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Good discovery and good game;)

On 25/09/2023
Hello everyone !
I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « laugh».
I will sing « I see you smile and then I hear you laugh» and you ?
Good day and good game ;)

On 24/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
Risk: beginning of diplomacy, or not…
I started playing Risk around 6 years old with a homemade version.
A school planisphere as a board, dice recovered from other games at home, hand-made pawns with cardboard or wood and a whiteboard marker to schematize the conquered territories...
Risk, I had seen it on television and so I created my version to play with my friends on the playground.
For the table, a cut tree trunk and gym balls as chairs.
Risk is a way to learn the game strategy of conquest of territory and not to spoil anything by the way, we learned by playing countries and capitals. :)
So, is Risk a game of diplomacy?
Child, I believed it, adult, I doubt it…^^
We create alliances sometimes, but these same alliances can end up turning against us.
Because yes, our ultimate goal, to all players, is to win the most territories anyway...
So, we can inadvertently have to conquer a territory and pass on that of an ally... But hey, it's only in the pure chance of the game...^^
As part of the game, everything is allowed as long as we follow the rules of the game. ;)
Risk allows you to think about how to conquer territories without forgetting to keep those you already have.
It's a bit like the challenge of a daily business...
Invite new customers to join the fun adventure and continue to satisfy loyal customers.
You are important to me, and I promise, I won't take any Risks and will remain a diplomat to meet this daily challenge! ;)
Good day and good game ;)

On 23/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Our Play with thought of the day comes from Samuel Ferdinand:
"Luck in game does not last forever."
Good day and good game ;)

On 22/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Today we are going to talk about Fresh Fish!
On this Market Day, get your stalls and display the best wares for 2-5 players and approximately 45 minutes.
Fresh Fish is a game of strategy and resources that will offer you a variety of strategic choices.
It's time for the next market day!
As a booming trader, you try to get the best spaces for your market stalls.
Only the merchant with the freshest products will get the most customers.
In Market Day, you try to build your market stalls as close as possible to corresponding delivery trucks in a huge marketplace.
Delivery of goods directly from the delivery truck to the market stall is not permitted; at least one path space must be between them.
Unfortunately, the competition between traders is quite intense, so you will block each other's shortest paths with your market stalls.
Neutral flea market tables will also get in the way.
To secure prime spaces for your market stalls, you need to buy the stall tiles cheaply at an auction - but if you bid too little and lose the auction, you can later get a lot more space. distant.
At the end of the game you add up all the paths between your market stalls and the delivery trucks, then subtract the coins saved from this sum.
The player with the lowest value wins because they offer the freshest products to their customers!
Good day and good game ;)

Ca déboite, 1 minute flat 37 Dad's Jokes
On 21/09/2023
Hello everyone!
1,2,3 ca déboite!
A box, content and an express explanation, please!
Good viewing and good game ;)

On 21/09/2023
Hello everyone !
My 1st is the 1st syllable of Jewish.
My 2nd is an interjection hightlighting obviousness.
My 3rd comes after february.
My 4th is the 1st syllable in Epic.
My whole is a game of resources and strategy that spreads out, who am I?
Good day and good game ;)

On 20/09/2023
Hello everyone !
A thousand kilometers, from Paris to Menton
This time, we are in 1954. Edmond Dujardin is a printer specializing in material for driving schools.
In his Arcachon cellar, he imagines this game whose title refers to the 996 kilometers between Paris and Menton by the National 7, the holiday route.
Seven years earlier, he had created another game, The Highway, where you had to pass your license, complete a course and arrive first at a wedding.
But, in the 1950s, there was La Canasta (The Basket), a card game from Uruguay, itself probably inspired by Touring, born in the United States in 1906.
Just in return, the Mille Bornes, in French in the text, works very well in the United States.
Made in France, it has sold nearly 15 million copies.
300 to 400,000 Dujardin Games boxes are still sold each year.
Good day and good game ;)

On 19/09/2023
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.
Good day and good game ;)

On 19/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Today Monsieur and Madame Jour de Hé a son, what do they call him?
Last week Mr and Mrs Malin had a son named Mot, Mot Malin.
Good day and good game ;)

