{"id":6000,"date":"2026-10-21T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trackersearth.com\/blog\/?p=6000"},"modified":"2026-11-13T22:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T06:16:26","slug":"meet-the-memkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trackersearth.com\/blog\/meet-the-memkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Memkin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dear Trackers Families,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something new has been rustling around the forest at Trackers, and I finally get to introduce you. They are called the Memkin, and I have a feeling your kids are going to fall for them the way our whole team has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bobcat with flaming claws. A raven who turns a rival’s best trick into her own power. A cedar who shields her friends from the storm. This winter, the Memkin step out of the forest and onto the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a Memkin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Memkin live in the Land of Mems, a world just past our own. Every Memkin is bound to something real here: a bobcat, a salmonberry bush, a rough-skinned newt, even a shard of obsidian. Few people know they exist. The ones who find them are young Trackers who have learned to read the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding one takes a little mud on your knees. You read the tracks, move quietly and get to know who lives in the branches above the trail. Once a Tracker bonds with a Memkin, the two of them train together. As the Tracker’s skills grow, they cross the bands of the Land of Mems side by side, and the Memkin Remembers a stronger form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baby, Youth, Warrior, Prime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every Memkin has four stages: Baby, Youth, Warrior and Prime. That little fluffball you meet first has a future with claws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
Every Memkin starts out small. A few of the babies, drawn by Yuki Saeki.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There is trouble in the Land of Mems, too. A secret group called the Strangers is hunting Memkin and forcing them to fight. Stopping them is up to the Trackers and their Memkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet a few of the first seventeen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every Memkin in the first set was drawn by our in-house illustrator and artist, Yuki Saeki. Here are a few of my favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rufuskin
Rufuskin<\/strong>, the bobcat, waits on quiet paws for the perfect moment to pounce.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Corvuskin
Corvuskin<\/strong>, the common raven, studies your best moves and then uses them against you.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Thujakin
Thujakin<\/strong>, the western redcedar, stands her ground and shields her friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Tarichakin
Tarichakin<\/strong>, the rough-skinned newt, is small but carries a powerful poison defense.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Obsidikin
Obsidikin<\/strong> was born in volcanic fire and is as sharp as glass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Castorkin
Castorkin<\/strong> comes from the North American beaver, the great builder of the creek.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You can meet all seventeen on the Meet the Memkin page<\/a>, and follow Yuki at @yukiciel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trackers Memkin Game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Trackers Memkin Game is a card game kids battle and trade with their friends. It launches this winter, and every Memkin camper gets a free starter deck to keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most cards can be found, traded or won. Prime cards are different. They can only be earned at camp, by learning real Trackers Skills out in the forest. (Yes, that means the rarest card in the deck comes from building a fire or reading a track. I love that.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For parents: the game under the game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each Memkin is built from a real animal, plant or mineral. A Memkin’s stages follow that species’ real life cycle, and the powers on each card come from how the real animal senses the world and finds its food. When kids study their decks, they are learning real tracking, botany and geology without anyone calling it homework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lotorkin
Lotorkin, the raccoon Memkin. Art by Yuki Saeki.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At camp, that learning moves outside. Kids look for real sign, practice moving like the animals they track and train their outdoor skills with our Guides. The battles are fantastical, but the skills kids bring home are real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find a Memkin camp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Memkin camps are split by grade. Trackers Memkin: Nature Monster Card Battles<\/strong> is for older kids, and Memkin Tomodachi: Nature Monster Friends Adventure<\/strong> is for our youngest Trackers. Winter break is the very first chance to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trackers Memkin: Winter Break<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Portland<\/span>\"Memkin<\/span>Trackers Memkin<\/span>Grades 1\u20135<\/span>SE PDX \u00b7 December 28\u201330, 2026<\/span>See dates & register →<\/span><\/span><\/a>Bay Area<\/span>\"Rufuskin<\/span>Trackers Memkin<\/span>Grades 2\u20135<\/span>El Cerrito & North Oakland \u00b7 December 23, 2026<\/span>See dates & register →<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Memkin Tomodachi: Winter Break<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Portland<\/span>\"Baby<\/span>Memkin Tomodachi<\/span>Grades PK\u2013K<\/span>SE PDX \u00b7 December 28\u201330, 2026<\/span>See dates & register →<\/span><\/span><\/a>Bay Area<\/span>\"Baby<\/span>Memkin Tomodachi<\/span>Grades K\u20131<\/span>El Cerrito & North Oakland \u00b7 December 23, 2026<\/span>See dates & register →<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And next summer, Memkin gets a full week of camp in all three of our regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trackers Memkin: Summer 2027<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Portland<\/span>\"Corvuskin<\/span>Trackers Memkin<\/span>Grades 1\u20138<\/span>SE, NE & W PDX \u00b7 June 28\u2013July 2<\/span>See dates & register →<\/span><\/span><\/a>Bay Area<\/span>\"Thujakin<\/span>Trackers Memkin<\/span>Grades 2\u20138<\/span>El Cerrito & North Oakland \u00b7 June 28\u2013July 2<\/span>See dates & register →<\/span><\/span><\/a>Kirkland<\/span>\"Lotorkin<\/span>Trackers Memkin<\/span>Grades 2\u20138<\/span>Kirkland \u00b7 July 5\u20139<\/span>See dates & register →<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Memkin Tomodachi: Summer 2027<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Portland<\/span>\"Baby<\/span>Memkin Tomodachi<\/span>Grades PK\u2013K<\/span>SE, NE & W PDX \u00b7 June 28\u2013July 2<\/span>See dates & register →<\/span><\/span><\/a>Bay Area<\/span>\"Baby<\/span>Memkin Tomodachi<\/span>Grades K\u20131<\/span>El Cerrito & North Oakland \u00b7 June 28\u2013July 2<\/span>See dates & register →<\/span><\/span><\/a>Kirkland<\/span>\"Rubuskin,<\/span>Memkin Tomodachi<\/span>Grades K\u20131<\/span>Kirkland \u00b7 July 5\u20139 & Aug 2\u20136<\/span>See dates & register →<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Questions about Memkin? Write to us anytime at hello@trackersearth.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Molly

See you in the forest,
Molly Deis<\/strong>
Trackers Earth
Founder & Mom<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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