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Pokémon Master Trainer

#8427BGG ↗

1999 · 2-6 players · 45min · weight 1.86 · 1,911 ratings

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Rating
5.62
Users rated
1,911
Owned
4,003
Wishing
342

At a glance

What playing it feels like, broken down.

Core loop

Roll and move around board, battle other trainers' Pokemon, collect Pokemon along the route to Indigo Plateau.

What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
1
Fantasy
3
Narrative
1
Challenge
1
Fellowship
1
Discovery
1
Expression
1
Submission
2
How it works (3 mechanics)
  • [3]roll_and_move_race— “each player becomes a Pokemon Trainer making his way around the pre-made board map to Indigo Plateau
  • [2]set_collection_concentrating— “challenge the current, reigning Pokemon Champion with the Pokemon he's collected on the trip there
  • [2]collectible_squad_building— “challenge the current Champion with the Pokemon he's collected on the trip there; Item Cards give special powers

Raw extraction payloads

The JSON rows behind this page, before analysis turns them into candidate ranking signals.

V4 wide feature rowgame_llm_features_v4.raw_json · v4-wide · vocab v1 · 2026-05-03
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    "Submission": 2
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    },
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BGG tags

Categories (6)
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