Top Trumps have rounded up 30 of the most powerful, successful and influential figures in the world to celebrate International Women’s Day (8th March 2022)
Top Trumps has been an iconic card game for almost 50 years and over this time has launched hundreds of titles across the world in many different languages. From cars to football and Star Wars to Harry Potter and now Great Women.
Great Women Top Trumps features 30 Great Women over time. From politicians to scientists and Hollywood icons, you’ll be amazed and inspired by everything these women have accomplished.
Learn about some of the most brilliant and daring women from throughout history including Marie Currie, Harriet Tubman and Katherine Johnson, as well as contemporary icons like Greta Thunberg and J.K. Rowling.
The categories on the cards include, Year of Birth, Fame, Impact and Courage. Each card includes a biog about the person, explaining exactly why these famous faces will be remembered forever.
Explore some of the defining moments from the worlds of science, music, fashion, politics, mathematics and more.
Top Trumps has officially updated its infamous card game to include Joe Biden as he moves into the White House and becomes President of the United States.
Games have been on the rise this year, since families are spending more time at home. So what better gift to give this Christmas than games that can be enjoyed by everyone, of all ages.
Here are some brand new games that have launched just in time for Christmas …
PASS THE PUGS
The infamous game ‘Pass the Pigs’ launches PUGS! Who will be first to 100 points?
The infamous game Pass the Pigs has launched their first ever variation (that isn’t a pig), PUGS!
Be the first to get to 100 points by throwing the pugs in the air and seeing how they land. Will your pugs ‘play dead’, ‘faceplant’ or will it be ‘puppy love’?
Pass the Pigs has been an iconic brand for over 50 years
Includes pencil and score pad, that all pack into a plastic carry case, great for on-the-go!
The Super-Fast Word Game from Waddingtons No.1 of London
Race against other players to get rid of your word tiles by swapping letters and even stealing your opponents’ tiles. Disney Classic version has 5 magic tiles that help you win the game.
MICKEY TILE – can be used as any letter in a word. GENIE TILE – your wish is granted! Take a total of 3 tiles from any other player. WRECK IT RALPH TILE – it’s time to wreck it! Shuffle another player’s words. OLAF TILE – Whoops! Olaf walked over your tiles and now they’re frozen in place for 10 secs! ARIEL TILE – Here’s one to add to your collection! You can take any tile another player if it completes a word for you.
Waddingtons No1 has been an iconic British Heritage Brand over 130 years
Game for all ages, but helps children with spelling and vocabulary
All tiles pack into a neat canvas pouch, great for storing and on-the-go.
This beloved family tradition has captured the hearts of children everywhere, and now for the first time, you can embrace the magic of Scout Elves in this brand new collaboration with TOP TRUMPS!
The classic, competitive card game gets a festive touch in this officially-licensed pack, which includes thirty magic moments featuring your favourite Elves. Discover just how creative, cheeky, silly and festive these little Elves can be as you compete to take all of your opponents’ cards. Get into the Yuletide spirit with The Elf on the Shelf, and remember – he’s always listening!
Top Trumps is the UK’s #1 card game (iGen research)
Top Trumps is the game packed full of stats and facts on all your favourite topics including films, TV shows, animals and more! With hundreds of topics to chose from, there is a Top Trumps pack for everyone, no matter your age.
Take a chance with 500 questions on all things James Bond, starting with the classic Dr. No and ending with the brand new 2020 release No Time To Die!
Think you can remember who sung the title song for Casino Royale, or which Dr. No character had webbed hands? Know who wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice, or the the name of the deadly warfare agent from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service?
500 questions on 100 cards
Top Trumps Quiz with a twist! 500 questions on loads of different topics, films and TV shows.
Plastic case opens on both sides, ready for battle and also great for storing and on-the-go
Take another trip aboard the helicarrier and test your knowledge of the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the dozens more characters that make up the massive Marvel Cinematic Universe in this special edition of Top Trumps Quiz – Marvel!
With 500 fiendish questions exploring memorable quotes and moments from one of the most successful film franchises in history, you won’t need a Time Stone to recap the events of Civil War, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Age of Ultron and the record-breaking Endgame in this comprehensive set.
500 questions on 100 cards
Top Trumps Quiz with a twist! 500 questions on loads of different topics, films and TV shows.