Vanagloria and the dark sorcerers!
On 18/09/2023
Hello everyone!
Vanagloria is a game of pre-assembled decks where you compete against two players aged 14 and over for around 40 minutes!
For a master battle for more wizards, add a deck for one to two additional players per game.
Collect the source energy to take possession of Vanagloria.
Duplicate your wizards, concentrate your energy, defend yourself and attack your opponents in merciless combat!
In Vanagloria, only the sorcerer who masters the energy of the source will win!
Have a good day, good discovery and good playing ;)

On 18/09/2023
Hello everyone !
I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « word».
I will sing « These words are deep inside my wildest dreams» and you ?
Good day and good game ;)

On 17/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
Chess: between strategy and instinct.
A memory of chess that has marked me the most are the times when I failed to win.
When you win, you're happy, but you miss the thrill of difficulty.
Because if, as in life, a game of chess goes by too peacefully, you could end up getting bored.
Chess teaches us to challenge our strategies and make them evolve with the challenges we face.
Because failures are an integral part of our successes.
We can mostly encounter more failures than successes, but we always end up overcoming the difficulties.
Of course we can come across players who cheat and try to break the rules of the game...
So at this time, it is good to move the piece that we had planned aside to be able to counteract this failure.
You can tell by the way everyone has their pawns, if they are playing tricks and going it alone.
And then some go up the towers, looking for a Tempo and find themselves facing a Castling.
There are bad players, who will believe that they won because they knocked over the game board.
These same players who will never learn from their failures, will not checkmate and with impossible successes.
Let them believe they are treading on the king, without any purpose since they do not know how to appropriate him wisely.
When we don't stick to our positions, we never remain subdued in the face of failures.
Good day and good game ;)

Fidelatoo, your jokers and more available!
On 16/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Your loyalty card is now available via the Fidelatoo application instead of Fydl.
And here are the additional benefits you will get:
- Only one scan of your customer QR code per visit instead of one joker share, jokers added manually by the store.
- Better visibility of your points via an intuitive application.
- Your other loyalty cards from small merchants*1, medium and large brands always within reach by scanning the bar code, QR code or entering the loyalty card number.
- Fidelatoo is a French company, thank you French Tech. ;)
- And what’s more, it’s obviously always free!
Enjoy your jokers with complete peace of mind.
Have a nice day everyone, have a good weekend and have a good game ;)
*1 Merchants using the application.

On 16/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Our Play with thought of the day comes from Victor Cherbuliez:
"Life is a game, and when you're not lucky you have to be a good player."
Good day and good game ;)

On 15/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Today we are going to talk about Mot Malin!
Mot Malin is a deduction and cooperation game for 2 to 6 players and about 10 minutes where your coordinates are only a word away.
Mot Malin is a deduction and cooperation game using clue words.
We place the numbers and letters to create a table, then the coordinate cards in their place.
What link will you find between “Bear” and “Doctor” so that your teammates find your coordinates?
You found ?
We could give the clue word “Veterinarian” because it is a doctor for animals.
After announcing your clue word, hope the team finds the link and contact information for your clue!
If your team finds the correct coordinates, we place the map that is there upside down to signal that the location is taken.
If your team can't find your coordinates, we turn the card over.
It will no longer be possible to make words corresponding to these coordinates become.
The ideal would be to find all the coordinates of each one.
Will you be able to do the maximum?
The replayability of Mot Malin is strong since the 50 Word cards, to be slid into each column and row, have two words per card and are double-sided.
In Easy or Expert mode, the composition of the grid is never the same and allows players to challenge their level regularly.
In addition, different players will not think of the same associations of ideas.
It will take cohesion, reflection and speed to meet the Smart Word challenge.
Good day and good game ;)

Ca déboite, 1 minute flat 36 Kokomots
On 14/09/2023
Hello everyone!
1,2,3 ca déboite!
A box, content and an express explanation, please!
Good viewing and good game ;)

On 14/09/2023
Hello everyone !
My 1st is the 1st syllable of motor.
My 2nd is the 1st syllable of malefic.
My 3rd is one in French.
My everything is a cooperative deduction game that won't leave you speechless, who am I?
Good day and good game ;)

