How Do You Play “Pokemon”?
Nintendo’s “Pokemon” franchise gave way to a collectible card game that has gained popularity, especially among youth. While trading card games were conceived at the turn of the 20th century, the face of modern collectible card games changed in the 1990s with the conception of “Magic: The Gathering.” With similarly involved rules and a point-based system of weapon power and defense, the “Pokemon” trading card game also follows in “Magic’s” inclusion of chance card and customizable decks. The “Pokemon” trading card game involves rules of its own and provides provocative, relatively short games of 10 to 30 minutes. Understand the three basic routes to winning the “Pokemon” trading card game. Players can win by moving all six of their prizes into their hands. Players can also win by default if their opponent runs out of “Pokemon” to fight with or runs out of cards at the beginning of a turn. Assemble your “Pokemon” decks. Each player should have a deck of 60 collectible “Pokemon” cards of
