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My 1st is a speaker element.
My whole is a game of strategy where we try to win every time, who am I?
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Lavandula, fairy of legend.
Another version of the legend says that the Lavandula Fairy wept, not on her drawing, but directly on the Provençal soil, giving birth to the lavender fields.
Once upon a time there was a pretty fairy with blue eyes and blond hair named Lavandula.
She was looking for a place to settle down after a long journey where she had twirled lightly from the Luberon to the Lure mountain, via Ventoux.
She leafed through the pages of her notebook, where she had drawn the places crossed.
She stopped on the page of Haute Provence, whose then arid and wild landscapes were sad.
So sad that Lavandula began to sob and purple tears streamed down her notebook.
Wanting to dry the tears that had smeared her drawing, she passed her hand. In vain.
This intense purple spread all over the page.
In order to repair this error, Lavandula drew a large section of blue sky above this new landscape, to make forget this everywhere widespread mauve.
The lavender fields were born and since then they have been lighting up Provence!
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One game, 3 clues, it’s up to you to find!
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Hello everyone !
Today Mr. and Mrs. Speakers have a son, what do they call him?
Last week Monsieur and Madame Up had a son named Gold, Gold Up.
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I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « sweetness».
I will sing « This sweetness will not be concerned with me » and you?
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Hello everyone !
Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
June 2023 and 5 years with you.
Again this year, many of you participated in the various events that I proposed during the outdoor activities!
A little more shy with the game offered in store, thank you to those who tried their luck and left with their souvenir photo and their surprise. ;)
You made some nice and beautiful reds and greens… ;)
We will meet during the year for various and varied games, life-size or normal. :)
From the moment you want to continue following the fun adventure by my side, I will always be there to advise you and discuss board games with you.
I like to make you discover games as much as to discover them thanks to you. This exchange between us is very enriching and I am happy that we can have them on a daily basis.
Whether for services or games, you are always welcome for good conversations around games or in general.
From first to fifth year, I am grateful to have been able to share around board games with you.
I will always be satisfied with these moments and discussions around the games that we have on a daily basis.
Every day, I remember your smiles, our exchanges, your curiosity, our sharing. ;)
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Our Play with thought of the day comes from the fable The Hare and the Tortoise:
“There is no point in running, you have to start on time. »
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In 2 words game
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Today we are going to talk about Gold Up!
Moussaillons, from 2 to 10 players for 15 minutes, find the treasures!
In Gold Up, you are a pirate whose objective is to collect as many gold coins as possible.
These treasures are locked in chests that you will need to open with the right keys.
The color of each chest indicates the color of the key that opens it.
Be the smartest by using your keys at the right time to recover the biggest chests or steal the loot of other pirates using the special cards!
But be careful, robbing a pirate is a dangerous game and his revenge could be terrible...
Collect one of the 7 sets of chests using the correct keys.
Use the Joker key to open any chest.
Steal your opponents' keys using the Key Thief card.
Steal your opponents' chests using the Chest Thief card.
Arrange the chests in 3,2,1,2,3 on the table then distribute 5 key cards to each player.
Collect the chests of one of the 7 series using the corresponding color keys or joker keys that replace any color.
Steal keys or chests from other pirates with special cards, but be careful not to get them stolen back.
Once there are no more chests in the center of the table, the point values of each chest won by the players are counted.
Whoever has the highest value of gold coins wins the game.
On board, sailors!
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My 1st is what all that’s glitters ain’t….
My 2nd is not “down”.
My whole is a strategy game with clever sailors, who am I?
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The Dragon of Mondragon.
The village of Mondragon is Mont Dragon, surmounted by its Château du Dragonnet!
The Drac, a winged, amphibian monster, had the face and shoulders of a young man on a reptile body (as described by Frédéric Mistral) and resided in the Rhône.
He went out regularly to feast on the inhabitants, especially the young girls, terrorizing the population by ransoming them.
Tired of undergoing the incessant assaults of the monster, the lord of the village, Guilhem, launched a desperate appeal.
Anyone who managed to kill the beast would receive his daughter Guillemette in marriage and the lordship of the village as a reward.
One day, a valiant knight, Arnaud, presented himself to take up the challenge.
