Featured in the photo above is Priscilla, store manager, Pokemon trainer, and judge being interviewed about the Tournament held at Studio 28.
Call 785-8518 for more information about our Pokemon Leagues, tournaments, and activities.

POKEMON BASIC RULES

1 Shuffle deck, draw 7 cards

2 Each player needs a basic pokemon to start. If not, player
with no basic shows hand to opponent and
reshuffles deck and draw 7 new cards. Opponent has the option
to draw 2 extra cards Repeat until both
players have basic pokemon

3 Choose 1 basic pokemon as the active and place it face down

4 Both players have the option to place face down up to
5 basic pokemon in the bench

5 Take the top 6 cards from the deck and play them
face down as prizes. Prizes are taken when a
pokemon gets knocked out of battle

6 Flip a coin to determine who goes first

7 Flip all pokemon over and start the game

Each Turn

- draw a card - play the following in any order as often as
one would like
* put a basic pokemon on the bench * evolve a pokemon (except on the same turn a
basic was put out)
* attach a energy card to a pokemon (only once per turn)
* play a trainer card
* retreat the active pokemon
* use pokemon power
- attack with the active pokemon
- turn is over

Asleep

-pokemon can’t attack or retreat
-pokemon is turned sideways to the left
-after each player’s turn, flip a coin. On
heads the pokemon is no longer asleep and on
tails, the pokemon is still sleeping

Confused

-flip a coin when pokemon attacks or retreats
-pokemon is turned up side down
-when retreating player must pay retreat cost
first, then flip a coin
heads is successful, tails failure
-when attacking, flip a coin
*heads attack is successful, tails pokemon
does attack to itself for 20 points of damage

Paralyzed

-pokemon can’t attack or retreat
-pokemon is turned sideways to the right
-pokemon recovers after the player’s next turn

Poisoned

-place poison marker on pokemon
-as long as pokemon is poisoned, at the end of each
players turn the pokemon takes 10 points of damage

All pokemon that return to the bench are cured of asleep,
confused, paralyzed, and
poisoned, it is also the same if a pokemon evolves
**Pokemon CAN NOT be asleep, confused, or paralyzed
at the same time but
CAN BE poisoned with asleep, confused, or paralyzed

CHECK OUT YOUNG LOCAL ARTIST RENDITIONS OF POKEMON

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PIGEOT

PIKACHU

TOGEPI

ZUBAT

Priscilla took time to explain Pokemon to the TV-17 reporter.
Most adults need Pokemon explained to them before they understand.

Check out these cool Pokemon Players, Kristopher and Nicholas Rolls, showing off their
shirts at our Studio 28 Pokemon Tournament.

Pokemon,Pikachu,and all related characters are copyright Nintendo, Viz, and/or Wizards of the Coast. All other characters are copyright and trademark of their respective owners.

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