On 13/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Scrabble, a child of the crisis
The famous game to form crosswords on squares which bring more or less points is, him, well born from the crisis of 1929.
Alfred Mosher Butts, a New York architect in his thirties with a passion for anagrams (these words made up of the same letters), finds himself unemployed.
Idle, he imagines a game to put his passion for words within everyone's reach. He has the idea of token letters.
To determine the number of each letter and its value according to frequency in English, he analyzes a dictionary and three newspapers including the New York Times.
The game is called Lexiko. He deposited it in 1948, in the United States.
Now called Scrabble, it landed in France in 1955.
It got off to a mixed start, but Club Med activity leaders… gradually introduce holidaymakers to it.
Today, almost all French people (nearly 60% have one, according to its publisher Mattel) know Scrabble.
There is a French federation, a competition, a magazine...
Nearly 150 million Scrabble games have been sold in 121 countries, in 36 languages, including Latin and... Braille.
He would even be at the origin of the Trivial Pursuit.
Good day and good game ;)

On 12/09/2023
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.
Good day and good game ;)

On 12/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Today Monsieur and Madame Malin have a son, what do they call him?
Last week Mr and Mrs Au Ir had a son named Mano, Au Manoir (mysterious murder).
Good day and good game ;)

On 11/09/2023
Hello everyone !
I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « smile».
I will sing « I see you smile and then I’m happy like I’ve never been for a while» and you ?
Good day and good game ;)

On 10/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Welcome to a new opus of “Offs du JJV”!
The battle: learn to overlap and enter into conflict.
My memory of the battle begins at 3 years old, when I played with my cousins.
No Batawaf or Batanimo at that time, but a good old deck of 32 or 54 cards would do.
In ascending order or by values for Jacks, Queens, Kings, Aces and Jokers.
Whoever had the strongest card won both cards in play, or more when there was one battle or multiple battles.
A game of chance, the battle game allows you to gently learn about card games and the battle brings the concept of confrontation with the other player(s).
He gently learns to win and lose and to react to the risk factor of the cards in his hand.
Learning to play by following rules that put all players on an equal footing also allows young children to learn and then enjoy the games.
With the battle, we learn to confront two cards by their values, making win the strongest, but we can also lose stronger cards in the battles.
The setting of the game quite often makes it easier to manage the emotions linked to victory or defeat, because you can take revenge or even have a good time.
A game is sometimes like in life, as Philippe Le Guillou says “Life is a game. You have to know how to lose”.
But whatever happens, as Jack London puts it, “Life is not just about having the right cards in your hand; sometimes it's knowing how to play well with a bad game”.
Good day and good game ;)

On 09/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Our Play with thought of the day comes from Marcel Achard:
“Life is a card game where the heart is never the trump card! »
Good day and good game ;)

On 08/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Today we are going to talk about a Mansion muder mystery!
Mansion Murder Mystery is a deduction and puzzle game for 2-6 players and approximately 15 minutes.
The first player or team chooses four different cards; a murderer, a weapon, a place and a motive.
The cards are placed behind the 3D mansion, so that the other player or the team cannot see them.
The second player or team tries to solve the mystery.
He chooses four cards, like the first player, and places them on the stairs.
The first player or team tells the other which cards are correct.
If the second team or players guess the correct killer, weapon, location, and motive before reaching the top of the stairs, they earn a point.
Now players or teams switch positions.
The first player or team to reach the top of the stairs with the marker wins the game.
Good day and good game ;)

Ca déboite, 1 minute flat 35 Nonsense
On 07/09/2023
Hello everyone!
1,2,3 ca déboite!
A box, content and an express explanation, please!
Good viewing and good game ;)

On 07/09/2023
Hello everyone !
My 1st is the 1st syllable of mermaid.
My 2nd is treck without eck.
My 3rd is a queen of beauty.
My 4th is the 1st syllable of terminate.
My 5th is yuk without k.
My 6th is an interjection of surprise.
My 7th is the 2nd syllable of woman.
My 8th is boudoir without boud.
My everything is a deadly game of deduction and decoding, who am I?
Good day and good game ;)

