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Hello everyone !

Welcome to a new opus of “JJV Offs”!

“To take revenge for an offense is to put oneself on the level of one’s enemy; to forgive him is to put oneself above him. »

Since the time that I have suffered the uncomfortable behavior of certain individuals out of a spirit of “competition”, I believe that my patience and my resilience no longer need to be proven…

When you send your friends to tell you that “what you are selling is crap…. ". Whether they come to the front of the store or allow themselves to insult me ​​in the street of “la c…….” board games”, we don’t really have any moral lessons to give to our “competitor” as you like to call me…

Almost 6 and a half years without flinching in the face of all this, because as I told you in person when you came to ask me in my own store “Could we be united?” ".

I told you that I was not interested in showing solidarity with people who denigrate my store and my values...but that I would not return the favor, because that's simply not me...

However, I forgave you a while ago, because I decided to focus my attention and energy on something more useful and constructive, my store!

I'm talking about this so that you understand once and for all that I will NEVER respond to your baseness, whatever the level...

I hope for you at some point that you will be able to refocus on yourself to appreciate what life has to offer you.

I wish you good sales and lots of good things in your professional and personal lives, but without me...

Good day and good game ;)

Hello everyone !

Welcome to a new opus of “JJV Offs”!

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. »

If there is one quality of mine that has always been useful to me in life and especially in the store, it is patience...

I wanted at all costs to develop moments around board games with you and not just sell them to you.

The events at the store took off quite quickly and were going pretty well from the start.

I had to be more patient with the outdoor activities which started timidly.

Patience can seem bitter when you are not immediately recognized for the experience you can offer.

But as they say “Rome was not built in a day”, every project is built, needs to mature and develop in order to evolve perpetually.

We put our stones in place one after the other and then we adjust them if they are not ready to build something solid.

And then over time, we reap the sweet fruits of what we sowed and we know why it was worth the wait.

Now, since covid, my outdoor activities are very calm and my outdoor activities are very dynamic.

This is why I chose to introduce games with “Discover Games” to introduce beginners to board games and why not help find new players. ;)

Everyone receives their blessings, there is no point in being jealous or eyeing the good things that other people gain...

What takes time to build often lasts longer than what is hastily built.

Good day and good game ;)

Hello everyone !

Welcome to a new opus of “JJV Offs”!

Little miracles every day!

I am one of those people who think that we can enjoy all the little things in everyday life.

In the world of board games, I would say that each moment that I share with you around a game, a discussion is unique.

All these good little moments are for me my little daily miracles, because I never get tired of sharing all these moments with you...

So finding the game that makes you laugh together and have a good time is great!

Allowing you to offer your loved ones players gems that they would not necessarily have discovered elsewhere is also one of my objectives.

And then share with you play times that are always friendly and bring us closer together, these are moments out of time...

I always look forward to coming and joining you at the various events, whether my events or the co-hosted events.

Because coming to your contact to make you play and have a good time, these are little playful miracles…

I love being the one who makes you play solo as much as sharing these moments of animation with colleagues from the gaming world!

 Because each animation, or each game or service sold, these are always instructive moments of discussion that help me progress on a daily basis.

I like to progress so that I can share even more unique moments with you, these are my little everyday miracles!

Good day and good game ;)

Hello everyone !

Welcome to a new opus of “JJV Offs”!

My superpower: making you smile!

During playtime, one of the children I look after told me after experiencing a difficult moment that I was the “Wonder Woman of Smiles”.

I found it super cute and then I asked him why and he told me “because even when I’m sad, you make me smile every time, so you’re the Wonder Woman of smiles”.

I already don't understand why and how you can hurt people and have a clear conscience, but then hurting children really annoys me.

I didn't have many funny moments growing up and this is my way of showing them that we can get through it despite everything life throws at us...

I am now happy that my personal experience can help me understand these children more than anyone else and help them to smile again for a moment...

Because I know what a smile costs when life is not easy from childhood, I love seeing their little faces smile and hearing them burst out laughing...

I love these moments suspended in time where they can escape their daily lives for a moment and enjoy being children like any other...

Even in entertainment in general and in the store, you tell me that I often have a smile.

I have a smile because I haven't always had it and because sharing my passion for board games with you is above all sharing good moments of sharing and laughter.

Sharing my passion with you to bring you closer to each other through games is just invaluable to me!

So if I can bring a smile to your face and make you laugh, young and old, I will continue to do it every day.

