My son couldn’t read at all when we started and still is a limited reader now. Abilities and attacks on Pokemon, and effects from Trainer cards (the “spells” of this game) need to be read. While a Pokefan of any age will be able to name any Pokemon that appears on a card from sight alone (my 4-year-old can name literally hundreds of Pokemon, but still gets lost on his way to the bathroom sometimes), and the Energy cards (the “mana” of this game) are merely colored symbols, there is still a lot of card text to read. Or, consider agreeing to play without type advantages and explain why you’re doing that. If you need to hamstring yourself because of your child’s age, giving them the type advantage can help level the playing field. This can be a problem with the game, if your card pool is limited it may be clear who is going to win before the first (of 6) points is scored.īut you can make it a strength as well. If you’re playing with your children you’re going to have a very small metagame! In the Pokemon TCG, type weaknesses can often be a much bigger factor in victory than clever play or good hand management. This brings us to our first of four main considerations: Type Weaknesses are a major part of the game Most of his guys do double damage to all of my guys. I told him to pick for me as well, and he picked out a giant green drumming monkey called a “Rillaboom.” I assumed that it was because he knows I play drums, but as it turns out, he was playing me.Īs apparently everyone in the world except me knows, Rillaboom, like all grass types is weak to fire and his deck has a huge type advantage against mine. My son selected a Cinderance Theme Deck for himself because that’s his starter in the Switch Game. The current Poke-craze in my house presented an opportunity to ease him into the TCG/CCG world and I took the plunge with two theme decks from my FLGS, delivered contactless-ly to my car trunk. It’s a long play, but I expect dividends in a decade. I am just old enough to have grown up with Ninja Turtles and GI Joe instead of Pokemon, so I am only passingly familiar with the IP.Īs a lifelong gamer I had children primarily to increase the size of my board gaming group. His brother is 4 and they are both currently in the grips of a Pokemon obsession that would be grounds for involuntary commitment in an adult. My son and I started playing the Pokemon Trading Card Game against each other during the COVID crisis.
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