Pokemon Polyhedral: Micro Edition

Pokémon Polyhedral: Micro Edition is an A6 size solo RPG that is narrative lite and dice heavy. 

Roll dice to encounter Pokémon. Roll dice to capture them. Roll dice to level up and evolve them. Roll dice to use your team to defeat Team Rocket, Gym Leaders, and the Elite Four. 

While it's designed as a solo game, I play tested it along side my partner. We came up with house rules for trading Pokémon between us and had a nice time playing it together. So the rules could be used for more than one player as well. 

My goal with this game was to create something I could play when I didn't want to think too hard, wanted to use my dice sets I love, and fill random empty pages in my notebook. It's a little grindy because of the lack of narrative but it's part of what I find enjoyable about it. 

Notes on Game Set Up:

While we played some quick games on small A6 pieces of paper, I recommend setting up a Pokedex page (or a few) with lines numbered 1-151, leaving some space to mark when you've seen the Pokémon and whether you've captured it. I leave space after it too so I can update it's XP as well. 

I keep my Party on a small piece of paper and I swap out when I make changes. When you take Pokémon out of your Party, it helps to make sure you update their XP before crossing out names or starting a new piece of paper. 

Then I use pages to list out encounters and keep track of wins. 

My new recommendation is to play this with note cards. List the Pokemon you successfully catch on the top of a notecard and use it to track it's stats and modifiers. Leave room to cross out it's species name and write the new one when you evolve it. Keep 6 in your hand and keep the rest in a PC pile. 

Encounters are still easiest to play out in a notebook or regular paper. 

Ultimately, set up is up to you. Whatever makes it the most fun for you have at it!

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