Wow. Here we sit on the verge of the 2009-2010 season.

The second "Quest for Hawaii" that sparked everyone through the 2006-2007 campaign.

Difference this year? The game is bigger and stronger than it has ever been. Why? Nintendo really knows what it is doing.

Reinventing itself every 3 years with new games sprinkled in with the reinvention of old "classic" Pokemon games, keeps us all going.

On the card side, coordinating...

OK, one of the coolest things about being in this game for YEARS is all the great people I have gotten to work with. All of the kids I have seen grow up, and all the families I have gotten close to.

I was pleasantly surprised when a month or so ago, one of my long time players, PPC, approached me about judging. I have known PPC since he was like 9. He is now 14. He is EXACTLY what I am looking for in a younger judge.

We decided he could start at the Cities in Eureka,...

Let me just say that the Pokemon TCG is one of the greatest items to ever come to pass for me and my boys. It has brought us closer as father and son than just about anything else could do. Coaching them in football, close, but Pokemon is 4 seasons a year, not 1.

I thought I would start the blog with free events...good or bad?

I personally love the free events for Pokemon. It confuses a lot of store owners, but having players come in and play an event for free, event...