Paris stores?

[Yair]

I'm going on a trip to, amongst other places, Paris - and I'd like to know an address of a good gaming store, preferably around the Opera or the Louvre or some other tourist attraction.
I even know what I want to buy - two Ars Magica books and Shackled City - but I can't manage to locate a store by googling. I suspect it's the language barrier. (I want books in English, of course.)

Can anyone help me out here?

Yair, He Whose International Credit Card Failed To Work on His Regular Online Store For Some Reason and Will Be Leaving Too Soon To Resolve The Issue

 

[Yair]

bump for the morning people?

 

[Turanil]

Frankly, Paris is not the best of place to buy gaming books! Forget about game stores near the Louvre or Opera too. In Paris there must be a total of 6 or 7 game stores (that sell rpg books in English). I give you the adress of three I remember off the top of my head:

JEUX DESCARTES (SAINT MICHEL):
52 rue (street) des Ecoles - 75005 Paris
Subway / undergroud station: Odéon or Cluny-Sorbonne.
Open: Monday to Saturday from 11 AM to 7 PM.
This is the shop to go IMO; also remember that the rpg products are in the basement. Don't think they speak English.

JEUX DESCARTES (WAGRAM):
6 rue (street) Meissonier - 75017 Paris
Subway / undergroud station: Wagram.
Open: Monday to Saturday from 11 AM to 7 PM.
They probably have less RPG books than the one above, but don't remember for sure. Don't think they speak English.

FIREBALL:
3 rue (street) Monsieur Le Prince - 75006 Paris
Subway / undergroud station: Odéon or Cluny-Sorbonne.
Open: Monday to Friday from 11 AM to 8 PM; Saturday from 11 AM to 10 PM; Sunday from 3 PM to 7 PM.
Not a huge choice of books however. Don't think they speak English. Some monday night (from 8 to 12 PM), you may find American D&D gamers in the basement!

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EDIT: Could be closed in August.

 

[Michael Tree]

The Jeux Descartes store on Rue des Ecoles is about a 5-10 minute walk from Notre Dame cathedral, so it's probably your best bet. There's also another RPG store in the area, called Starplayer, IIRC. There are 2 starplayers in that area. One is just down the street from Rue des Ecoles and only sells card and board games, but another one a block or two closer to the river has a good RPG selection.

 

[Atridis]

You could try English-language bookstores, too. I remember finding a W H Smith in Paris, but I forget where it is.

 

[diaglo]

Hastings #9617
Address: 3534 Lamar Ave.
Paris, TX
75460-5026 US
Phone: 903-785-6856

 

[Zander]

The Jeux Descartes on Boulevard Pasteur just near Pasteur metro (underground/subway) station has a pretty good RPG section at the back with both English and French books.

There used to be a store called L'Oeuf Cube which had a decent RPG section but when I was there last it seemed to be leaning towards CCGs.

Neither of these is very close to any tourist spots but both are easy to get to on the metro system.

To find them or any of the other of the stores in France mentioned in this thread, try http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/pj.cgi?lang=en
This is the English-language version of the online Paris Yellow Pages. Not only does it give addresses and phone numbers, it also provides maps and photographs. You can use the maps and photographs to create a virtual walk from the nearest metro station to the store. A few years ago, I used it to locate my hotel. I had never been to this hotel before but knew exactly where I was going.