Yesterday Alex and me found a lovely little card shop in Frome in the UK - it was so small that it was a room in an office block and you had to ring their doorbell! Anyway he gave Alex a great deal on a card he wanted, we got some "disappointing dice" for Anya, and chatted for ages with the guy about Pokemon and other card games. He said he meets a lot of people that collect that don't know how to play and are too intimidated to learn. I also empathise with this as it seems pretty complex to me (Alex says otherwise haha). What do people think are the barriers to people learning the game whether they are collectors, children who are new to it, or even adults that have a nostalgic attachment to the characters or cards but haven't ever learnt properly? Any thoughts welcome!

It has been quite the party over at @Chris Stacey 's store today! Did anyone pull any cool cards? 🤩

We hope these are as useful for you all as they are for Alex!