Tagged “playground-games”

Trading Card Crazes: Pokémon, Garbage Pail Kids, and the Playground Economy

Long before Pogs, and long after them too, small pieces of printed cardboard ran an entire informal economy of value, rarity, and playground negotiation.

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Pogs: The Milk Cap Game That Took Over Every Playground

For about eighteen months in the mid-90s, cardboard discs and a metal slammer were a genuine playground currency — and then, just as suddenly, they weren't.