Thursday, February 23, 2012

JIGG LOGO COMPETITION - THE VOTING PROCESS

It's getting close, and the fantastic Logos keep coming in!
Thank you everyone for such an awesome job.  Seriously they are all amazing.

 The Voting Process Explained

Everyone might be interested in how the judging is going to work.

I'll be selecting a secret panel, who cannot enter the competition.

The panel will consist of JIGG members from around Japan (not in the competition). Please don't try to scope out the judges I want this to be as fair as possible. The judging team will also include our fantastic!! founding members & a secret .

3-4 founders
3 from Tokyo
3 from Kansai

The judges will Rank their top 5 choices.  Each rank has it's own points score. 
1. 5 points
2. 4 points
3. 3 points
4. 2 points
5. 1 point

We will collate that and the Top 5 choices out of that, will be put to a public Vote.  The reason being, is that I'd like everyone's input on the final logo, because you all have a voice and have helped make JIGG AMAZING. The public Vote will be announced later.  If there is a tie, we may see more than a Top 5.  So the prize may be delayed a little while we do the voting.  But have no fear, the winner will get a AWESOME BOX of games and see their Logo represent our great guild :)

Please check the entries on this blog to make sure that logo is the one you want in the entry.

Thanks guys for getting so involved.  I'm so glad to be part of JIGG :)
~Mandy~

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

THE BIG PRIZE

Lots of great Logos are coming in, but don't leave it to the last minute, give the judges and everyone some time to admire your work :)
So come on everyone :) Get on your creative flair.

Since I don't want to duplicate games that someone already has, I'm working on a points system, that way the winner can get games he/she does not have.

The winner will have 10 points to spend on games under the following categories. Pending - on availability of these games when requested.
The contest will end on Feb 29th then the judges will choose the winner (which may take a week or 2 depending on when the final entries arrive). Then the winner will be announced and he/she can go points shopping, and it will take around 3 weeks or so to get the games in.  Look at all these HOT games!!

5 points
Galaxy Trucker
Risk Legacy
Ora et Labora

4 points
Dungeon Petz
Dungeon Quest
Fresco
Nexus Ops
The Road to Canterbury
Space Maze

3 points
7 Wonders
Small World
BattleCON: War of Indines
Panic Station
Dominion: Hinterlands
Dungeon Run
Last Will
Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game
Mr. Jack in New York
Power Grid: The First Sparks
Rattus
Through the Desert
Wiz-War

2 points
Dixit
Dixit 2 
Innovation


1 point
Mr Jack Pocket
Zombie Dice
Timeline Inventions
Reverse Charades


I'll add more to the list when I find the games :)
If you want to request a game to be added to the list, please email jiggtokyo (at) gmail.com, and I'll check if I can get it. e.g. expansions etc

Sunday, February 12, 2012

JIGG LOGO COMPETITION - ENTRIES

Click here to Enter the Competition

      The entry submission deadline is now over.  Stay tuned for the Judge's pick.  The Top 5.

Each entrant has been giving an entry number as per below, and each of their Logos has been assigned a letter from a-z. 


Check out these great designs that have been coming up.

Entry # 1
This great design was put up by Luke Morris from JIGG Kansai to kick us off to a fantastic start!



Entry # 2
Another great entry, this one is from Brad Weier. 

Entry # 3a
Another new entry has come in from Yannis :)


Entry # 3b




Entry # 3c




Entry # 3d

Entry # 3e - similar design with a variation in font & color


Entry # 4a
Here are some other designs by Nico :)
Entry # 4b


  Entry # 4c
  Entry # 4d

  Entry # 4e

  Entry # 5a
Nice 3D Jigg Logos from Robert Price :)  

  Entry # 5b
  Entry # 5c
  Entry # 5d


  Entry # 5e - shadows
  Entry # 5f - no background
  Entry # 6 (v01-v08 and v10 and v11) 
~ For the judges: each one of these Logos in Entry 6 is a separate entry ~
Check out these fun meeple Logos from DC :)

Entry # 7a
More Logos :) Yah! These are from Nicole.

Entry # 7b


  Entry # 8a

From Todd :)  I call this the Honeycomb :)
  Entry # 8b
  Entry # 9
This one is from ATW :)

The entry submission deadline is now over. 


Saturday, February 11, 2012

Tokyu Hands is awesome!

Today while browsing through Tokyu Hands in Shibuya, I decided to check out the board game section.  As soon as I entered the room, there was a huge display of board games right in front of the stairs and elevator!

Check it out!
The fantastic display of board games!

Stone Age is next to Monopoly!

Look at all the awesome Euro games!

Another shelf full of good games

Giant Jenga!

The cute Chicken Ramen character next to the board game display
The games I highly recommend you check out are:
  • Stone Age
  • Lost Cities
  • Battlelines
  • Carcasonne
  • Catan
  • Bohnanza
  • Kakerlaken Poker
  • Midnight Party

Monday, February 6, 2012

Let the Submissions begin!

To help keep our website current with the latest news and fun gaming information.  I would like to find out what everyone's favourite games are and if there's anything else fun that you wanted to share with everyone.  I'll be asking for submissions once a month :) It'll be a great way to share our favourite games with each other :)
If you would love to tell us a bit about your favourite games, please email jiggtokyo {at} gmail.com  any of the following:

1. A hot game/favourite game : and a little blurb of why it's your favourite
2. Your top 5 games for 2011
3. Games that you want to get played
4. Anything else you want to submit? favourite podcasts? favourite gaming accessory? miniature painting techniques?
February's Deadline: February 20th