Cover image of Top Trumps board game

Top Trumps

1968

(Uncredited)

BGG Geek Rating

5.0

based on 1,255 ratings

BGG Average Rating

4.3

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BGG Ranking

#29482

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Players

2-6

Weight

1.06/5.00

Playtime

20 min

Age

6+

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Rock-Paper-Scissors Trick-taking Memory

📂 Categories

Humor Novel-based Science Fiction Space Exploration Card Game Memory Fantasy Movies / TV / Radio theme Science Fiction Novel-based Humor Party Game Nautical Aviation / Flight American West Space Exploration Prehistoric Horror

🎨 Artists

Albert Uderzo Bärbel Oftring Chiara Bonello Chris Barnardo Glenn Grech Harry Mylonadis Julian Mallia Jürgen Willbarth Lesley Buckingham Mark Scicluna Mirko Suzuki Peyo Quentin Blake René Goscinny Steven Austin Terry Miller Associates

🏢 Publishers

Parker Brothers KOSMOS Waddingtons Lonny Games Diehl Medien Heinrich Schwarz & Co New Line Productions Inc Laurence King Publishing Ltd Pelikan DreamWorks Modiano Bierregion-Franken.de Bluw Dübreq Edition Seestern Ehapa Verlag Energie-Verlag The Hero Construction Company Feva (UK) Ltd. TEDi Café Viereck Copsis Caja Duero Grodzinski HMA Creative Hochwasser Kompetenz Centrum Hrútabræður Investment Week Märklin & Cie Mercedes Benz GmbH Merlin Collectibles Phantasialand Playaday.Com Renault Revell RSPB Sörnsen Holzleisten Takko Fashion Ted Baker thinkgeek.com Thomae Volvo Wiggins Teape Nordic Games ehf Dal Negro Carlit Otto Maier Verlag PlayMobil Interactive Deutsche Bundesbahn Jos. Scholz King Cards Heraclio Fournier Comas Hausser Grimaud ASS Altenburger Spielkarten Palitoy Ltd. KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH Winning Moves International Ltd Jumbo Blatz Hunsrück Ferienpark Hambachtal Bielefelder Spielkarten Discovery Toys Bioviva Rudolf Forkel KG Berliner Spielkarten AMIGO Grow Jogos e Brinquedos Teepe Sportverlag Eldorado Music Games Weltquartett Desyllas Games Majora MIKA Simba Toys Schmidt Spiele Winning Moves Australia Pty Ltd Identity Games International B.V. Otto Maier Benelux B.V. Marks & Spencer Cartamundi Spear's Games Cardinal Cheatwell Games Winning Moves UK Ltd. Eleven Force Winning Moves France F.X. Schmid Piatnik Condor Flüge Land Rover Group Hasbro Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag (Unknown) (Self-Published) Winning Moves Germany Ravensburger (Web published)

📖 About This Game

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. 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.