Top Trumps

Do you remember playing War as a kid? Cool card game and easy to play, right? Well, Winning Moves UK Ltd. Has taken War one step further with its Top Trumps Card Game.

Unlike other Collectible Card Games, Top Trumps is not complicated; it doesn’t require an advanced degree in strategy or an encyclopedia for a brain to remember all the stats, moves and characters. It’s fun and fast and best of all, the entire family can play it-anywhere!

Long popular in the United Kingdom, Top Trumps card games are now being introduced into the U.S.A. and they have become an instant hit.

Consisting of 30 cards, each deck is based around a theme. Players split the deck evenly between themselves. The first player places their card down consisting of the highest number from a certain statistic, depending on the deck. All the other players must submit the same statistic. Whoever has the highest statistic wins and keeps the card. Whichever player gets all 30 cards wins the game.

What I find especially nice about the Top Trumps cards is that each has a character on it from whatever particular subject the deck is based on. For example I have several decks: Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Horror and The Simpsons.

Each individualized deck has face cards with full character stats on the back, including bio information about the character pictured. Not only do you get to see the character you play, but you also learn something about them. In the Indiana Jones cards for example, stats are Adventures, Combat, Cunning, Courage, Greed and Faith & Wisdom. Stats vary per deck.

Another nice thing about the decks is that they come in heavy duty, flip open plastic packs that make for safe and durable protection. Top Trumps come in dozens of types. Pick the sets that interest you.