TOP TRUMPS

 
Hello gamers welcome to another post here on Games Knight with me Ciaran. Want to share something totally different with you all this week and look at the DC Universe Top Trump set. Top trumps is a card based game system that has been around since the 1970's and has always had high popularity with comic book fans and school boys passing their break time (Where I discovered Top Trumps). Top Trumps have decks for a multitude of themes ranging from cars, military hardware to comic book heroes.


HOW TO PLAY TOP TRUMPS.

The instant appeal to Top Trumps is that it is very simple to play and thus quicker to get into. Any number of people can play which makes this a great party game or a light hearted addition to regular gaming nights. First, as with any game involving a deck of cards, shuffle and deal all the cards face down. Each player holds their cards so that they can see the top card only. The player from the dealer's left starts by reading out a stat from the top card (e.g Height 180). The other players then read out the same stat. The player with the highest stat wins and places all the top cards including their own to bottom of their pile. It is then the winning players turn to choose a stat from the next card.

If 2 of more cards share the top value then all the cards are placed in the middle and the same player chooses again from the next card. The winner of the hand takes the cards in the middle as well. The player with all the cards at the end of the game is the winner.

DC UNIVERSE: HEROES AND VILLAINS SET.
 
This set contains 30 playing cards depicting various heroes and villains form the DC comics universe-

• SUPERMAN
• BATMAN
• WONDER WOMAN
• GREEN LANTERN
• THE FLASH
• MARTIAN MANHUNTER
• ROBIN
• BATGIRL
• CATWOMAN
• BRUCE WAYNE
• NIGHTWING
• COMMISSIONER GORDON
• ALFRED PENNYWORTH
• CLARK KENT
• SUPERGIRL
• LOIS LANE
• GREEN ARROW
• HAWKMAN
• PLASTIC MAN
• THE JOKER
• TWO-FACE
• POISON IVY
• MR. FREEZE
• THE RIDDLER
• THE PENGUIN
• BANE
• RA'S AL GHUL
• SCARECROW
• HARLEY QUINN
• LEX LUTHOR

Some classic characters with a mix of some of the lesser known characters makes for a well balanced set although I would have perhaps ditched Lois Lane for Aqua Man to get the full Justice league line up in.

The cards are superbly illustrated with great artwork and the characters back story alongside his card stats. Card stats include -

• HEIGHT
• INTELLIGENCE
• STRENGTH
• SPEED
• AGILITY
• FIGHTING SKILLS

GAMES KNIGHT: THE GAMING CRUSADER.

I have a lot of sentimental reasons for liking Top Trumps. Top Trumps was the very first collectible card game I got into as a kid and I was the scourge of the play ground with my Marvel Top Trump deck. As a mature gamer now I still find Top trumps very appealing and a pleasant, easy going distraction from my other hobby interests such as 40k. Cost wise it is a very inexpensive game to buy with a deck of Top Trumps costing roughly £4 and easy to carry around in its plastic case making it a game you can play on the go. The biggest reason to like this game is the simplicity of the rules which makes playing it quick and also getting new people into Top Trumps very easy. The simplicity of the rules also means it is a game that will appeal to people who aren't normally into gaming. The other week I found myself playing Top Trumps with my Fiancee (Who has become my regular opponent and rival) and my future mother-in-law. So in conclusion, its cheap, portable, simple and fun. You cant ask for much more than that can you?

That's going to do it for this weeks post, next week will be the 2nd instalment of Parchment where I will be reviewing 'Angel Exterminatus' by Graham McNeil. Until then happy gaming.