Trading Card Games - Beyond Pokemon

Trading card games. I have to admit - this was a whole new category of family games for me. Years ago, my son began collecting Pokemon cards, and I didn't think much of it. All the guys his age were collecting. They loved comparing and trading the cards.

I realized the depth and complexity of the game when my son asked me to play. Before long, he had memorized every minute fact from his trading cards.

Once he began playing in earnest, it didn't take long for him to move up to more complex trading card games.

I watch him trade and play - and now I appreciate the absolute subject mastery that's required to play these card games for kids.

TCG, as they are known, are played via the cards. Each card produces a unique outcome based upon all other factors in the game at that moment. So, trading card games provide high replay appeal - you never play the same game twice!