Almost forgot to post these, going to post one entry for all the games played over the last few days of which there were about 8, all with oldest and middle kid.
Middle kid has been really into Pokemon ever since a friend at school gave her about 10. Definitely not enough to play with, but more than enough to get her really interested. She had been reading Pokemon books (though they’re still a bit above her level), and had been given a handbook and a few booster packs as a gift earlier this year. Sooo… Santa brought her a 100 pack of energy cards (so she can actually play with her cards) and a trainer kit that included two 30 card decks that you can learn with, but can be combined into one standard 60 card deck.
Reading the directions I thought the game was a little too confusing at first, but our first time playing “on our own” (not using the guided directions), everything was really easy and the game flowed really well. We quickly realized that one of the trainer decks vastly overpowers the other (due to it’s pokemon’s weaknesses), so I quick whipped up a deck using some of the other pokemon she has… And now, god help me, I think I really like this game and have been finding myself wanting to play it more and more: I *need* to tweak that deck I created.
Couldn’t really care less though as I’m having a blast playing with my kids.