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In Montreal. Similarly, journalist Louis-Philippe Messier moves especially in the race, his office in his backpack, on the lookout for subjects and fascinating people. Furthermore, He speaks to everyone and is interested in all circles in this urban chronicle.
A playful Café de Montréal gets rid of its old stock on Saturday. In addition, invited some collectors to unclutter their surplus during a “Gara-Jeux sale”, the equivalent of a debarras sale for board games … Therefore, where we are sure to find tunes.
Columns of dozens of board game boxes stacked like monoliths await me at Café Yvonne, where the sale is prepared.
Among the titles, we notice …
Rail adventurers at $ 15 instead of $ 75* (according to the heart valet prices)
Root: conflict in the undergrowth at $ 25 instead of $ 140
1960: Kennedy against Nixon “gara-jeux sale”: more than thousand $ 15 instead of $ 40
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The Osti of play $ 5 instead of $ 33
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Mystery $ 15 instead of $ 70
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Dixit at $ 8 instead of $ 50
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The Yvonne coffee is not very large and these stacks of play invade it.
“There will still be other hundreds of games in addition on Saturday. more than 1000 in all, so we risk getting a little on your feet here!” Leaves me by laughing Marc Étienne Besrest. the co-owner of the cafe “gara-jeux sale”: more than thousand located in Saint-Denis, at the height of rue Roy.
While I visit this darling address of the Ludophiles, an intoxicating scent of Gratin Dauphinois floats in the air. It is the work of the co -owner Diane Le Pargneux. the pastry chef who takes care of the “mioumeted” component of trade.
Motivated ludophiles
The kitchen will be closed during the “Gara-Jeux sale”, which promises to be intense …
“We will fix a maximum of about 30 people at a time inside. and there will be a line outside,” explains Mme The PARGNEUX.
It starts at 9:30 a.m., but motivated ludophiles will be there earlier to be the first to enter.
“A problem typical of any good game lover is to run out of space … You have to get rid of certain games to make room for new games”. illustrates Sylvain Trottier, the official ludologist of the magazine Protect yourselfwho “gara-jeux sale”: more than thousand will sell a hundred games.
“There are 5000 new board games per year and it has become humanly impossible to play it all … and it leads to a constant renewal in the collections,” adds Mr. Trottier.
Many board games are intended to be given. sold, including escape and investigation games, for which a solution has been found.
“If we have a memory that leaves something to be desired like mine. we can keep them two or three years and replay it again, but comes a time when we know them too much,” said Lola Huguet, who will sell several puzzles.
Lola Huguet shows enigma games that go from owners to owners when they manage to solve them. Photo Louis-Philippe Messier
For my part, I gave $ 1 to leave with the little game Double… where the eye must quickly distinguish identical forms from groups to hope to get rid of his card hand.
Photo Louis-Philippe Messier
“gara-jeux sale”: more than thousand
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