Finally time to book myself in for assessment
Discussion
A few weeks back, we spotted some Top Trumps packs for sale at ASDA (or somewhere like that). Excitedly, two packs were purchased for our 7yr old twin boys, and 4yr old boy to play with and learn the joys of the card-based game. One was cars, the other football. They love both.
Imagine my horror to discover they're total s
te! The football ones are boring and predictable, and the car ones....they're the worst. The figures, specs, ratings....all over the place. For example, one of the categories is 'Innovation', for which a Lexus LFA scores 2.......out of ten. Right, I see.
So then my kids tell me one of their kiddie mates over the field has been making his own Top Trumps. He's doing monsters, or some kind of fantasy creatures fighting game thing, but it gives me an idea! I'll make some Top Trumps for the boys, with proper cars, proper specs and no bullst.
And then....I thought, "Hey, I could include some of our own cars for a giggle!"
.........and then I thought "Hey, we've owned enough cars over the years to just make a complete set! Throw in a couple of cars other members of the family have owned, and boom! A full pack! Ended up with 50 cards in total:
Looks a bit sad to most people.....and it probably is, but hey, I enjoyed sitting down with the kids and spending some time making them, and they seem to enjoy playing with them. We've got a right mix in there; Austin A40, Honda Prelude, Ford S-Max, TVR Tamora...loads. And any car can beat any other car, because there's something they're all good at. Apart from the Lancia HPE....that seems to be a bit of a dud when it comes to Top Trumps!
Now the level of sadness really ramps up when I tell you that I'm recording all the results of all the games, and in 3 months time or whatever, we'll see which car won it. We're taking bets on it with the kids, and whoever wins gets to chose a day out for us all.
And sadness level 3 is achieved when I tell you that I've already crunched all the numbers, and figured out what the strongest and weakest cards are.
So yeah, I'm ready for the straight jacket!
Imagine my horror to discover they're total s
te! The football ones are boring and predictable, and the car ones....they're the worst. The figures, specs, ratings....all over the place. For example, one of the categories is 'Innovation', for which a Lexus LFA scores 2.......out of ten. Right, I see.So then my kids tell me one of their kiddie mates over the field has been making his own Top Trumps. He's doing monsters, or some kind of fantasy creatures fighting game thing, but it gives me an idea! I'll make some Top Trumps for the boys, with proper cars, proper specs and no bulls
t.And then....I thought, "Hey, I could include some of our own cars for a giggle!"
.........and then I thought "Hey, we've owned enough cars over the years to just make a complete set! Throw in a couple of cars other members of the family have owned, and boom! A full pack! Ended up with 50 cards in total:
Looks a bit sad to most people.....and it probably is, but hey, I enjoyed sitting down with the kids and spending some time making them, and they seem to enjoy playing with them. We've got a right mix in there; Austin A40, Honda Prelude, Ford S-Max, TVR Tamora...loads. And any car can beat any other car, because there's something they're all good at. Apart from the Lancia HPE....that seems to be a bit of a dud when it comes to Top Trumps!
Now the level of sadness really ramps up when I tell you that I'm recording all the results of all the games, and in 3 months time or whatever, we'll see which car won it. We're taking bets on it with the kids, and whoever wins gets to chose a day out for us all.
And sadness level 3 is achieved when I tell you that I've already crunched all the numbers, and figured out what the strongest and weakest cards are.
So yeah, I'm ready for the straight jacket!
Jim AK said:
Mrs Jim AK found a pack of these from the 80's last year, her brothers apparently.
We played them with our 7 year old daughter driving to our holiday.
I wiped the floor with them both!!!
Some would question the morals of destroying your own 7 yr old daughter at a game you have a clear advantage at.We played them with our 7 year old daughter driving to our holiday.
I wiped the floor with them both!!!
Not me. A win's a win!
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