At the cost of an epic fight, Arnaud brought down the beast, marrying Guillemette and becoming the new lord of the village, renamed Mondragon!
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Let’s go for today’s Kezako!
One game, 3 clues, it’s up to you to find!
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Hello everyone !
Today Mr. and Mrs. Up have a son, what do they call him?
Last week Monsieur and Madame Atrap Quest had a daughter named Pat, Patatrap Quest.
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Hello everyone !
I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « travel».
I will sing « I wanna travel the world with you » and you?
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Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
December 2022, the rise of board games.
Once the crisis passed, the boom for board games experienced a new craze.
A need to meet and share together to help recreate the links among the communities of players.
Gaming associations, town halls, leisure and reception centres, or quite simply individuals and gaming enthusiasts have relaunched the gaming world.
By your desire to get together for a good time shared and your mood, the playful world was able to find its superb!
The Christmas and outdoor activities allowed us to play together again in complete freedom and to let the creativity of each of us express itself...
Many of you have followed the Christmas games on the site as well as the stories related to the Tales and Legends theme.
I had the pleasure of co-hosting with great animation teams like Lia Team and Team Fada!
Crazy teams, moments of delirium and unforgettable moments for the public as for us! ;)
I am very happy to find my different players all year round in animation, on the times that I propose but also at the end of the year with these brilliant teams. :)
The end of 2022 brought many new projects, in the Vaucluse in particular with the creation of new gaming associations!
I am very happy to see that in 5 years, the gaming world has evolved and that its different actors have not finished surprising us!
That's good, I'm like you, I like novelty! ;)
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Hello everyone !
Our Play with thought of the day comes to us from the fable The bear and the two companions:
“He told me that you should never sell the skin of the bear until it has been put on the ground. »
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In 2 words game
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Today we are going to talk about Patatrap Quest!
Go on a quest, for 2 to 4 players for 10 minutes, and find the objects to defeat the big bosses!
For a very, very long time, the castle of Patatrap has been regularly invaded by all sorts of threatening and more or less evil creatures.
This is how the order of the intrepid was created, bringing together all the adventurers and adventurers of the region ready to defend the castle of Patatrap and its fabulous Tower with 1000 mirrors!
In turn, each player must move their Character token on the trapdoors of the game board. Use the mirrors to see the contents of the trapdoors.
The goal?
Collect useful equipment to fight the final Big Bad!
The first player who manages to land three blows wins the game. But watch out for trapped hatches, you'll have to remember their location...
Finally, unless the elf, the ghost or even the thief decides to get involved and make a mess.
A real dungeon crawler for children! Includes 5 different endlessly replayable adventures.
Do you dare to face Sheuloub the spider, Michel the werewolf, Elvys the vampire, Smok the dragon or even Babakazoo the cursed king?
To win Patatrap Quest, you must be the first player to successfully attack the "Big Bad" in the castle three times.
The castle consists of a wall of mirrors surrounding a central pillar. On a turn, roll the dice, then move a distance equal to the face of the die or the sum of the faces of the die.
When you land on a space in the castle, your character lowers a lever and whatever is depicted under that lever is then visible in the mirror.
Sometimes you need to scavenge gear, sometimes you need to trade boards, and sometimes you do something else.
When you have the right gear and can access the stairway to the top of the pillar, you can take on the Big Bad.
Draw the topmost token from its stack, then look at it secretly. If you can discard the represented object, you recover this token; otherwise, you're kicked out of the castle and have to start moving in again.
The first player to collect three tokens wins.
Patatrap Quest includes five Big Bads, each with its own stack of chips.
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Hello everyone !
My 1st is the 1st syllable of pattern.
My 2nd is an interjection of surprise.
My 3rd is a discreet access to the attic.
My 4th is some mission to succeed.
My whole is a quest game with revealing reflections, who am I?
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The Yule log that…poops (Catalonia)
In Catalonia, there is a unique tradition called Tió de Nadal, which vulgarly translates to “Christmas log”.
The hollowed-out log comes with a face, legs, and a little red hat, and starting December 8, families “feed” it every night, filling it with gifts and sweets.
They also put a blanket over the log to keep it warm.
