Shabadabada, wanna sing?

Hello everyone!

Welcome to a new opus of "JJV Offs"!

"Only a great player knows how weakly they play."

I'm a very playful person, and I could have chosen to play on some people's nerves the way they try to play on mine in vain...

When I tell you that I play weakly, it's because I don't want to retaliate against people who disrespect me and harass me solely because I opened a store they don't seem to like...

That's their most legitimate right, but it's also my right not to remain silent in the face of such actions, however childish they may be. While some people in Vaison find this normal, I don't.

I don't intend to belittle myself or diminish my daily efforts for the store so that people who aren't even capable of loving themselves and each other can be happy. Will they ever truly be happy anyway? The more time passes here, the more I tell myself that there's very little chance of that happening for them...

So I'm going to make more friends, but when I keep quiet, people still come looking for trouble, even though I basically ignore them... So let's talk clearly and directly.

I didn't choose to play your game of gossip, slander, bad faith, and daily belittling of others, not to mention insults... Because believe me, that would be lowering myself to their level of human distress, and I wouldn't sink that low...

What makes me laugh the most is that these same people who complain about their loved ones being harassed harass other people with complete impunity...

I know how to keep a low profile when necessary. Like, for example, some people hope I'll get angry so I can make myself look crazy in front of everyone... Do you love me that much to be stuck in the store every time you walk past?

But I want to reassure my fan club, who've been following me for a little over seven years now and who give me a hard time every day. Well, yes, because it's funny... ha ha ha... (yes, yes, they really do laugh like that ^^). No, what you confided in me about your ex or your difficult life situation, I'm not as immoral as you are, and I wouldn't tell everyone in Vaison.

So you can continue to give me your love every day and breathe easy; I won't tell anyone what they told me about you or what you confided in me, my little love-hater. Because:

1/ I'm not you, I have values ​​that mean that when someone confides in me, I don't tell anyone. It's called trust, you should try it sometime ;)

2/ It's simply not in my nature to put people down. I love myself, so I don't need to put others down to draw attention to myself. I invite you to do the same; you'll see it's peaceful. ;)

In short, I chose to play it small and simply impose boundaries on people who don't have any regarding their respect for me. And I will continue to be at least minimally respectful even to people who aren't respectful towards me. Because that's simply who I am.

Have a good day and good game ;)

Hello everyone!

Our Play with thought of the day comes from Xavier Tartacover.

"Only a great player knows how weakly they play."

Have a nice day and good game ;)

Monsters, fairies, vampires, witches, ancient trees and other diverse and varied creatures, come and get your candy if you dare, because in Vaison, we play the game!

Hello everyone!

Today we're going to talk about jacks!

Pick up your knucklebones, for 1 player or more, ages 7 and up, for 20 to 40 minutes, to get the best throw!

The Greeks also used them to question the gods; knucklebones were made of ivory, agate, and other precious materials.

They are now also available in plastic.

The Greeks and Romans used the four knucklebones like dice, trying to make certain combinations.

The modern game is quite different. It consists of five knucklebones, four of which are painted the same color (usually red) and the fifth is black, which is called the "father."

The knucklebones are on the ground; the player picks up the father and throws it into the air. Before catching it in their hand, they must pick up one of the knucklebones lying on the ground. If they succeed, they continue picking up the knucklebones one by one in the same way. Each picked-up knucklebone is set aside.

If the player misses, the game passes to the next player.

If they succeed, the player starts again, but picking up two knucklebones at a time.

A game of flat knucklebones.

They are said to be the ancestors of the dice. They date back to the mists of time and are known to all peoples.

They were either games of skill or a game of chance and divination. For the Greeks, they were reserved for women, but young Greeks also played them.

This game was called astragalism.

"Astragalus" refers to the convoluted shape of these small bones that come from the hind leg of an animal, sheep or other, i.e., a hoofed animal.

For the game of chance, four knucklebones are used; Each of the four sides of the knucklebones has a number on it. They are tossed in the air and the points are counted: it's the ancestor of dice games.

