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This is a game with just enough strategy to keep me (mom) interested. My son is 10 and loves anything Pokemon. I love being able to share something with him that he already thinks is great.
My kids are under 10 and find learning this game to be fun but also with some math and reading skill involved.
My son has been playing pokemon by smacking cards together and seeing which comes up heads. This was a cheap and easy way for us to learn actual basic game and it's rules. I still think your beginner pokemon kits should be free given how much the kids want more.
I've purchased some boosters, but they don't seem to come with energy cards, which are essential to the gameplay.This starter set gives you some Water and Punch energy cards, which are great to start with and fit just fine with the starting mini-decks of this set, but that leaves more than half the booster cards we've purchased un-useable because they're of a different type. My son and I love this starter set. And the instructions don't really explain anything beyond basic gameplay. We've played a few times. However, now we're ready to start adding to the set with boosters. I was hoping that a starter kit like this would at least answer beginner questions like "how do I expand my deck.", "how do I play with other types of cards", "should I focus on a specific energy type, or what." etc.I'll probably have to end up doing research online or finding a book we can study to figure the rest of the game out. Or go to one of those meet-ups, I guess.
This set is complete and has everything a kid needs to play REAL pokemon. I was amazed to see how many kids who have been avid pokemon traders for years, had never seen the complete set including rule book, damage markers ans the like. Most kids didn't realize just how the game was intended to be played.
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