On Christmas Eve, the log is placed in the (unlit) fireplace, and family members take turns hitting it with a stick, ordering it to defecate the gifts and sweets, while singing traditional songs.
After the beating, family members reach under the blanket of the log to retrieve the presents.
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Let’s go for today’s Kezako!
One game, 3 clues, it’s up to you to find!
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Hello everyone !
Today Mr. and Mrs. Atrap Quest have a daughter, what do they call her?
Last week Monsieur and Madame Team had a son named Team, Team Team.
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In What else?
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On Wednesday, February 14, take advantage of a free workshop creating origami hearts all day long!
Presence of an adult required during the workshop manual. From 6 years old and 4 children maximum at the same time time.
So it’s up to you and see you soon at the store ;)
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I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « dream».
I will sing « Dream a little dream of me » and you?
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Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
June 2022: 4 years store.
I had the pleasure in June 2022 to share a privileged moment with all of you during the game activities and during the store's anniversary on Saturday June 25, 2022.
I didn't even stammer too much during the speech in store and yet it's not my forte...^^
And as always my guests were there and ready to play and have a good time together.
After looking for the key game with One Key, practicing different challenges with Olémains, for some you even played werewolf at 45!
I will repeat myself, but I love your enthusiasm and your unfailing enthusiasm when it comes to discovering the personalized animations that I am preparing for you.
I like to design unique game times, because I love to offer you a unique experience like you...
Animating with you is for me really playing the game of the playful world.
When I think that five years ago, I struggled to offer game animations, because no one knew what it consisted of.
And then, I had partners who trusted me like Mac Donald of Saint Romain in Viennois or town halls.
Then finally, I am now delighted to be able to say that my outdoor activities are complete and booked in advance. :)
This 4th year allowed me to start a very positive turn for the animations and for the sales in store or online.
I'm so happy that you continue to be present on a daily basis that I always have new ideas that come to me to share even more original times with you. ;)
I am satisfied to have held on despite the covid and to continue to love sharing with you my passion for board games. ;)
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Our Play with thought of the day comes from the fable The Rat and the Oyster:
“Such is taken who thought he was taking.”
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In 2 words game
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Today we are going to talk about Team Team!
Together, from 2 to 6 players for 10 to 20 minutes, find which animal is where!
As you might guess from the name, in Team Team you play as a team, with each team consisting of a speaker and a builder.
Each builder has a set of five tiles, with the tiles featuring five shapes, five colors, and five animals; each team's tiles have a different layout of these features.
Each builder lays his tiles in a row in front of him, and he wishes to arrange these tiles according to a pattern known only to the speaker, the pattern being the same for all teams.
At the start of a round, one of the speakers reveals a sound card, like "Woof!" or "Bong!", then they place a pattern card on a screen that is only visible through the speakers.
The pattern can be 3-5 animals in a row, 3-5 shapes in a row, or 3-5 colors in a row. The game then begins. Each builder begins by placing a finger on two different tiles, then their interlocutor:
Make the sound once - Bong! - if the builder has to finger different tiles.
Make the sound twice - Bong! Bof! — whether the builder should swap the finger tiles.
Make the sound three times - Bong! Bof! Bof! — if all the tiles are laid out correctly.
At this point, the builder slaps the multicolored tile in the center of the table.
If that team's tile layout is correct - and with only 3-4 tiles depicted on a template card, the tiles must be in the correct order and adjacent to each other - then they claim the template card as a point.
If they are incorrect, each other team scores a point.
The first team to score 3 points wins.
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My 1st is steam without the snake’s sound.
My 2nd is a group of people.
My whole is a family and cooperative atmosphere game, who am I?
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Lucky cobwebs (Ukraine)
Would you feel lucky if you found a spider web on your Christmas tree?
Probably not. But Ukrainians associate cobwebs with good omens.
This legend is actually taken from a popular tale, in which a poor family grew a Christmas tree from a pine cone.
The children were excited to decorate it, but the family could not afford decorations.
Sensing the family's desperation, the spiders spun shimmering webs of silk around the tree, which turned to silver and gold when the sun rose in the morning, leaving the family with a beautifully decorated tree.
Even today, Ukrainian families decorate their trees with cobwebs for good luck.
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Let’s go for today’s Kezako!