On 06/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Monopoly, a socialist utopia
The genesis of Monopoly is one of the most amazing.
In the midst of the economic crisis, in Philadelphia, south of New York, an unemployed man had cobbled together, on a piece of cardboard, land to buy or rent.
From the start, there was a box for prison, one for making money...
Charles Darrow became the inventor of a game symbolizing capitalism.
The problem is that Charles Darrow copied Elisabeth J. Maggie's game.
When she registered her game in 1904, Elizabeth Magie's objective was to demonstrate the excesses of monopoly.
Cie Parker is going to redeem its rights for a pittance.
Since then, 275 million Monopoly, now owned by Hasbro, have been sold.
The game has several hundred versions in 111 countries in 43 languages.
Since 2009, Monopoly has also been played on screen.
Good day and good game ;)

On 05/09/2023
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.
Good day and good game ;)

On 05/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Today Monsieur and Madame Au Ir have a son, what do they call him?
Last week Mr and Mrs Enig had a daughter named Ma, Enigma.
Good day and good game ;)

On 04/09/2023
Hello everyone !
I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we’re gonna play with the word « Memory ».
I will sing « Memory, all alone in the moonlight I can dream of the old days » and you ?
Good day and good game ;)

On 03/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Welcome to a new opus of the JJV Offs!
I believe that together we can enjoy the playful world even more.
I am proud to be able to say that the store has contributed to developing the playful world in Vaison and its surroundings.
In Vaison now, thanks to the impetus of toy libraries, associations, companies and passionate players, we Play the Game!
Five years ago, the situation was not the same. A few players were playing among themselves and the game animations were running timidly.
Over the years, game associations and toy libraries have opened their doors and allowed a greater number of players to join the fun adventure.
Events such as the Cannes International Games Festival, Octogones in Lyon or even the Parthenay Games Festival, among others, contribute to this influence of the games.
In Vaison and its surroundings, I spared no effort to help promote the world of games on my modest scale as a small shop.
One of my great pride is to see new players joining the gaming world and getting involved with enthusiasm.
I will continue by your side the promotion of board games, games that bring us closer!
I am very happy to be proactive and to see new partnerships being established in the interest of the fun and intriguing world of board games.
Good day and good game ;)

On 02/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Our Play with thought of the day comes from the Dalai Lama:
"It does not matter whether a being is a believer or not, it is more important that he is good."
Good day and good game ;)

On 01/09/2023
Hello everyone !
Today we are going to talk about Decipher!
Decipher all together, from 2 to 4 players, the hidden word of a player in about 20 minutes!
Decipher is a deduction game where you create and decipher secret words.
Players have at their disposal four types of segments that they will have to combine in order to form letters which will in turn constitute a word.
The Coder creates a word that the Decryptors try to guess a bit like the Hanged Man.
At each turn, the coder gives a letter segment to the active decryptor who must find which letter he is participating in.
If it gives the correct location, the decryptors advance in their deductions, if the location is wrong, it also gives information as to the letter to be found, but it also awards a point to the coder.
The first Decryptor to find the word wins five points, so you have to hurry to deduce the word before the others, but any incorrect guess will make you give the coder 1 point.
During the game, you become Coder for one turn and Decryptor for the other turns.
The game ends when each player has been a Coder once.
Whoever has scored the most points wins the game.
Good day and good game ;)

Ca déboite, 1 minute flat 34 Rush Hour
On 31/08/2023
Hello everyone!
1,2,3 ca déboite!
A box, content and an express explanation, please!
Good viewing and good game ;)

On 31/08/2023
Hello everyone !
My 1st is hatred’s 1st syllable.
My 2nd is neglect’s 1st syllable.
My 3rd is the abbreviation of « mom ».
My everything is a cooperative game where we decipher a word, am I?
Good day and good game ;)

On 30/08/2023
Hello everyone !
Asian crazy games !
Korean groups participate in fun events to make fans laugh: like singing with ice cubes in our mouths.
There are also games that consist of tasting your environment to guess if the objects around you are chocolate or not.
K-Pop groups and Asian culture are fond of this kind of experience which can be quite funny.
Good day and good game ;)

