Sunday, February 15, 2009

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

Thursday, February 5, 2009

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.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

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

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Le Petit Ney

In Paris, there are a couple of restaurants where you can play board games once or twice a month.
Le petit Ney, a literary café, is one of them.

The closest station is Porte de Cligancourt (Metro ligne 4) or Porte de St-Ouen (Metro ligne 13).
From either station, take Boulevard Ney until you get to Avenue de la Porte de Montmartre. Go down the street to the north and you will see the restaurant on the right.

You don’t need to take an order actually, but you will get a dish and a dessert for at most 10 euro.
After paying 1 euro, you can play board games as many as you want from 7 pm to 11 pm.


In the restaurant, people of all ages enjoyed playing games.

The restaurant hosts many special events and you can check out the schedule before you go there.
You can play board games at “Soirée jeux” which means GAME NIGHT in French. Reservation is recommended if you are planning to visit in a group.

While this area is famous for a flea market, it is much quieter at night.



Le Petit Ney
10, avenue de la Pte Montmartre
75018 Paris
Web site: http://lepetitney.free.fr (in French)
Tel: 01 42 62 00 00
Fax: 01 42 62 12 41
e-mail: lepetitney@free.fr

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Troll2Jeux



This store is located on Rue Hector Malot.

They have board games, card games and many kinds of game figures.
There are some tables and people play games every weekday night in the shop.
You can check out the game schedule on the web site (www.troll2jeux.com).

See also LE REPAIRE DU DRAGON

22 Rue Hector Malot
75012 Paris
Tel: 01 43 40 90 46
Web site: www.troll2jeux.com (in French)
Open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 : 30 p.m. (Mon, Wed and Sat) or to 11 : 00 p.m. (Tue, Thu and Fri), from 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Sun)
3 minute-walk from Gare de Lyon (RER A and D, Metro Ligne 1 and 14)

See also The List of Board Game Stores in Paris

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

LE JOKER DE PARIS



This store is located near Hôtel de Ville.

The store sells many kinds of games and toys. They have classical board games, board games, carrom boards, card games, tarot cards, puzzles, many wooden board games such as Abalone, Siam etc, books about chess, billiard supplies, poker supplies, post cards, etc. This may be a game store, but can be a gift shop, too.

Note that most of the game stores in Paris are closed on Sunday, but this shop is open on Sundays.

77 Rue de la Verrerie 75004 Paris
Tel: 01 42 71 21 25
E-mail: 77@parisjoker.fr
Web site: www.parisjoker.fr (in French)
Open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm daily
1-minute walk from Hôtel de Ville (Metro ligne 1 and 11)

See also The List of Board Game Stores in Paris

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Fapi



This store is located on Rue Miromesnil.

They have card games, board games, toys for kids on the first floor, and puzzles upstairs. They offer many kinds of games and toys for all ages. Everyone can find something that they will like. There are some tables to try out the games in the store.

110 Rue Miromesnil 75008 Paris
Tél: 01 45 61 13 16
Open from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Tuesday through Saturday
Web site: www.fapijeux.com (in French)
3-minute walk from Villiers (Metro ligne 2 and 3)

See also The List of Board Game Stores in Paris