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Is 6 too young though? Is the game any good (never played)? A better recommendation?
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tl;dr. Try it, you'll like it.
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How's the math on the game?
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Going to your local Pokemon league is also an invaluable tool. Aside from the social aspect, other players will help you tune your decks and quite often time just give you cards to help round them out.
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My 6-year-old nephew got a few cards somewhere, so when I went and visited my parents in August I found some of my old cards and gave them to him. They weren't enough to build a deck (not enough energy) so I couldn't really teach him the game. His reading level is good, but he's never played a game with a lot of rules.
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Pokemon cards can be found at yard sales in groups of 500 for about $10. Often there are gems included in the mix because most kids that buy them never play the game. Some tournaments limit the use of older cards, but that has no effect on casual play. Our local Pokemon club plays all cards virtually all of the time, so run through a couple of yard sales can get you fully powered up to build a dozen different decks.
It's a solid CCG, probably the #2 only to Magic.
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Pee-kah-chooSevej wrote: Can you guys even pronounce the names right?
Skwer-tul
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Is there a good two-player starter set? I was at Hastings tonight and it looked like only 60+ card single decks (about $13) were available. Doesn't mean two-player starters aren't out there. Any for Plasma Storm?
Also, we won't be hitting up 'league' night anytime soon.
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I think you're going to end up buying two decks, or going to a yard sale or two and building your own. It's not that hard.
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Anyway, the game was a _huge_ hit. I think it immediately retired all our other 'young boy' games (battleball, recently acquired Rush 'n Crush, Dungeon! Micro Mutants, etc). This seems to be the one. To be honest I found playing against him quite enjoyable as well.
Next trick is going to be managing his spending. He's already talking about more decks, but I'm going to restrict him to one booster a month max. He's 6. He's also asking me if I wished there were tournaments we could play at...
Anyway, I do have one question. The whole deal on if you don't have a basic pokemon in hand you can shuffle your hand into the deck and draw seven more (with your opponent drawing one), that only happens if you _start_ your turn without basic pokemon in hand, correct?
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Don't play tournaments with him. Find a league where young kids play more for fun. Pokemon dojos are designed to reward games played with pins and medals. They reward play. The tournaments bring adult sharks (18 - 30 year olds) from fifty miles away with beast decks. The new tournament rules invalidate old cards which makes them harder to work to as well.
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By the way I think the duplicate card limit is four. Variations on the same pokemon count as dupes. I can't imagine your prefab decks don't have dupes.
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Sagrilarus wrote: By the way I think the duplicate card limit is four. Variations on the same pokemon count as dupes. I can't imagine your prefab decks don't have dupes.
So if I have three Basic versions of Turtwig and a Stage 1 (when he turns into Grotle) that's essentially 4 variations of the same pokemon? Or do you mean variations as in that powerful basic and the foil version of the same card being two variations?
If it's the latter, I'm assuming I can use 4 Turtwigs and 4 Grotles.
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