May The Force Be With You
Not only did I lose all of my contacts and files, but I haven’t even been able to use the 15 minutes per day that my kids are both asleep to attempt to recover them because I’m totally addicted to Jishaku.
What’s that, you ask?
Don’t worry. So did I.
Jishak, the Japanese word for magnet, is a portable strategy game like chess or checkers that can be played anywhere. Unlike any other game, though, there is an element of surprise when the magnets jump out of position without warning.
All magnets have North and South poles. Jishaku magnets do too, but they aren’t marked. As you carefully place your magnet in a hole you can feel the tug of magnets all around the board. Skilled players (apparently…I’m not there yet) learn to use magnetic force in their favor- repelling the magnets closest to them without forcing them into other magnets.
Depending on which version of the game you choose to play, I’m Out, Roundup, or Elimination, your goal will vary. The suspense that you feel as you place your stones, though, never changes. Even when you play it all by yourself as I’ve been doing.
See it in action here and then tell me you don’t want to buy this game. Trust me. You do.
Save 10% through 7/31 with the code TOP100.
Win it!We’ve got a game of Jishaku for one randomly selected winner. To enter, simply comment on this post before 11:59 MST on August 4/08.
Additional entries available - up to four per person. See contest entry information and rules.
CONTEST CLOSED & WINNER EMAILED
July 28th, 2008 at 4:12 am
We’d love to try this. Sounds fun.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:18 am
looks like a fun game- love games for the family and this one you can play by yourself too
July 28th, 2008 at 4:29 am
I’ve heard a lot about this and it sounds like fun.
July 28th, 2008 at 5:12 am
I would love to win this. Thanks!
July 28th, 2008 at 5:45 am
What a great travel game
July 28th, 2008 at 5:52 am
This is a cool game! It is fun for all ages!
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July 28th, 2008 at 6:04 am
Looks like a fun game!!
July 28th, 2008 at 6:23 am
This game looks awesome!! What a great idea.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:58 am
This game sounds fantastic. I would love to win it!
July 28th, 2008 at 7:22 am
I’ve been reading a lot about these games. I would love to try one. I think we would have a load of fun with it.
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July 28th, 2008 at 7:25 am
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I have your button on my sidebar. Thanks!
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July 28th, 2008 at 7:48 am
ok that looks fun! Count me in
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July 28th, 2008 at 7:59 am
nice prize
July 28th, 2008 at 8:01 am
I would love to win it.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:01 am
This sounds like a really interesting game - I’ve never played one with magnets before.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Looks fun.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:06 am
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July 28th, 2008 at 8:10 am
This looks like a lot of fun.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:51 am
This looks like fun. I’d love to win!
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July 28th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Blogged ya for an extra entry:
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July 28th, 2008 at 8:56 am
This game looks very interesting and sounds a bit addicting!! We’d love to try it!
Great giveaway, thanks!
July 28th, 2008 at 10:07 am
This sounds like a fun and fabulous game for the whole family!
July 28th, 2008 at 10:34 am
I think that this game will be on our list of Christmas presents to get people.
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July 28th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Great prize.
Thanks for all the wonderful contests!
July 28th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Intriguing…I’d love to try it!
July 28th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Thanks.
July 28th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
We love games in our house especially puzzles!!
July 28th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
fingers crossed
July 28th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I am always looking for games my sons will enjoy! Maybe this one will be it.
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July 28th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Great game to take camping.
July 28th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Subscribed, too.
gkstratos@yahoo.com
July 28th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I would love to win this game!
July 28th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
This game sounds like so much fun. I know my sons would love this. Please enter me and thanks for this giveaway.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Our family travels a lot in the summer.I sure could use this game to keep everyone busy,involved and active.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I would love to play this one
July 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
This sounds like it would be fun for everyone. Thanks!!
July 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
The game looks like a lot of fun. Thank you so much!
July 28th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
My family would love this! My kids need something to pacify them in all of the summer boredom!