One game, 3 clues, it’s up to you to find!
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Hello everyone !
Today Mr. and Mrs. Team have a son, what do they call him?
Last week Monsieur and Madame Desserts had a son named Parfaits, Desserts Parfaits.
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Hello everyone !
I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « miracle».
I will sing « She’s a one million dollar baby, she’s a miracle » and you?
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Hello everyone !
Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
December 2021: the comeback of entertainment!
From 2021, I was able to resume the animations with you and I was very happy about it.
Always on the lookout for new things to offer you to spend good fun times with you, I love to offer you unique and original times during the entertainment.
Whether it's with my animations, the coeur ludique or the fada team, I was very happy to find you in animations.
Giving time to those who appreciate it and allowing me to share unforgettable moments with them is priceless.
And when you can also animate with teams as fantastic as the Fada team or the playful heart, it's just the icing on the playful cake!
Return also orders from town hall and associations or even for schools show that you trust me and that makes me very happy.
I love every opportunity to develop the playful world on my small scale and share it with you, it's magic.
Every moment with you is unique and priceless.
They are just as beneficial to me as they are to you!
Thank you for all these good times and see you soon in animation. ;)
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Our Play with thought of the day comes to us from the fable The advantage of science:
"Let the fools say, knowledge has its price"
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In 2 words game
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Today we are going to talk about Just Desserts!
To your desserts, from 2 to 5 players for 25 minutes, to place perfect orders!
It's Dessert Night!
The guests are here, and they are hungry!
Serve them their favorite sweets in this delicious dessert distribution game.
Become the best server of the evening by ensuring that all guests get their perfect desserts!
The guests are here, and they're hungry, so try to be the best waiter in this cafe by making sure all the guests get their perfect desserts!
In this card game, each player starts with a hand of three dessert cards while three guest cards are placed in the center of the table; each dessert card shows 1-3 tastes it satisfies, such as chocolate, fruit or pastry, while guest cards show what they crave as well as what they refuse to eat.
You take turns drawing a dessert card, adding a guest card to the table from the draw pile, then performing one of three actions:
- Serve (and claim) one or two guests by discarding one or more dessert cards to give them what they want (while avoiding what they don't want); if you give a guest their favorite item, you receive a tip with an additional dessert menu.
- Draw another dessert card.
- Lay down as many dessert cards as you want, then draw as many cards from the deck.
At the end of your turn, discard guests from the table so that only one guest from each "suit" is still waiting to be served - but the guest heading for the door (top of the discard pile) can still be claimed by any server.
If at any time you have served three guests of the same costume or five guests of different costumes, then you have won!
Just desserts includes game variations that let you steal guests from another server by sending more candy, force other servers to each drop a guest, and throw a surprise party to claim a guest out of turn.
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Hello everyone !
My 1st comes after life.
My 2nd is the 1st syllable of certitude.
My 3rd is part without “t”
My 4th is another word for fairy.
My everything is a greedy command strategy game, who am I?
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From roller skating to mass (Venezuela)
While Australians are surfing, Venezuelans are rollerblading.
This unusual Christmas tradition wants the entire capital of Caracas to go to Christmas mass on rollerblades on Christmas Day.
In fact, vehicles are banned from many areas of the city before 8 a.m.
As if this mode of transportation wasn't weird enough, the night before, kids tie one end of a string to their big toe and hang the other end from their bedroom window, so the roller skaters in passage can amicably pull the string on their way to mass the next morning.
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Today Mr. and Mrs. Desserts have a son, what do they call her?
Last week Monsieur and Madame Mère had a daughter named Chi, Chimère.
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I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « king/queen».
I will sing « If all of the kings had their queens on the throne we would pop champagne and raise a toast » and you?
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Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
June 2021: 3 years of the store!
In June 2021, we were starting to see things a little clearer after the crisis.
We could manage to pick up things where they had slowed down a bit in 2020.
I held the helm of the boat as best I could among the swells of this period and never let go!
Because this project of bringing you a bit of the playful world to Vaison and its surroundings, I still believed in it and always despite this troubled period...
It hasn't always been easy and I know that sisters and colleagues have unfortunately remained on the floor, and I'm sorry for them.
