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You might have several Pokemon on the
table at one time, but only one of them (called your "Active Pokemon")
will be fighting for you at a time. The rest will be sitting on your
Bench, waiting for their turn to fight. Every turn, you'll have a chance
to attack with your Active Pokemon, which will either do damage to your
opponent's Active Pokemon (called the "Defending Pokemon" during your
attack) or do something to it, like making it asleep, confused,
Paralyzed, or Poisoned. If your attack does enough damage to knock out
the Defending Pokemon, you get to take one of your 6 Prizes. When you
take your sixth Prize (when you've Knocked Out six of your opponent's
Pokemon), you win!
Well, you and your opponent will each need
your own deck of 60 cards, a coin to flip, and some counters to mark
damage to your Pokémon.
In Pokémon, you can win three different
ways. First, at the start of the game you set aside 6 of your cards as
prizes. Every time one of your opponent's Pokemon is Knocked Out, you
take one of your Prizes and put it into your hand. When you've taken all
6 of your prizes, you win the game! Second, you also win if your
opponent has no Pokemon left to fight against your Pokemon. And finally,
you win if your opponent's deck is out of cards at the start of his or
her turn.
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