Plastic case opens on both sides, ready for battle and also great for storing and on-the-go
Vlad the Bad comes out on Top as new deck of Top Trumps hits the shelves
This week, the famous British card game launches Spitting Image Top Trumps, in which politicians, Royal Family members and celebrities battle it out in categories like ‘heart throb’,‘bank balance’, ‘shelf-life’ and ‘world domination’.
DISHY RISHI, THE NATION’S HOTTIE – Rishi Sunak trumps the rest to come out as the biggest heart throb, beating Priti Patel and Meghan Markle to top spot
COVID-19 DOMINATES THE WORLD – Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump battle it out for World Domination, but there is a new kid on the block and Covid-19 is showing them who’s boss
ECO- WARRIOR TO THE END – She’s not going anywhere! Young Greta Thunberg has the longest ‘shelf-life’ in the pack
PRINCE UNCHARMING – Prince Andrew gets a big fat zero for shelf-life after his royal career and public persona took a dive
BIG BUCKS – Elon Musk tops this rich list and makes the others look poor
Spitting Image is back on our screens. One of the most-watched TV shows of the 1980s and early 1990s, the uncompromising, fast-turnaround and uniquely British satirical take on global events returned this autumn to critical acclaim, delivering record-breaking subscriber numbers to BritBox.
It became the most-watched show of the year in its Saturday night ITV slot for a one-off US Election Special, and continues to enjoy incredible global success online with content of the new series watched over 60 million times at the time of writing.
With almost a hundred new characters including Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Kim Kardashian and even Covid-19, what better way to play them off against each other, than with new Spitting Image Top Trumps.
The famous card game, which was also a family favourite in the 1980s (and continues to be so today), has launched hundreds of titles over the years from Cars to Dinosaurs and Breaking Bad to Star Wars. In a game of Top Trumps, the idea is to ‘trump’ your opponent by picking a stat and hoping it beats theirs, and in brand new Spitting Image Top Trump, players have four controversial categories to pick from.
‘Dishy Rishi’ Sunak comes out as the biggest ‘heart throb’ in the pack, just beating Priti Patel, Harry and Meghan. British politician Rishi won the nation’s hearts after supporting the country during the pandemic and therefore take’s the top spot. Ed Sheeran (who is depicted with a turnip coming out of his head in the TV show), comes out almost bottom, only just beating Covid-19, sorry Ed!
Who is after world domination? Who wants the power, or most importantly, who is capable of achieving it? With lots of characters in the pack being hungry for power, who is going to win at ‘world domination’? There are some powerful world leaders, but of course Covid-19 has spread across the planet, wreaking havoc in pretty much every country and is therefore ready to take them on.
The next category is ‘shelf-life’… how much longer will they be seen as ‘relevant’? Well it’s no surprise that Prince Andrew gets a zero, after dropping all his royal duties this year, following his recent scandals. 17 year old Swedish activist, Greta Thunberg however, has many years left in the public eye (and probably a lot more to give the world) and therefore comes out trumps in this category.
Who is the wealthiest? The final category is ‘bank balance’ and with a fair bit of money between them, who takes the lead? Whilst Xi JinPing and The Pope come out as being pretty minted, the winner is of course engineer and businessman, Elon Musk who has a net worth of around $93m, trumping everyone else’s bank balance and taking the win. He does however, only just beat Covid-19 who has rinsed many economies this year.
Spitting Image Top Trumps comes in a limited edition case, features 30 characters from the new series and is available for order (RRP £9.99), alongside Waddingtons No1 playing cards (RRP £3.99) and a 1,000 piece puzzle (RRP £14.99) on AMAZON
The unsung heroes and heroines of the Covid-19 pandemic are bin men and women, alongside couriers, shop workers, journalists and of course, doctors and nurses.
A brand new edition of Top Trumps, honouring Covid 19 key and essential workers, has hit shops … with profits being donated to the NHS.
The game lauds and applauds those key and essential workers who have saved Britain during the Pandemic : from doctors and nurses to less high-profile professions such as pest controllers, midwives and sea merchants.
Politicians, who are depicted on the Top Trumps card by Boris Johnson, and journalists are included too.
