TheJakartaPost

Please Update your browser

Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.

Jakarta Post

As cool as e-sports? Tabletop games gain popularity in Jakarta

Across Jakarta are dozens of tabletop communities that gather at trading card game stores, such as Good Guy Games in Tomang, Arcanum Hobbies in Kuningan and Eternity Games in Mangga Besar.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Premium
Jakarta
Wed, December 11, 2019

Share This Article

Change Size

As cool as e-sports? Tabletop games gain popularity in Jakarta A person plays board game Monas Rush, developed by a local company. (Monas Rush/-)

W

ith a rising interest in tabletop games in Jakarta resulting in more competitive tabletop tournaments being held at both the national and international levels, calls are being made for the government and citizens to recognize the games as sports.

Across Jakarta are dozens of tabletop communities that gather at trading card game stores, such as Good Guy Games in Tomang, Arcanum Hobbies in Kuningan and Eternity Games in Mangga Besar.

At the Good Guy Games hobby shop, players mainly gather on weekends to relieve stress from work or studies and compete in weekly tournaments with popular tabletop games such as Cardfight!! Vanguard, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Dungeons and Dragons.

In addition to weekly tournaments at each shop, regional and national-scale tournaments are also abundant, with most of them being held either annually or biannually.

Bushiroad Championship Series 2019, held at Lotte Shopping Avenue in Kuningan, South Jakarta, from Nov. 23 to 24, was the eighth national event held by trading card game developer Bushiroad Inc. in Indonesia, with 643 tabletop players across the nation competing to represent Indonesia at the international finale in Japan in February.

Players competed in three types of card games by Bushiroad: Cardfight!! Vanguard, Future Card Buddyfight and Weiss Schwarz. They are all played on a table, just like more traditional games such as chess, Scrabble, mahjong and bridge.

Indonesia mainly competes in four different categories of tabletop games: board games, card games, pen and paper games, and figure and dice games. Each category differs in terms of gameplay and design.

to Read Full Story

  • Unlimited access to our web and app content
  • e-Post daily digital newspaper
  • No advertisements, no interruptions
  • Privileged access to our events and programs
  • Subscription to our newsletters
or

Purchase access to this article for

We accept

TJP - Visa
TJP - Mastercard
TJP - GoPay

Redirecting you to payment page

Pay per article

As cool as e-sports? Tabletop games gain popularity in Jakarta

Rp 29,000 / article

1
Create your free account
By proceeding, you consent to the revised Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy.
Already have an account?

2
  • Palmerat Barat No. 142-143
  • Central Jakarta
  • DKI Jakarta
  • Indonesia
  • 10270
  • +6283816779933
2
Total Rp 29,000
{

Your Opinion Matters

Share your experiences, suggestions, and any issues you've encountered on The Jakarta Post. We're here to listen.

Enter at least 30 characters
0 / 30

Thank You

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We appreciate your feedback.