On 29/08/2023
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.
Good day and good game ;)

On 29/08/2023
Hello everyone !
Monsieur and Madame Enig have a daughter, what do they call her?
Last week Mr. and Mrs. Seven Eight had a son named Nine, Seven Eight Nine.
Good day and good game ;)

On 28/08/2023
Hello everyone !
I hope you had a good weekend !
Today we are going to play with the word “flower”.
I will sing " If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your air." and you?
Good day and good game ;)

On 27/08/2023
Hello everyone !
Welcome to a new opus of the JJV Offs!
Do not respond negatively to negativity.
The life of a business is not always rosy.
As soon as we try to try things, it is not always pleasant for some.
Afterwards, if we ask ourselves the question of knowing for whom and why we created, we know why we continue.
Because yes, we can't please everyone, that's obvious and so much the better!
As long as what I do is relevant to my clients and my players, then for me that is the most important thing.
What touched and hurt me via mean-spirited remarks at the start of the store, now only strengthens me even more.
This is what this former nice shopkeeper from Vaison had encouraged me to do, shield herself and ignore her.
Thank you for this very nice advice, because over time I understood and I continue to understand what you wanted to say. :)
Regarding the request for solidarity from a colleague who has soiled my business since it has existed, I just answer her this "No, thank you".
No conflicts for me, no dramas, no animosity.
When a dog barks at you, you're not going to bark back.
The same goes for the negativity that some people apply on a daily basis.
You are alone with your negativity, so good luck to you because it must be difficult to bear.
I am not a negative person, so bark, I will continue to be positive and believe in this for everyone who also believes in me and my store. :)
Good day and good game ;)

On 26/08/2023
Hello everyone !
Our Play with thought of the day comes from Lao-Tseu:
“Returning good for good and good for evil is effective kindness.»
Good day and good game ;)

On 25/08/2023
Hello everyone !
We can have game and Joker!
You have two options for taking advantage of your loyalty benefits.
Online, during your purchases, your Jokers are automatically calculated and automatically selectable on your following purchases by choosing them during your payment.
In store, your Jokers are added to your loyalty card on your card and in our database.
After 10 accumulated points, you have immediate access to your reduction on the next basket and within the limit of one reduction per basket.
In Vaison, we are playing the game!
Good day to all and good game ;)

On 25/08/2023
Hello everyone !
Today we are going to talk about Nine!
Nine is a collection and majority game for 2-4 players lasting 20-30 minutes, based on the mechanics of Koryo and Choson by Gary Kim.
Play Influence and Hero cards to gain majorities and trigger their abilities to score Victory Points during endgame scoring.
A game of Nine lasts 8 rounds, themselves divided into 4 phases.
The 8 Hourglass cards indicate the progress of each of the 8 rounds.
Apart from the distribution phase, each phase takes place clockwise from the 1st player.
I. Distribution Phase:
each player draws the number of cards indicated at the top of the Hourglass card for the current round.
II. Orders phase:
each player secretly selects from his hand 2 different cards or the number of his choice of identical cards.
III. Kingdom Phase:
each player reveals their cards, resolves the abilities of their majority Influence cards and of the Heroes they have played this turn.
IV. Cleaning stage:
each player must keep the number of cards indicated at the bottom of the hourglass card of the current round.
During the kingdom phase, you will be able to accumulate Civilization tokens, Coins and Diamonds which will allow you to score VPs at the end of the game.
At the end of the 8th round, the players count their Victory Points in different categories:
Supremacy:
For each of the 3 types of Civilization token, the majority player gains a Supremacy token with a value of 4VP.
Majority of Influences:
For each of the Influences, the majority player gains as many VPs as its value, then his opponents turn face down the cards of this Influence of which they do not have the majority.
Face down cards:
1VP for each card turned face down during the game.
Diamonds: 5PV per Diamond.
Coins: 1PV per Coin.
VP tokens: Value of VP tokens.
Hero: -1VP per face-up Hero card.
The player with the most VP wins the game!
Good day and good game ;)

Ca déboite, 1 minute flat 33 Synonymo family
On 24/08/2023