Battle Cards
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Released in 1990 by Matchbox, Monster In My Pocket Battle Cards was a game not unlike the “Monster War” game instructions that were included with each series list.
Included in the package were two monsters (green Beast and red Witch), an ordinary six-sided die, and a set of 52 cards (48 monster cards, each featuring a different series 1 monster, two wild cards, rules, and a checklist). The rules, according to the deck, are as follows:
Competing with Battle Cards is a lot like playing ‘war’ with ordinary playing cards, except each card has six different levels to compete on. They are: 1. Point Value, 2. Intelligence, 3. Strength, 4. Speed, 5. Weakness, 6. You Pick. To play, shuffle the deck and give each player an equal number of cards (the game works best with two). Using the cards in the order in which they were dealt, each player turns over one card, then one player rolls the dice to see which area (see above) you are playing in. Whoever has the highest points in that area wins the cards out. In case of a tie, those players put out additional cards, again rolling the dice until one of them wins them all. Rolling the dice changes players every round. Wild cards make you an automatic winner. You can play the game until one player has all the cards.
Each card displays the point value of the monster in each corner, the monster’s number centered at the top, its name below that, a simple drawing of the monster, and a table that lists the monsters intelligence, strength, speed and weakness. Depending on what each player is competing for (determined by the die), whichever monster has a higher value for that particular attribute would win the battle.
The numbers representing each of the monster’s attributes actually add up to the point value of that monster. The Hunchback, for example, is worth 5 points. According to the card, he has an intelligence of 3, a strength of 6, a speed of 2, and a weakness of -6. Therefore, 3 intelligence plus 6 strength plus 2 speed plus -6 weakness equals 5 points.
Battle Cards were apparently made for some of the monsters from laters series as well. Series 2 monster Battle Cards came along with the figures themselves in the MIMP Cauldron, and Battle Cards for the Dinosaur series occasionally pop up as well.
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