To have held on and still be there thanks to and with you is the best thing I can hope for the store.
I was very proud to have been nominated in 4 categories for the Women's Success Trophy on March 8, 2021!
Nominated in the benevolence, digital, originality and agility categories; I won the latter for my adaptation and my flexibility during the crisis.
I received special congratulations from the jury for being nominated in so many categories.
What I retain from this trophy is my adaptability to offer you my vision of the playful world.
I would always make sure to share the playful world with you at my modest independent boutique scale.
Because this playful world that we share together is always full of surprises!
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Our Play with thought of the day comes to us from the fable The plowman and his children:
“But the father was wise to show them before his death that work is a treasure. »
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In 2 words game
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Today we are going to talk about Chimera!
Create your chimeras, from 2 to 5 players for 30 minutes to 45 minutes, and score the most points!
In Chimera, each player embodies a magician at the court of a King who has decided to entrust his Kingdom to the best Court Magician.
Each magician now has the task of convincing the king that he is the best magician in the court.
To do this, they organize a big magic tournament with various competitions.
For each competition, players must craft a fabulous creature made up of a mix of three real animals.
These chimeras then compete in various trials to determine the best magician.
Three-ingredient creatures are created simultaneously by all players drawing from the three decks of creatures in front of them, placing the cards face down on one of the four contest areas in front of them.
Once players have chosen their three ingredient creatures for each of the four contests, they can trade ingredient creature pieces between their four different contest tiles.
Contests can include Mud Wrestling, Funniest Creature, First Blood Battle, Potato Sack Race, and Cutest Creature.
Only four are chosen from the available contest play, and only the first and second place players in each contest receive points.
The first player to complete their selections for all four contests can declare they are done, putting a 30 second time limit for all other players to complete their choices.
Voting takes place between players to see who has the best creature featured in each contest.
Three rounds are played with the aforementioned stages, with creature and contest cards being reshuffled and redrawn.
Each round lasts approximately 10-15 minutes, for a total of 30-45 minutes per game.
1- Look for the natures of animals most suitable for competitions.
2- Merge your animals to create your chimeras.
3- Optimize your creations to win as many competitions as possible.
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Hello everyone !
My 1st is not “h”.
My 2nd is the 1st syllable of merry.
My whole is a game of strategic combos with creatures coming out of the imagination, who am I?
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Beach party (Australia)
Christmas at the balcony, Easter in the grass ?
In the southern hemisphere, it's sunshine at will, since the Christmas holidays take place in summer.
Aussie temperatures can easily hit the 30s at Christmas, which is a natural reason for many Australians to head to the beach.
Families and friends bathe, picnic and play volleyball.
Often, surfer Santa Clauses make an appearance.
Some Sydney beaches, in particular, are known to be favorite spots for foreign travelers and backpackers.
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Let’s go for today’s Kezako!
One game, 3 clues, it’s up to you to find!
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Game on !
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Hello everyone !
Today Mr. and Mrs. Mère have a daughter, what do they call her?
Last week Monsieur and Madame Cle had a daughter named Panta, Pantacle.
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Hello everyone !
I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « people».
I will sing « People help the people and if you’re homesick, give me your hand and I’ll hold it» and you ?
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Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
December 2020, a special Christmas.
2020 has really been a particularly strange year because of the covid and Christmas was no exception...
All the barrier gestures that forced me to stop outdoor activities and in the store, that's what I missed the most during this time...
Because having shared playing time with you since June 2018, and not being able to do it anymore was frustrating.
I had to adapt to the situation, like many sisters and brothers in the gaming world or not.
We had to find ways to continue to spread the gaming world and I made sure to have supported the medical staff in my own way.
The people concerned will recognize themselves and I thank them again for everything they have done in this stressful daily life and what they continue to do on a daily basis for all of us!
So we had a special Christmas, but you were there as always when it comes to the store and online games!
So thank you for your enthusiasm for the playful world, and my store by the way. ;)
And then from 2021, when it was possible, we made up for it!
We haven't resumed a good rhythm of playful moments all together, so let's not stop there! ;)
Good day and good game ;)
Hello everyone !
Our Play with thought of the day comes to us from the fable the cochet, the cat and the mouse:
“Beware, as long as you live, of judging people on their looks. »
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In 2 words game
Hello everyone !
