CCGs and TCGs

Here is a post about Ashli and Pokemon.

Going Over to the Dark Side

My 6 y/o, as noted in previous posts, is enamoured with Pokemon.  This contagion has carried over to my 2 year old (almost 3).  They love watching pokemon, in the interest of spending time with my daughters and something they love.  I watch the show with them.  It isn't the greatest of cartoons, and I would honestly rather watch something else (Teen Titans anyone?), but it does have its redeeming qualities.  For instance,  it teaches children good sportsmanship.  Of course, that is the only thing I can think of right now. 

The love for the show, naturally, grew into a love for the card game.  I bought her some cards last year and she didn't really catch on to the game.  It involves reading and she didn't yet know how to read or do the math that the game requires.  Now that she is out of kindergarten and can do these things.  It is something she wants to do a lot.

Yesterday, I crossed over to the dark side.  I went to the gaming store and bought a starter deck of Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl so I could play against my daughter.  I figure it is the best way for her to get better and she can have at least one other person around to play the game against.  Last night I bought her some pink dice and a dice bag for use in the play of the game (the game requires a coin, but have any of you asked a 6 year old to flip a coin and not lost an eye lately.  The dice work really well as damage counters). 

I think I may have to buy some booster packs to pump up my deck.

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VS

 

Vs

 

Marvel

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So I picked up something at a game store on Saturday.  It is called VS, and it is a trading card game.  Some will be familiar with Magic:  The Gathering and most with Pokemon and Yugio.  This game allows you to team up comic book characters and pit them against others.  You can stick with team affiliations or not.  For example, you could have an X-Men deck and you could play a Brotherhood of evil mutants deck, or you could have an X-Men deck and play against a JLA deck.  You could also mix characters.  You could put Batman in a deck with magneto, or mix Spiderman into a superman deck. 

If you are in TN you should check out Next Level Games for more information or tournaments.  They also carry Magic, Pokemon, Yugio, and other card games as well as comics. 

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