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My poor DS9 loves pokemon but there is nobody to play with that knows it like him. Can anyone offer advice to find pokemon buds? He has been intently into this for about 2 years.

Onthegomom - My DS about to be 9 is a wild Pokemon fan. Maybe the two boys can do something via email or something?

I'm not sure how that would work? Any ideas?

I don't know but I am in Central Ohio with an 8 1/2 who loves poke stuff.

We are in the same boat....my DS7 just found Pokemon this past Month and he is a fanatic but he can't find anyone else in our area that plays :-( So he is stuck playing with DH and myself...there are much older children that play but they are a little "off" about playing with a "little" kid who just turned 7 :-(

Our public library used to have Pokemon tournaments once a month. They stopped before DS knew how to play the game but maybe that's a good place to ask? Or maybe they'd be willing to organize it if they knew kids would come. We have a couple of comic book shops that occasionally put something together as well.

Us too!!! I have thought about setting up a message board just for "known" kids. I'm not comfortable with my guy just joining a public board. Since it looks like there would be critical mass for it, I'll look at what's involved to do it.

And my DS has played in some tournaments - they were a really good experience overall!

I'm going to approach our library and see if they will do something with pokemon. I'm thinking they would need someone who really know the game to supervise. Do you agree?

Where did he play in tournaments?

There are some sites out there for interactive play etc.

This is one example: http://tppcrpg.net/

Too bad DYS doesn't consider pokemon knowledge as something you can show "Prodigious" talent in. ;-)