Resourceful Kids Created Their Own Awesome POKEMON Card Game Because They Were Poor
When you grow up not having a lot of money, your imagination is the key to having fun. My parents couldn’t afford to buy me stuff I wanted when I was a kid, so I spent a lot of my time drawing pictures and spending time at the local comic book store reading comics.
Reddit user one23abc explained that he and his brother wanted to desperately play popular card games like Yu-Gi-Oh! or Pokémon, but they couldn’t afford it. So what did they do? They created their own card game from scratch, and it’s awesome!
Some photos of the game were shared online that you can see below. The game was simply called “Creature Cards” and they were made over a decade ago. As you will see, each card features imaginative characters that include a description of the strengths. One23abc went on to explain the rules of the game:
“There are 3 types of card: creature, evolution and item. At the start of the game you start with 3 creatures, 1 evolution and 1 item. Play is divided into player turns. You can think of each turn as having five of phases; draw, item, summon, attack (or evolve), then end. Most items can only be played during the 'item' phase. However some items can be played on your opponents turn under certain conditions (think of them as 'trap' cards from yugioh)
“If you do not have enough MP to attack, you have to 'struggle' (roll a die). 1 or 6 = 20 damage 2 or 5 = 10 damage 3 = 10 damage to yourself 4 = reroll
“If your creature has an evolution, you may chose to evolve instead of attack. A creature has to attack at least one time before it may evolve to the next stage (creatures typically come in 1 stagers, 2 stagers, or 3 stagers, with the latter being the least common but most powerful in a deck)”
I love that they just let their imaginations run wild when creating this thing. I don’t think kids do this kind of stuff anymore.
Zorthax was the best card in the game. Very very hard to summon though since he is a fusion, requiring a lot of cards.
Dyson Fafita. The design is based off the Troy McClure from the Simpsons and the name is from the vacuum cleaner brand, Dyson. There was too much writing to fit on one card so we had to make another card for his special card effect
This is the box we made to house all our cards. It has lasted over 10 years so its a pretty decent box.