The best (usually the largest, but in the case of a sports car's weight or a sprinter's 100m time, for instance, lower is considered better) value wins the 'trick', and the winner takes all the cards of the trick and places them at the bottom of their pile. Each other player then reads out the value of the same category from their cards. The starting player (normally the player to the dealer's left) selects a category from their topmost card and reads out its value. There must be at least two players, and at least one card for each player. If the theme is about a TV series or film, the cards include characters and the data varying from things like strength and bravery to fashion and looks, depending on the criteria.Īll the cards are dealt among the players. For example, in a pack based on cars, each card shows a different model of car, and the stats and data may include its engine size, its weight, its length, and its top speed. Each card in the pack shows a list of numerical data about the item. A wide variety of different packs of Top Trumps has been published.Ī pack of cards is based on a theme, such as cars, aircraft, books, boats, dinosaurs, or characters from a popular film or television series. Each card contains a list of numerical data, and the aim of the game is to compare these values to try to trump and win an opponent's card.

Top Trumps is a card game first published in 1978. A card from the 'Fantasy' pack: the Dragon

Card games for 2 players adults