OYA Cafe

In Paris, there is a store where you can buy board games AND you can PLAY them.
OYA Cafe is located on Rue de la Reine Blanche (13e arrondissemont).


You will see hundreds boardgames on a wall. You can choose any game you want to play.


"OYA" basically means a parent in Japanese but also means a dealer in a game. It costs 5 euros to play the first game. You can play the game as long as you want until closing time.Then it costs 3 euros to play another game if you want.


You may find rare games published from 90's or before.


They also have a lot of board games and card games for kids.

The store is a little away from the center of Paris, but it is worth spending a time there if you want to play board games in Paris and/or are looking for rare board games.

25 rue de la Reine Blanche
75013 Paris
Tel： 01 47 07 59 59
Web site：www.oya.fr
e-mail address：oya@oya.fr
Open from 2:00 pm to midnight through Tuesday to Friday, to 9 pm on Sunday. Closed on Monday.
1-minute walk from Les Gobelins (Metro Ligne 7)

See also The list of Board Game Stores in Paris

Docteur Stratageme

This store is located on rue de Maubeuge (9e arrondissement).

The store mainly offers poker supplies and related books. They also sell roulettes, board games, card games. There is a poker table in the shop and you can take a poker lesson there.

They have another store in St German.
(www.docteurstratageme.com/magasin_stg.php)

42 rue de Maubeuge
75009 Paris
Tel: 01 42 80 91 14
Web site: www.docteurstratageme.com/magasin_paris9/index.php (in French)
5-minute walk from Cadet (Metro linge 7)

See also The list of Board Game Stores in Paris

DreamWej

This store is located on Boulevard Diderot.

The store mainly offers game figures and related products. They have some card games and board games, role playing games. You may find some discounted role playing games in the shop.

125 boulevard Diderot, 75012 Paris
Tel : 01.43.43.32.92
Fax : 01.43.43.34.42
Web site: http://www.dreamwej.com
Open from 11:00 am to 11:30 pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm on Wednesday and Saturday
3-minute walk from Nation (Metro ligne 1, 2, 6 and 9 or RER A)

See also The list of Board Game Stores in Paris

Descartes Meissonier

The store is located on rue Meissonier (17e arrondissement).
This is apparently the largest board game store in Paris. They have card games, board games, classical board games (but not so many), conventional board games such as Monopoly, Risk, Scrabble etc, war games, card games, toys for kids, Warhammer products, puzzles, books about games, books about military uniforms in the world and some carrom boards.

See also Descartes Ecoles

6 rue Meissonier 75017 Paris
Tel: 01 42 27 50 09
Fax: 01 42 27 20 81
E-mail address: boutique.meissonier@jeux-descartes.fr
Web site: www.jeux-descartes.fr/meissonier
Open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday
2-minute walk from Wagram (Metro ligne 3)

See also The list of Board Game Stores in Paris

LE REPAIRE DU DRAGON

This store is located on Boulevard Magenta.

They have card games, board games, books about games, game figures.
There are some tables in the shop and people play games there.
You can check out the game schedule from the web site (www.lerepairedudragon.fr). Click on a date in the "Calendrier" which means calender in French, on the right side of the web site.

See also Troll2Jeux

44 Boulevard Magenta
75010 Paris
Tel: 01 44 84 70 69
Web site: www.lerepairedudragon.fr
Open from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Monday through Friday except Wednesday), to 7:30 p.m. (Wed), from 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday
2-minute walk from Jacques Bonsergent (Metro ligne 5)

See also The List of Board Game Stores in Paris

AGRICOLA (French edition)

I bought a board game, AGRICOLA (French edition) last month.

When I was in the U.S., I wondered if I should buy one, but eventually I missed.


Playing boards

I joined some board game parties in Paris and played many kinds of games.
But when people start playing Agricola, I just watch them playing it.

I managed to play games if I don't need to read or speak in French during the game.
I still have problems to play games asking me to read a lot of French words written on the cards like "Shadows over the Camelot".

So, I decided to buy one "to study French", I mean, to play the game in French with French people.


French edition is published by Ystari



Animeeples


The 16-page rule booklet filled with a bunch of French words.


The cards written in French. There are 360 cards! If I translate one card per day, it will take almost 1 year to finish them all....

Well, I'll set out to translate the rule booklet first of all.

L'Oeuf Cube

This store is located next to Université de Pierre et Marie(Paris VI and VII).

They have board games, card games, Warhammer products and books about games.
Despite of its size, the shop sells a lot of games, specially card games and the staffs are so friendly.

24 Rue Linné
75005 - Paris
Tel: 01.45.87.28.83
Fax: 01.45.35.96.83
E-mail:oeuf-cube@cegetel.net
Web site: www.oeufcube.com (in French)
1-minute walk from Jussieu (Metro ligne 7 and 10)

See also The List of Board Game Stores in Paris