Today we are going to talk about Pantacle!
Light the 5 fires, from 3 to 5 players for 45 to 60 minutes, thanks to your adepts!
Play as a wizard and be the first to light the 5 Pantacle fires!
Each player must gather enough resources (Influence (cubes), Adepts (meeples), Powers (tokens)) to light the flames of the PANTACLE one by one.
These resources can only be obtained by requesting favors from the Guardians of the PANTACLE.
There are 7 types of favors that provide either resources or powers whose effects will aid your progress. Be careful though!
If another player has the correct set of cards in hand, they can counter your request and bribe you for the favor.
To ignite a flame on the PANTACLE, players must regularly sacrifice accumulated resources.
The more the players progress, the more the PANTACLE resists and the more the game becomes complex.
Indeed, a player who lights a flame receives a reward (resource, power) but also a curse, despite the sacrifice of resources.
To do this, seek the guardians of Pantacle who will bring you the necessary powers, influence and followers.
But beware of your opponents because, if one of them has the right combination of cards in hand, they can thwart you and steal the benefit offered by the guardians.
Guardians can suspend a curse for a while, but will other players let them?
1. Ask the Guardians of the Pantacle to acquire influence, powers or followers that you will place on your player board.
2. When you have enough followers, power and influence, sacrifice them to light one of your flames on the Pantacle.
3. The difficulty increases for each flame lit: you will receive a curse that you can cancel by requesting the Guardians or by meeting its criteria.
4. Beware of your opponents. If they have the right combination of cards, they will be able to counter you when you call on the Guardians and steal the benefit of your solicitation.
The first player to light 5 fires wins the game!
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My 1st is the slang for “face”.
My 2nd is the 1st syllable of tactic.
My 3rd is caller without her.
My everything is a mystical combo game with dark sides, who am I?
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Burn the Devil (Guatemala)
Guatemalans are on fire for Christmas. Literally.
December 6 marks La Quema del Diablo ("The Devil's Pyre" in Spanish).
On this occasion, Guatemalan families light bonfires outside their homes and burn effigies of Satan to cast out evil spirits and celebrate the victory of good over evil.
It used to be that people would take all the trash out of their homes and set it on fire, and some still do, though the majority stick to burning devil-shaped piñatas.
This celebration is accompanied by the traditional donuts and hot fruit punch, and
it signifies the start of the Christmas season.
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Let’s go for today’s Kezako!
One game, 3 clues, it’s up to you to find!
You have an idea ?
Leave a comment here or on the Youtube video!
Response Thursday in Ca déboite!
Game on !
Good day and good game ;)
Hello everyone !
Today Mr. and Mrs. Cle have a daughter, what do they call her?
Last week Monsieur and Madame L High Priest had a daughter named Evi, Evil High Priest.
Good day and good game ;)
Hello everyone !
I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « luck».
I will sing « Lucky I’m in love with my best friend, lucky we’re in love in every way.» and you ?
Good day and good game ;)
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Hello everyone!
Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
Mars 2020, the covid…
Just out of the Cannes International Games Festival in 2020, I did not imagine (like many other traders) the impact that Covid-19 would have on my business...
Barely a month after a completely normal game festival, we are forced to close our stores, because they are not essential...
We did not know then what this thing was and the impact it would have on health mainly and then on the health of our businesses.
Closed to customers but open for withdrawal in front of the store, I made a very risky choice at this time hoping to find you there!
I have chosen to stop deliveries and only rely on Click and Collect so as not to risk the health of my deliverers to begin with, nor that of my remote customers.
And you did something just awesome for the store: you stuck with the store and quickly showed your support via Click and Collect!
Thank you for your enthusiasm for the world of board games despite these uncertain times.
And above all, thank you for trusting me and for continuing to trust me on a daily basis!
I have a thought for the female and male colleagues who have been forced to close their shops, as well as all the businesses affected.
A positive thing resulting from this crisis, is a better daily organization of my work and a better balance between professional and personal lives.
Because even if some will not understand that I give opening hours to also have a personal life, you are a large majority to understand that this balance is necessary in our lives.