I also intend to stay for these children and for you the “Wonder Woman of smiles”. It’s my superpower that I hope I never lose so I can share it with you. ;)

Good day and good game ;)

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Welcome to a new opus of “JJV Offs”!

I will always be inspired to play the game!

We Play the Game in Vaison and elsewhere!

Here, in the surrounding area and elsewhere, I am very happy to be able to offer you playtime where we share smiles, unique moments, laughter in an always friendly atmosphere!

The most important thing for me is to offer you playtime that suits you and where we enjoy a moment of sharing moments as unique as you...

I am still as motivated as at the start of the activities to always offer you new things to try and your enthusiasm motivates me even more.

I try to do everything I can to adapt as much as possible to your wishes of the moment, I even learned some basic Italian to go and co-host there…

There’s no stopping me when it comes to playing the game!

Especially when you co-host with crazy hosts who are always caring and friendly. Grazie mille Macandcheesy ;)

We are lucky in the gaming world to have the majority of players who are always motivated even if sometimes a little undisciplined :p

As they say “he who tries nothing, achieves nothing”, so if we can try to slip in a point and the animators don’t see anything it goes well… Isn’t that right Aless’gioc ^^ Grazie mille ;)

And then sometimes it's me who forgets to count my points or does one thing too much when I realize it, but René, Yves, Yvette or Anne keep an eye on things. :p  I just have to behave ;)

And then by meeting you in activities, I am also very happy to discover lots of interesting topics around games.

Thanks to my Sereno players for mutually sharing our knowledge and chatting during game times... :)

Grazie mille Anna, Maria, Alless’gioc, Machandcheesy, Dolores, Gulia e tutti gli giocattori di questa equipa fantastica ;)

Good day and good game ;)

Hello everyone !

Welcome to a new opus of “JJV Offs”!

When it comes to playing, we're never last!

I'm very happy to see that when it comes to playing, you are never last!

Play time resumed joyfully as soon as gatherings were authorized again and we were able to take advantage of this to get back to playing.

Young and old alike, this is the time when we get together around board games which are also very precious to me…

You are always very fond of discoveries and new games to try to have a good time together.

I'm happy to see residents become strategists and call me to order when I inadvertently forget to apply one of the rules of the game...or even fight mercilessly :)

I also like this little sneaky side that we can have around a game...Around a game, there are no friends, no loved ones, the game is the game... ;)

We're all on an equal footing, with the same rules and that's what's great because it gives a good framework for expressing your strategies during a game...

I love seeing you enjoy the games, your good mood, your less good moods when you lose, your laughter and smiles which inspire me to always do more for you and you always offer more new things.

I also love to tease you just as much as you love to tease me during playtime, with dirty tricks, jokes, always rich exchanges, etc…

And for the little ones to make them smile again and see them burst out laughing despite the events of life they are going through, that’s just my greatest reward…

So thank you for sharing with me the passion for board games and see you soon to play. ;)

Good day and good game ;)

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Welcome to a new opus of “JJV Offs”!

The last will be first !

As Mika Hakkinen says, “To be a good winner, you have to be a good loser.” »

When you are passionate about what you do, you fall much more often than you rise. What would be a shame would be not to get up after falling...

Because to be better than you were before, you have to know how to fall, lose, start again, fall again, lose, and always get back up to win small victories day after day.

The first were not always first, they progressed, tested, failed, tried again and finally got there.

After covid, I was unable to restart in-store events, but outdoor events resumed even better than before thanks to my determination.

If we start telling ourselves that we are going to lose or not succeed, we will only have a greater chance of losing if we think about trying and trying again until we manage to do something...

When I started some outdoor events, I didn't think I could do it because it was a whole new style of audience.

And then, I put an action plan in place with small concrete actions to carry out to achieve other, larger actions.

I even almost stopped certain activities for fear of not living up to the expectations we had from playtime...

And then if a goal scares us, it’s because we’ve set the bar high enough and we’re on the right track to get out of our comfort zone and develop our goals.

So I worked twice as hard on what was causing me difficulty in order to be able to meet the demands that were asked of me during these play times.

And today, I am very happy that I didn't give up and didn't give up, because I gained more experience and development from the store's playtime...

It’s often on the other side of your comfort zone that you make the best progress!

If your goals scare you, it’s because they take you out of your comfort zone, but you will see that if you do it, you will end up thanking yourself!

A defeat is a victory, because it teaches us much more about ourselves than a victory. ;)

Good day and good game ;)

Hello everyone !

