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I do not know a lot about these cards, though I do know that Top trumps is a card game that can be enjoyed by anyone from the age of about 6 years and up. I have collected about 100 or so packs over the past 30 years, but my favourite are of course all my football related sets, which I will be posting on the site over the next few months.
HOW TO PLAY THE GAME OF TOP TRUMPS.
Any number of people can play. Shuffle and deal all the cards face down. Each player holds their cards so that they can see the top card only.
The player to the dealer's left starts by reading out an item from the top card (eg. year 1989). the other players then read out the same item. the one with the best or highest value wins and places all the top cards including their own to the bottom of their pile. It is then their turn again to choose an item from the next card.
If 2 or more cards share the top value or no data is available for that particular subject 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 person with all the cards at the end of the game is the winner.
HOW TO PLAY QUINTET.
A game for 3 or more players. All the cards are shuffled and dealt faced down. Players sort their cards and lay complete sets face up in front of them (eg. 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E).
The dealer starts by asking another player for a card (eg."Have you got 3C?"). If they succeed in obtaining a card they can ask for another one until they are unsuccessful. Their turn then ends here and the next player continues in the same way. Complete sets are laid face up. The game ends when all the sets are complete. The winner being the player with the most sets.