Yu-Gi-Oh!

[Flustrated]

I have a 6 year old that asked for and recieved a bunch of these playing cards. Anyone have any experience with this game? I have read about 3/4 of the rulebook and it seems complicated to me, let alone a 6 year old. I would like to play the game with him. Anyone have any experience playing? I saw some cards selling on Ebay for $2500.00, and yes, someone actually bid!
http://search.ebay.com/yu-gi-oh_W0QQ...2dohQQsbrsrtZl

I collected sports cards when I was a kid so I understand the value and education a kid gains from the hobby, but these cards seem to be a HUGE fad.
Any input will be appreciated!

thanks

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by NewChief

My experience with the cards is that kids that age don't actually play the game. They just get the cards and compare them and crap, basically like collecting matchbox/hot wheels cars. There is a game to be played, but my 6 year old cousin doesn't actually play it. He just wants cards, cards, and more cards.

Right when Magic: The Gathering came out, a bunch of friends and I played all the time in college. It was a lot of fun to sit around and play. Made for some interesting social circles as well, because we ended up having Magic parties with people we'd never normally hang out with. Anway, the fad eventually went away. On a tangent, I know one of the guys that invented Magic which then morphed into the company Wizards of the Coast, which then bought out TSR and was subsequently bought out by Hasbro. He and his buddies invented the game while attending a small liberal arts college in the Northwest. He's now a multi-millionairre and probably one of the more eccentric rich people you'd ever meet.

You know Richard Garfield? Holy shit...

[Reaper16]

Yu-Gi-Oh is a pretty shitty game. Boring, and gives disincentives to skill.

All collectible card games are based off of the patented mechanics of Magic: the Gathering -- a game that has thrived for some 14 years now. It's not just surviving, its enjoying its most popular years ever. How does a game do that? By being one of the best games ever, of any kind. Magic: the Gathering will go down as one of the best and most important games in world history. It's like chess meets poker; an absolutely brilliant game.

[Jenson71]

Originally Posted by Coach

Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that kind of fun and all. I'm just simply saying, that get your boy to at least keep some solid names (Pujols, Zito, Jeter, etc etc) cards in mint condition, whereas sometime down the road, those cards will increase in value, where he can get money in return by selling them off.

I got quite a collection that I'm planning to hold onto until whereas I may be at the 60-70 age (If I live that long, of course) where I may sell it off and get additional revenue.

I have 2 cards, out of God knows how much I got (Which I do have a BUNCH of them) and they both to me, will bring high value down the road.

2004 Topps Total Silver 375 Ben Roethlisberger (Mint Condition)
2006 Topps Red Hot Rookies 1 Reggie Bush (Mint Condition)

Hmm. I've got loads of cards I collected when I was young. Sanders, Smith, Marino, Rice, Favre. I doubt I'll break even if I try to sell them in 60 years. It's possible that I don't know what I'm talking about, but what I've heard is cards aren't rare, and no one likes them anymore.

[Flustrated]

Originally Posted by Jenson71

Hmm. I've got loads of cards I collected when I was young. Sanders, Smith, Marino, Rice, Favre. I doubt I'll break even if I try to sell them in 60 years. It's possible that I don't know what I'm talking about, but what I've heard is cards aren't rare, and no one likes them anymore.

Ya, I have about 15 shoe boxes full of cards in my attic also, I doubt they will ever be worth tons of money, but I hope they will be a neat keepsake for my kids when I'm 6ft under.

[88TG88]

the basic cards arent worth much but the rookie cards are worth a lot and the really old ones

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

You know Richard Garfield? Holy shit...

Actually, Skaff Elias, one of the other developers.