Welcome to a new opus of “JJV Offs”!

You have to know how to lose!

We don't always succeed in what we do whatever the field, but we have definitely lost when we haven't learned anything from it...

Defeat teaches us much more than victory because it helps us point out a point for improvement.

In games as in life, I am not a bad loser.

For example, I decided to no longer take vouchers from Vaison town hall for the next Christmas, because I was receiving fewer and fewer.

 I then deduced that my products were no longer suitable for the people who came to have them for Christmas.

I have classics, but also an original range of board games that I particularly care about and which my regulars enjoy all year round.

I don't plan to start a game where we don't play fair, so I preferred to withdraw from the game.

Because I'm willing to accept a defeat but certainly not to hear that we won't use the voucher (I quote) "at someone racist's store", when we have just entered there to take some advice on games to use the voucher at my colleague’s store later…

I am very happy that my colleague was able to take advantage of these ladies' vouchers, it is well deserved. Thank you to the town hall of Vaison for showing an interest in the store for its Christmas vouchers.

So yes, this time I lost. I would not play the game of disrespect and defamation to get vouchers…

It was already enough to be called racist live and in front of everyone on Google just because of a faulty internet connection…

However, we cannot use the pretext of a comment on the Internet to stupidly use it as if words had no impact on people, Madam.

Well done Madam, you can rejoice, your comment hurt my feelings... However, I only wish you good in return, because I would never rejoice at your misfortune... That’s just not who I am.

Thank you for your ambivalent morality which allowed me to learn to detach myself from people's gaze!

I would also like to thank once again all these wonderful customers and loved ones who supported me in the face of this gratuitous nastiness!

I learned that I could count once again (as with covid) on an extraordinary clientele.

I will continue to be with you so that in Vaison, We Play the Game! <3

Good day and good game ;)

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Welcome to a new opus of “JJV Offs”!

Everything to gain!

I hesitated a lot 6 years ago before opening the store... And then, I told myself that I had nothing to lose and rather everything to gain! As the sayings go, “He who tries nothing, achieves nothing” and “He who lives will see”…

I hesitated, because the gaming world was a little present but spread out a lot around Vaison. I wondered if I would have enough players or those close to players to be able to offer board games in Vaison and its surroundings.

And not to simplify things, I gave myself the additional objective of specializing also with independent games, always very interesting, but nevertheless less known to the general public...

And since “luck favors the bold”, always according to a saying, I ended up taking a year to mature my project and train myself in the necessary tools and launched myself.

Since I love challenges, I said to myself why not also offer Vaison moments where we Play the Game!

So, alongside in-store and online sales, I launched in-store game events which were going pretty well until covid.

And word of mouth has meant that private and public structures have trusted me to provide support to their residents and employees.

And then as a local business, I offered cyberspace which was very useful when it was still available. Too bad the abuse from some people forced me to put an end to it…

However, I remain focused every day on the photocopying, scanning and Pick Up parcel services that are useful to you on a daily basis.

When I look back on its first six years, I have gained a lot with all of you on a daily basis.

I matured, learned, made mistakes in order to progress better later, “braced myself and let it be said” as a great businesswoman from Vaison had advised me…

But that’s how I am, I don’t know how to do things by halves, but I have learned to stay calm in the face of life’s challenges.

I also don't know how to reciprocate harm when it is done to me... You don't heal a wound by moving a knife...

All these negative and above all mostly positive experiences allowed me to gain from it!

Thank you again to everyone for sharing my fun journey and living your passion for board games with me. ;)

Good day and good game ;)

Hello everyone !

Welcome to a new opus of “JJV Offs”!

A daily victory!

When I see the playful world that is shared more and more on a daily basis, I tell myself that we are lucky to have so many choices of board games...

The more varied the choice of games and adapted to all of us, the more we want to start or get back into board games.

And then, sharing a fun moment around a table is so unique and enjoyable that it would be a shame to deprive yourself of it.

We have talented creators who allow us to play in different universes and with various styles of game mechanics, from the simplest to the most complex…

The daily victory is to succeed in bringing together amateurs and seasoned gamers to share a pleasant moment together.

My greatest victory is seeing you fully enjoy the moment around the games during outdoor activities and events.

Seeing you create or bond with other players through games is a huge reward for me!

So as long as you live the fun adventure to the fullest with me, I will continue to offer you games and activities as unique as you all!

Good day and good game ;)