Xeko Mission: China – Award Winning Eco Playing Card Game
- Learn about China’s ecosystems and meet the endangered species that live in them. The starter set includes 42 cards, an oversized game mat, rule book, play guides and a heavy-duty deck storage box. Ages 8 and up.
- Mission: China is the newest edition of Xeko, the award winning trading card game that introduces kids to threatened species and the world’s conservation “hotspots.”
- This mission includes animals like the beloved Giant Panda, critically endangered Snow Leopard, and ferocious King Cobra.
- The Xeko Mission: China starter set is packaged in a stunning pagoda box decorated with animals from China’s habitats and dragon illustrations that capture the mysteries of ancient Chinese culture. This game will inspire the next generation of eco-leaders through enriching and exciting game play.
- All Xeko collections are playable with one another, and players mix and match to build custom decks. Winner of Creative Child Magazine’s Game of the Year Award (2007).
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Learn about China’s ecosystems and meet the endangered species that live in them. Mission: China is the newest edition of Xeko, the award winning trading card game that introduces kids to threatened species and the world’s conservation “hotspots.” This mission includes animals like the beloved Giant Panda, critically endangered Snow Leopard, and ferocious King Cobra. The Xeko Mission: China starter set is packaged in a stunning pagoda box decorated with animals from China’s habitats and dragon illustrations that capture the mysteries of ancient Chinese culture. This game will inspire the next generation of eco-leaders through enriching and exciting game play. All Xeko collections are playable with one another, and players mix and match to build custom decks. Winner of Creative Child Magazine’s Game of the Year Award (2007). The starter set includes 42 cards, an oversized game mat, rule book, play guides and a heavy-duty deck storage box. Ages 8 and up.
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December 18th, 2009
Xeko: Mission China is the 4th collection of an eco-adventure trading card game where children and adults alike have an opportunity to learn about China’s ecosystems and meet the endangered species that live in them.
This award-winning game introduces kids to threatened species and the world’s conservation hotspots -the Earth’s most ecologically rich and most critically threatened habitats.
The hotspots provide oxygen for our plant and contain many important endemic plant and animal species (as in not-located-anywhere-else-once-they’re-gone-they’re-gone-for-good species!).
If saving the planet isn’t enough, Xeko: Mission China’s box design alone should capture your attention with it’s stunning pagoda-like shape decorated with animals from China’s habitats and dragon illustrations that capture the mysteries of ancient Chinese culture.
Eye-catching pictures of the beloved Giant Panda, endangered Snow Leopard and adorable Snub-Nosed Monkey tantalize you for the fantastic adventure waiting once you open the box.
Dedicated to “a bright green future,” Xeko produces the games in an Earth-friendly way. Not only are the cards and packaging made of 100% recycled stock, but all printing is done with eco-friendly inks.
Xeko cards are designed for fun and realism with eye-popping artwork that makes the cards especially fun to play with and collect.
Every Xeko game features remarkable plant and animal species from one of Earth’s 34 biodiversity hotspots, first identified by Dr. Norman Myers and recognized by Conservation International, Xeko’s non-profit partner and recipient of 4% of net game sales. So, not only are you learning about saving the earth, but your purchase of the game actually helps do it!
Like the blockbusters Pokemon and Yu-Gi_oh, Xeko involves collecting trading cards to create a custom library-or in this case a “Xeko system”-and using those cards to match wits against opponents in exciting game play.
Instead of monsters and fantasy, Xeko uses the actual animal species as the heroes, taking its cue from nature and science to explore fragile ecosystem relationships.
Actual play involves `turf wars” where one species invades another species territory in a struggle to balance the competing resource needs of neighboring species, which is all part of the learning that it takes a combination of cooperation and competition to help an ecosystem thrive. Xeko cards and Booster cards are used to improve your species’ odds at winning the turf war, and therefore creating the strongest Xeko system to win the game.
Learning the ins and outs of the game is slow and methodical at first, trying to figure out the best plan for creating a thriving Xeko system. While younger children can play and enjoy the game, Xeko is best suited for kids ages 8 years and up. I would highly recommend this for children at or above the fourth grade level because of the reading and strategic skills required.
Once the game-playing concepts are mastered, the ecosystem is yours!
Piquing kids’ interest in endangered animals and environmental conservation, Xeko seeks to inspire the next generation of eco-leaders through enriching and exciting game play.
Join the Xeko Mission to China! Since ancient times, a secret order called Xeko has watched over the planet and all of its inhabitants-great and small.
Join the Xeko Masters in protecting the amazing plants and animals of Southwest China and explore the land of giant pandas and mythical dragons!
Rating: 5 / 5