July 28th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
looks fun!
July 28th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Our family really enjoys games! At family gatherings, we always play games. I like the “I’m Out ” version of the magnetic game. I have been wanting to win this game very badly. Please enter me in your drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
July 28th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
I would want to win this.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I could get addicted to this game! It sounds like a lot of fun, but i might scream when the magnets jump! I’m easily startled.
July 28th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I have never played this. looks intresting
July 28th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
it would be something we’d be able to take with us when we go camping
July 28th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
This game looks awesome! I would love to win it!
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July 28th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Looks like a fun game
July 29th, 2008 at 1:14 am
This sounds like fun for my family…
July 29th, 2008 at 4:48 am
My son would really like this!!
July 29th, 2008 at 5:09 am
My family loves to play games! This one appears to be lots of fun!
July 29th, 2008 at 7:12 am
This game loooks cool. Thanks!
July 29th, 2008 at 7:54 am
This game looks like so much fun! I hope I win!
July 29th, 2008 at 7:59 am
this would be so much to win and play with the family. thank you for having this!
July 29th, 2008 at 8:10 am
I have heard so much about this game. It will be on my christmas list for sure.
July 29th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Hey! Yea!
Let’s play!
July 29th, 2008 at 10:44 am
dh and I would love this–we’re trying to watch less TV.
July 29th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Just what I need - another addiction!! I’m in!! :0)
July 29th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Sounds like fun
July 29th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
hope I win thanks
July 29th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
thanks for the opportunity to be a winner.
July 29th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
This looks like so much fun.
July 29th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
enter me!
July 29th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Looks like a fun games
July 29th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
This game looks great!
July 29th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Wish me luck .
July 29th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Thanks for the giveaway.
July 29th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
sounds like a good strategy game
July 29th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
This game would be so much fun to play with my hubby. Enter me too please.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
this game looks cool
July 29th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
What a great giveaway
July 30th, 2008 at 2:11 am
indeed may the force be with you too.
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July 30th, 2008 at 4:19 am
What a great prize…thanks for entry…would love to win!!!!!
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July 30th, 2008 at 4:25 am
Thanks for the chance, we love family game night!!
July 30th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Oh a game I LOVE games
July 30th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Looks fun!!!
July 30th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Sounds like a lot of fun! Thanks.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:25 am
Oh, I would like to use this with the kids as a game for after school.
July 31st, 2008 at 4:31 am
This sounds like fun, thanks.
July 31st, 2008 at 4:48 am
This looks like fun. Thanks!
July 31st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I keep hearing about this and would love to try it out!
July 31st, 2008 at 4:45 pm
This looks like great fun
July 31st, 2008 at 6:52 pm
This sounds like a great replacement for my Sudoku obsession. Cool.
July 31st, 2008 at 8:13 pm
This looks like a fun game that the whole family would enjoy. We love to try out new games.
August 1st, 2008 at 7:34 am
wow
August 1st, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I would love to try this, we are trying to do more “game nights”!
August 1st, 2008 at 3:25 pm
SOUNDS LIKE GREAT FUN. I’D LOVE TO WIN THIS!
August 2nd, 2008 at 4:51 am
Fun and rewarding way for family to share together…
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:07 am
My husband, daughter, and I play a game before she goes to bed every night. It would be great to have a new game to play. This one sounds like fun. Thanks for the chance to win.
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Pick me! Pick me! J/K LOL We would love this at our house.
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Wow! That looks like so much fun! Now if it would make me look like those girls in the bikinis, I’d buy 2 of them. LOL! Thanks for the fun giveaway and telling us about this cool game.
August 2nd, 2008 at 3:18 pm
looks like a fun game
August 2nd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Count me in!
Sounds like a lot of fun,
thanks
August 2nd, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I think my kids and I would love to play this.
Thanks
August 2nd, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I like a game with some planning and chance.
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
This looks like a fun and challenging game!
