-rider
-board-game
University of North Texas (2015). Gaming Collection. Retrieved from
http://www.library.unt.edu/collections/media-library/gaming