And yes, I often opened longer and rendered services before that to "troubleshoot"... But when the troubleshooting does not allow you to do anything other than work, you have to say stop.
If this upsets some, then on good terms, so be it...
My customers and loyal players know that this does not impact my involvement with them on a daily basis.
Because if I can't balance my personal time equally with my professional time then I won't be able to share my passion for board games with you in the best possible way!
Good day and good game ;)
Hello everyone !
Our Play with thought the day comes from the Cat and an old rat:
“Mistrust is the mother of security”
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In 2 words game
Hello everyone !
Today we are going to talk about Evil High Priest!
Recruit in the Lovecraftian universe, from 2 to 5 players for 40 to 90 minutes, and win the most victory points!
Evil High Priest is a worker-placement game in which the players take the part of priests of a Lovecraftian entity. All players worship the same Great Old One, but they are emphatically not allies.
When they awaken their Great Old One, he will decide which among them is the best (based on VPs) and appoint that priest, and that priest only, to be the High Priest, who wins.
The game contains cards, cardboard tokens, and multiple different boards - each player has an inner sanctum, plus a priest board to manage his sect. In addition there is a town board, representing Lovecraft country; a ritual board, representing magic spells; and a cult board, representing the Great Old One you seek to release.
The game is performed in Action phases. the players take turns moving their cultists to activate various sites on the different boards, gathering resources, summoning monsters, shattering Elder Signs, and launching investigator raids (which attack all players). When all players run out of cultists, the Action phase ends, and players recover their cultists, freeing up the board sites for the next Action phase.
Victory is determined when the last Elder Sign blocking your Great Old One is shattered, and at this point everyone totes up points. Different resources are worth different amounts, but the most valuable are the Elder Signs.
Driving the game are the player's need to recruit more cultists & gather more resources, balanced against his need to shatter Elder Signs and protect himself against the deadly investigator raids.
Unusual among worker placement games, the cult board can be swapped out between games, for a different experience.
The Cthulhu cult board does not play the same as the Black Goat cult board, and they require different tactics and planning.
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Hello everyone !
My 1st is Adam’s wife.
My 2nd is a package of things.
My 3rd is not down.
My 4th is to ask indiscreet things.
My 5th is the 2nd syllable of greatest.
My whole is a game of resources and strategy that vibrates with conviction, who am I?
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The Song of the Dead Horse (Wales)
You probably know the Christmas carols, but you certainly don't know the carolers that show up on your doorstep in Wales.
In December or January, you may open your door to find someone hidden by a sheet adorned with ribbons and bells, holding a real horse skull on a stick, with a few other revelers by their side.
In this quirky Christmas tradition, called Mari Lwyd (“Grey Mare”), the band will sing for you, then challenge you to a battle of rhyming insults in Welsh (called pwnco).
After the competition, participants are usually invited inside to enjoy refreshments.
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Hello everyone!
Let’s go for today’s Kezako!
One game, 3 clues, it’s up to you to find!
You have an idea ?
Leave a comment here or on the Youtube video!
Response Thursday in Ca déboite!
Game on !
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Hello everyone !
Today Mr. and Mrs. L High Priest have a daughter, what do they call her?
Last week Monsieur and Madame se aux monstres had a son named Chas, Chasse aux monsters.
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Hello everyone !
I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « chance».
I will sing « What do you say to taking chances? » and you ?
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In JJV's Offs
Hello everyone !
Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
December 2019, a Christmas under good omens!
Christmas is a special time of the year!
Much more than the exchange of gifts and meals with our loved ones, Christmas is a time to take the time to find each other.
It is clear that when you want to return to board games, good advice is essential so as not to have games that will remain in a closet.
Board games help many of us take a moment of relaxation with loved ones!
Because board games can bring us closer and allow us to share much more than a game around a game...
In close collaboration with toy libraries, town halls and associations, I modestly bring my small stone to the building of the playful world.
Participating in different events, I like to bring my personal touch of serial gamer. ;)
None of the game times that I offer are alike, simply because you too are unique!
Just as I particularly appreciate the manual animations and Enchanted Christmas games that I offer to children every year at this time of year.
This is an opportunity in an ever-changing world, to offer them a fun moment of respite!
