Top Trumps
Top Trumps
Top Trumps has been a popular card game in the United Kingdom since the seventies. There are many different card decks based on different subjects, e.g cars, planes, films, military jets, or TV shows. The decks are also available in the USA.
Each pack of Top Trumps consists of a number of cards (usually 30 or 32), each of which features an item or character related to the subject of the deck; each card has a picture, some numerical statistics, and possibly some additional text. The pack is the size of an ordinary pack of cards so is readily portable.
2-6 people can play. Deal out all the cards face down to the players. Each player holds their cards face up but may only look at their top card.
The player to go first chooses the a statistic (usually a high one) from their top card, e.g. "Top Speed 252mph". All other players read out the same statistic. Whoever has the best or highest value wins and places all the top cards including their own to the bottom of their pile. They then choose the statistic for the next round.
During a round, if 2 or more cards tie or no data is available for that particular statistic then all the cards are placed to one side and the same player chooses again from their next card. The winner of the hand also takes the cards that were placed to one side.
The first player to win all the cards is the winner of the game.
Familiarity with the deck is useful since the player will know which statistics are high (and, particularly, which cards have the absolute highest value for a given statistic).
This game is sometimes paired in the same deck with The Game of Authors a.k.a. Quartets.
Each pack of Top Trumps consists of a number of cards (usually 30 or 32), each of which features an item or character related to the subject of the deck; each card has a picture, some numerical statistics, and possibly some additional text. The pack is the size of an ordinary pack of cards so is readily portable.
2-6 people can play. Deal out all the cards face down to the players. Each player holds their cards face up but may only look at their top card.
The player to go first chooses the a statistic (usually a high one) from their top card, e.g. "Top Speed 252mph". All other players read out the same statistic. Whoever has the best or highest value wins and places all the top cards including their own to the bottom of their pile. They then choose the statistic for the next round.
During a round, if 2 or more cards tie or no data is available for that particular statistic then all the cards are placed to one side and the same player chooses again from their next card. The winner of the hand also takes the cards that were placed to one side.
The first player to win all the cards is the winner of the game.
Familiarity with the deck is useful since the player will know which statistics are high (and, particularly, which cards have the absolute highest value for a given statistic).
This game is sometimes paired in the same deck with The Game of Authors a.k.a. Quartets.
Player Count
2
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6
Playing Time
20
Age
6
Year Released
1968
Designers
(Uncredited)
Publishers
Winning Moves UK Ltd., Winning Moves International Ltd, Winning Moves Germany, Winning Moves Games (USA), Winning Moves France, Winning Moves Australia Pty Ltd, Wiggins Teape, Weltquartett, Waddingtons, Volvo, Thomae, thinkgeek.com, Teepe Sportverlag, TEDi, Ted Baker, Takko Fashion, Spear's Games, Sörnsen Holzleisten, Simba Toys, Schmidt Spiele, Rudolf Forkel KG, RSPB, Revell, Renault, Ravensburger, PlayMobil Interactive, Playaday.Com, Piatnik, Phantasialand, Pelikan, Parker Brothers, Palitoy Ltd., Otto Maier Benelux B.V., Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag, Nintendo Co., Ltd., New Line Productions Inc, Music Games, Modiano, MIKA, Mercedes Benz GmbH, Mattel, Inc., Marks & Spencer, Märklin & Cie, Majora, Lonny Games, Laurence King Publishing Ltd, Land Rover Group, KOSMOS, King Cards, KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH, Jumbo, Jos. Scholz, Investment Week, Identity Games International B.V., Hunsrück Ferienpark Hambachtal, Hrútabræður, Hochwasser Kompetenz Centrum, HMA Creative, The Hero Construction Company, Heraclio Fournier, Heinrich Schwarz & Co, Hausser, Hasbro, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Grodzinski, Grimaud, Greenbrier International, Inc., Feva (UK) Ltd., F.X. Schmid, Energie-Verlag, Eleven Force, Eldorado, Ehapa Verlag, Edition Seestern, Dübreq, DreamWorks, Discovery Toys, Diehl Medien, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Desyllas Games, Dal Negro, Copsis, Condor Flüge, Comas, Cheatwell Games, Cartamundi, Carlit, Cardinal, Caja Duero, Café Viereck, Bluw, Blatz, Bioviva, Bierregion-Franken.de, Bielefelder Spielkarten, Berliner Spielkarten, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, AMIGO, (Web published), (Self-Published)
Board Game Category
American West, Aviation / Flight, Card Game, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Memory, Movies / TV / Radio theme, Nautical, Novel-based, Party Game, Prehistoric, Science Fiction, Space Exploration