In this game, the "father" knucklebone becomes... "the mother"!

Basic rules of jacks

Materials: 5 knucklebones (4 gray and 1 red: the mother)

Essential rules:

You must not drop the mother. You are allowed to bring the knucklebones closer together. One by one: you must throw the mother into the air and quickly grab a gray knucklebone. Catch the mother before she falls. Two by two: as above, but grab the knucklebones 2 by 23 and 1: as above except you must grab 3, then 14: still the same, but you must grab all 4 knucklebones at once.

The Skull and Crossbones

Place all the knucklebones between your fingers and the mother on the back of your hand. Catch her in the palm of your hand. Then bring the gray knucklebones back with the mother. If a knucklebone falls, you lose.

The Hollow and the Hump

First, choose and say "hollow or hump." Throw the knucklebones into the air, but keep the mother in your hand. If you chose "hollow" and some of the knuckles have landed on the hump side, you must turn them over, throwing the mother in the air each time (remembering to catch it).

The opposite is true if you chose "hump." When all the knuckles are on the chosen side: you win!

The Wall

Wall 1:

Place your hand on the slice.

Throw the mother in the air, pick up one of the four knuckles.

Place them behind the wall, remembering to catch the mother right afterward.

Walls 2, 3, 4:

You must pass 2, 3, 4 knuckles at a time behind the wall without letting the mother fall.

The Sausage

Sausage 4: Place the knuckles with a hand-width gap between them. Pretend your hand is a knife.

Cut the four slices in succession, throwing the mother in the air for each slice. Finally, throw the mother and collect all the knuckles.

Sausage 3: Do the same as sausage 4, but stick 3 knuckles on one side and one on the other. Same rules as before (see photo).

Sausage 2: Place the knuckles as shown in the photo. Cut to the left, middle, and right (throw the mother each time and catch it). Throw the mother again, collect the knuckles, and remember the mother falling back down…

Sausage 1: Place the 4 gray knuckles side by side. Pretend your hand is a knife. Throw the mother in the air, cut left then right, pick up the gray knuckles, and catch the mother.

The Big Wall

Get on the ground as shown in the photo, with your leg forming a wall.

Throw the four knuckles on the ground while holding the mother (in red) between your thumb and forefinger. Throw the father in the air, then take one of the four white knuckles and pass it to the other side of the wall while the mother is in the air, then catch her.

Do the same with the other three white knuckles, trying to group them together.

Remove your leg, throw the mother, and pick up the four white knuckles in one go, then catch the mother (red).

The Well

Take the mother and place her between your thumb and forefinger, forming a well. Take a knucklebone and place it on the back of your hand. Flip it so that it falls back into the well. Do the same with the other three knucklebones.

Finish with a sweep.

The Eiffel Tower

With five knucklebones.

Take four knucklebones in your hand and hold the mother (in red) between your thumb and forefinger in the same hand. I throw the mother in the air and place the other four knuckles on the ground, then I catch the mother. Then I throw the mother in the air and catch the other four knuckles.

If they are far apart, you can bring them together twice.

If the mother touches the ground or if you don't catch all four knuckles in the meantime, you lose, and it's the next player's turn.

The Spider

Place the four knuckles between each finger.

Shape your hand like a spider.

Take the mother in your other hand and throw it in the air.

Slide a knuckle inside the spider and catch the mother. Then throw the mother again immediately. Slide another knuckle, and so on. Repeat by sliding 2, 3, then 4 knuckles.

Bring them together!

Place the knucklebones spaced apart on the table, holding the mother in your hand. (2 to 4 knucklebones)

Throw the mother and bring the knucklebones together at a single point.

When the knucklebones are close together, catch the mother before it falls to the ground.

Have a good day and good game ;)

Hello everyone !

My 1st is Sparow’s first name.

My 2nd is the sound a snakes makes. 

My whole thing is a strategic and agility game that doesn’t stick to our bones, who am I?

Good day and good game ;)