Good day and good game ;)
Hello everyone !
Our Play with thought of the day comes to us from the golden egg hen:
“Greed loses while wanting to gain everything.”
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In 2 words game
Hello everyone !
Today we are going to talk about Monster Chase!
Go on a monster hunt, from 1 to 6 players from 10 minutes, by finding what scares them!
Monster Hunt is a cooperative memory game for players ages 3-7.
In the game, monsters come out from under the bed and try to surround it.
Each monster is only afraid of one toy that will banish it to the closet among the ten available to find.
If the players manage to send all the monsters to the closet before they can close the circle around the bed, they win!
Otherwise, the monsters are declared the winner.
In game terms, face down cards are placed on the table with tiles and then placed around those cards.
To start, a card is revealed that represents a monster and the toy it is afraid of.
In turn order, each player must now find the toy that scares that monster, with the toy hidden in the face-down tiles.
If players make three mistakes while searching for this toy, a new monster spawns with a different toy needed to scare it away.
Once all the monsters are out, you only have three chances to win by getting rid of all the monsters.
The rules offer different levels of difficulty to adapt to the player's experience and/or maturity, such as a tile that shuffles other tiles and a tile that instantly spawns a new monster.
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Hello everyone !
My 1st is lack which losts “K” sound.
My 2nd is the 1st syllable of chaperon.
My 3rd is the snake sound.
My 4th is Santa Claus’ sound.
My 5th is monstrance without “ance”.
My whole is a game where you have to scare away little characters by finding what scares them, who am I?
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The witch who gives gifts (Italy)
Speaking of witches, do you know the Italian version of Santa Claus?
It's actually an ugly but kind old witch called La Befana.
According to legend, the Three Magi would have stopped at her house to ask for directions before visiting the Child Jesus.
They would then have invited Befana to accompany them on their journey, but the witch would have declined the invitation, because of her many household chores to accomplish.
It was only after they left that she would have changed her mind and tried to find them, in vain.
Since then, she rides her broom each night of January 5 (the day before the meeting of the Magi with the Child Jesus).
Just like Santa Claus, La Befana delivers toys to children. Instead of milk and biscuits, the Italians leave him a plate of sausages and broccoli and a glass of wine.
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Hello everyone!
Here is the Kezako of the week!
A challenge you say? So let's go !
With three clues, the mystery game will no longer hold any secrets for you...or almost.
Do you have an idea of the mystery game hidden behind the Kezako?
Leave a comment on the Youtube video or on the site and find out on Thursday in Ca déboite, if you had the right answer…
Thank you for participating in Kezako and see you next Tuesday to find the next mystery game.
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Hello everyone !
Today Mr. and Mrs. Se aux monstres have a son, what do they call him?
Last week Monsieur and Madame S Cubes had a daughter named Tory, Story Cubes.
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Hello everyone !
I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « pearl».
I will sing « I found myself a pearl» and you ?
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In JJV's Offs
Hello everyone !
Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
June 2019, one year with you!
During the one year of the store, I was delighted to see my fifty guests on different playing times and to be able to offer them games such as Shabadabada or Contrario.
Each team was keen to win and above all to have fun together.
I always have at heart to share with you and to share playful moments with you.
Because the playful world is full of moments shared around various and varied games.
Tonight my clients are going to play games of atmosphere, strategy, resources, etc...
No matter your style of play, the times spent together are the ones we always remember.
I remember my first game night where I was quite impressed, because 35 players anyway…^^
The last time I had been MDJ for 35 people (game master), it was with my animation colleagues and we had a good evening!
Because yes the animators can be very playful…^^ It is certainly from the animation that I drew part of my enthusiasm in addition to my experience. ;)
For me, these are those moments of animation that I still share with my animation colleagues, during playtime with you and with my friends that I cherish.
I know for many of my clients who you will spend the evening with whether it is tonight or with colleagues and friends throughout the year and what types of games you will be playing. :)
So I wish you tonight to enjoy all these unique moments with your loved ones (around a game or not;))
Happy New Year's Eve, have a nice day and have a good game ;)
Hello everyone !
Our Play with thought of the day comes to us from the donkey and the dog:
"We have to help each other, it's the law of nature. »
Good day and good game ;)