August 2nd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
I have been wanting to try this game out. I am looking for quick games that I can play with the boys
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 pm
would love to win this and thanks for offering the contest!!!
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
I think my husband would have a ball playing this. He’s a magnet lover and I’m sure he would love to have this. Thank you!
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:46 pm
When you said the game had an “element of surprise when the magnets jump out of position without warning” I knew it was a game our family would have fun with! I can imagine our faces now! What a hoot!
August 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 am
ohhhh i think i could easily get addicted to a game like this it really looks like a lot of fun! thanks for the chance to win it!
August 3rd, 2008 at 4:53 am
This game looks like a lot of fun, and I think it would be a good family night game at our home.
jceko77@yahoo.com
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:22 am
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:00 am
I enjoy games that require some strategy. Thanks for this giveaway!
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 am
just to cool
August 3rd, 2008 at 2:34 pm
this is a cooool game.
August 3rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
this looks so fun!
August 3rd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
We’re always looking for new games- and this one just might be it!!
August 3rd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Looks like a great game. Thanks for the super giveaway!
August 3rd, 2008 at 5:24 pm
This looks really interesting! Thanks for sharing!
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August 3rd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
For my grandkids, enter me please.
August 3rd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
the kids would enjoy this-they love to play board games
August 3rd, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Our family loves to sit around and play board games together. This is the first time I have seen this one, but hey we are always “game” to try something new. Looks like fun!
August 3rd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
What a cool game!
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:03 pm
This game looks like so much fun!
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:06 pm
This sounds like alot of fun!
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:19 pm
I’d like to win.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
This looks super fun!
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August 3rd, 2008 at 9:51 pm
These sound fun. Thank you so much!
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:35 pm
The boys love magnets and I know they would get a kick out of this game. Thanks for a great giveaway.
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:51 pm
I’d love to win this! I am so so so SO tired of Uno.
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:29 pm
This games looks like so much fun! I love playing strategy games. I think I just found the perfect present for my 11 year old cousin for Christmas!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:48 am
this looks like so much fun!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:48 am
also a subscriber!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:16 am
i really want this!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:16 am
i’m also a subscriber and loving it!
August 4th, 2008 at 7:39 am
I keep hearing about this game. I would love to try it.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:42 am
I’ve seen this around for a few weeks. It looks like a good game, especially for older kids who aren’t really “into” board games.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:59 am
I would love to win it.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Looks like really cool game. I would really love to win this
August 4th, 2008 at 10:37 am
This looks so fun.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:20 am
PLEASE COUNT ME IN ON THIS AWESOME GIVEAWAY
August 4th, 2008 at 11:29 am
I would love to win this game.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:51 am
I’m in for new games. Please enter me, thank you
August 4th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Our family could use a new game. Thanks.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
We need some new games for our camping trip.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I’ve been dying to try this out! It would be fun to take on vacation in a few weeks… =}
August 4th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I heard about Jishaku already, and it looks like a fascinating, fun game. Magnets as game pieces!! Someone should’ve thought of this idea a thousand years ago!!
August 4th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Would love to win the game….sounds like fun!
August 4th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I’ve been wanting to learn this.
August 4th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
This game looks very cool. Thanks
August 4th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I’m sure game night will never be the same!
August 4th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Looks like a great game! I would love to win! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
August 4th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
We love playing chess and checkers at my house,so im sure we would
love the challenge of this game.Sounds like fun.Please enter me
and thanks
August 4th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
My family has been working together on puzzles lately and we would have fun with this.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Looka like a fun game
August 4th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
This sounds like so much fun. Thanks!
August 4th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
It looks like fun.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
This game looks really good.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I’ve been reading a lot about this game and it would certainly be fun to play. Thank you for the opportunity to win!
August 4th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
This game looks lika lot of fun!
August 4th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
We are planning to travel with the kids. This should help.
August 4th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
I have been wanting to buy this game. Maybe I can win it. Thanks for the contest.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:17 am
This sounds like fun! tinawittmer(at)yahoo(dot)com