The first pack of Pokémon cards I ever opened was from the original Base set, released in the UK during 1999. (You know the ones which now go for hundreds of pounds on eBay?) It was a gift from my Dad ...

For those who aren't playing Pocket, it's essentially a card collecting/pack opening sim with the ability to play a truncated version of the Pokemon TCG. The rules are simpler, the battles are shorter ...

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, announced in February and out in late October, whittles the Pokémon franchise down to its simplest form: collection. Instead of catching creatures themselves, as in ...

Despite hassling my parents to buy my Pokemon TCG card packs all the time as a kid, I never actually learned to play the damn game. I chalked it up to my unhealthy obsession with the franchise at the ...