Tokyo`s Annual Game Market

by Mandy Tong

Put May 13th in your calendars
On May 13th, it’s the annual Tokyo Game Market. There’s a lot to see and buy. Lots of great board games. Lots of ENGLISH board games, and of course I’ll be there (but if you want to see me, you’ll need your running shoes on, as I’ll be running around buying games). If you are free, just pop along, and go visit some of the great stalls. Also it’s right next to Asakusa…ooohh…

JIGG (Booth 122) will be there, Castle Tintagel (Booth 123) will be there. OKAZU games (127) will be there. Joe Yamasaki will be there!!! (He’s the man! He supplies me my fix). Oooh I can’t wait.

If you want to go, you can buy a catalog at the door, or pre-buy one at Yellow Submarine/Shosen Grand *800yen only. Lots of games to try, and you can even win games.

2-6-5, Hanakawado, Taito Ward, Tokyo, Japan , Tokyo

Finally all the arrangements have been made and it is true!
JIGG Tokyo will attend this spring Game Market with a booth!
JIGGer’s all around the world rejoice!!!

For people that havent attended before, “Game Market” is the biggest boardgame event in Japan which is all about boardgames. It’s lately growing to be the GenCon of japan! A few of us attended the GM in past years, but not organized as a group. This years GM gives us the chance to promote JIGG to a broader audience and have an increasing number of members join our ranks!

JIGG`s Logo Contest!

Japan`s International Gamers Guild is having a logo contest and offering fabulous prizes! Unlike a Canadian game show,
JIGG is offering some pretty nice prizes for winning!

See the Latest JIGG Logo Competition Entries here. Please feel free to Enter. You can enter as many times as you’d like.

http://jiggtokyo.blogspot.com/2012/01/jigg-logo-competition-entries.html

JIGG Tokyo: JIGG LOGO COMPETITION – ENTRIES

Learn More at JIGG

Those Canadians, eh

> > A Canadian Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals
from the Canadian, US, English, Australian and French Navies.
At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of
officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone
was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French
Admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages,
North Americans generally learn only English. He then asked, ‘Why is it
that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than
speaking French?’
Without hesitating, the Canadian Admiral replied ‘Maybe it’s because the
Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t have
to speak German.’
You could have heard a pin drop.

> > When Robert Whiting, an elderly Canadian gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris
by plane he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on at
French Customs.
‘You have been to France before, monsieur?’ the customs officer asked sarcastically..
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
The official replied, ‘Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.’
The Canadian said, ‘The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.’
‘Impossible, Monseur. Canadians always have to show passports on arrival
in France !’
The Canadian senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly
explained, ‘Well, when I came ashore on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate
this country, I couldn’t find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to.’
You could have heard a pin drop.

> > Canadians are Cool.

–Sent via Tom Anderson

Game Market 2011 in Tokyo

Mandy Tong writes:

Game Market 2011 on the 27th! All the big named Japanese gaming stores? will be there, R&R station, Mobius Games, Hobby Japan, Banesto, Shosen Bookstore. It’s 800yen entry, and all you need to do is buy the catalog/magazine at Yellow Sub, or another gaming store.
I think this will be one of Japan’s biggest board game fairs.
I’ll be going, so if you want to come, get your catalog, and I’ll see you wandering around there

Learn More about Game Market 2011

Originally posted at JIGG Kanagawa`s (Facebook Wall)

On Playing Wargames

A brief report on playing wargames on FOX News:

How to Organize a Game Day

I thought this was too good not to pass along. Mike Montesa is bang on:

The Article Below is About Organizing a Game Day (But I Thought it Could Apply to Anything You Would Like to Do in Japan)

Don`t just sit around wishing, if you organize, people will come!–Editor

“There are many “I want to get into a game,” posts but very few, “I will
run X,” posts.

If you run it, they will come.

My advice is to really “sell” your game. Your post should list the
system, date, time, and location of course. Also a short blurb about
the adventure you’re going to run can really help. Note if the
characters will be pre-gen or not.

For non-rpgs, same drill. Talk up the game you want to play if it’s not
a well known one.

Fix a date and time, then do it.

I’ve managed to get games going like this many times over the years.

If you run it, they will come.

But remember, it’s kinda like fishing sometimes. Use the right ‘bait’
and you’ll get a big haul.”

Mike Montesa at the JIGG (Tokyo) forum

A Little JIGG History from STAN!

STAN! aka Steve Brown talks about the formation of JIGG.

Both Steve and I were starting games clubs, and Steve asked me if we could work together. We met up and put out ads.
I too put out many ads trying to get members. But Steve was by far the drive behind the club and our first president.

Steve also put out our magazine, “The Guild Notes.”