One of the four scoring sections in the new game is ‘Unsung Heroes’, and in that category it is the partners of key workers who come out top – they get a maximum 10 out of 10. Binmen and binwomen scored a point lower at nine out of ten. Less unsung heroes like doctors (8), nurses (8) and police (7) fare lower.
In its card citation Top Trumps point out that being a partner of a key worker is “stressful and worrying”.
Claire Simon, from Top Trumps, says: “Every single front-line key worker is, of course, a heroine and hero and would each score 10 (or even 11) out of 10 by any reckoning if we had devised a Hero category.
“By creating an Unsung Heroes category we have ensured varying marks, in keeping with the game’s core classic and its unique and much-loved branding.
“From our research, which has been intensively conducted over the six weeks, partners of key workers came out top in this section. There are an estimated one and a half million partners of key workers in Britain so that’s a lot of Unsung Heroes and Heroines.
“Many of the public we spoke to pointed out that partners too are putting their lives on the line, albeit less directly. As well as being there physically they are providing emotional support. For that reason we listed partners as key workers.”
Other features of the pack include:
Binmen and binwomen being named as the most stylish of all the key and essential workers. That’s because of their fluorescent and neon clothing, which is all the fashion rage at the moment. They score 10 /10 on ‘Street Style and as they are also runners-up in the ‘Unsung Heroes’ section then they are very much the card not to bin during the game! In its card citation Top Trumps point out that refuse collectors first began their profession during the 14th Century Black Death that swept across Europe and add: “In terms of facing a pandemic, refuse collectors can rightly joke that ‘we’ve bin here before’ ”.
Stuffy politicians score just 1/10 in the style section – with teachers not doing much better and obviously in need of extra fashion homework. They get just 2/10. Journalists only manage 5/10.
Religious and spiritual workers are listed by Top Trumps as the very oldest profession of all the workers in the pack in an ‘Originated’ section. They are named as first appearing in 50,000 BC, which easily wins this category.
Gadgets and gizmos winner is the journalist, which isn’t surprising bearing in mind the lightening media advances with Zoom and the like – since the start of the Pandemic. The profession with the least formal gadgets and gizmos includes mental health workers.
One of the very best cards to hold in Top Trumps terms is the courier. That’s because it features very well in the Originated section: at 2400 BC. It also scores very highly in the Unsung Heroes category – notching up a nine out of ten. And in terms of gadgets and gizmos it is only shaded by journalists.
Claire Simon, who is Global Marketing Manager at Top Trumps, added: “We are sure that this new edition of Top Trumps can lift spirits in this very challenging and unprecedented period of time, as well as raising money for the NHS, with all net proceeds going direct to the NHS.”
In this version of the celebrated card game 30 different professions are listed, each marked in typical Top Trumps style across four separate scoring categories:
Unsung Heroes: In the pack Top Trumps explains: “All our key workers are heroes, but some jobs are often less praised. We want to make sure key workers are given the praise they deserve”.
Street Style: Top Trumps explains: “Neon is in! This section assesses the gear and garb a key and essential worker wears”.
Gadgets & Gizmos: “What equipment the worker uses and carries to do their job.”
Originated: “The year in which profession was established (or in the case of religious and spiritual workers the estimated year: 50,000 BC!).
Top Trumps Britain at its Best: Key Workers is available priced £5 exclusively at: winningmoves.co.uk and comes in a twin deck (the other pack being Britain at its Best: Hospitals.
A brand new edition of Top Trumps, honouring Covid 19 key and essential workers, hits shops tomorrow (Monday 4th May).
The game lauds and applauds those key and essential workers who have saved Britain during the Pandemic: from doctors and nurses to less high-profile professions such as pest controllers, midwives and sea merchants.
Politicians, who are depicted on the Top Trumps card by Boris Johnson (controversial! – Ed.) and journalists are included too.
One of the four scoring sections in the new game is ‘Unsung Heroes’ … and in that category it is the partners of key workers who come out top. They get a maximum 10 out of 10.
Binmen and binwomen scored a point lower at nine out of ten. Less unsung heroes like doctors (8), nurses (8) and police (7) fare lower.
In its card citation Top Trumps point out that being a partner of a key worker is “stressful and worrying”.
Claire Simon, from Top Trumps, says: “Every single front-line key worker is, of course, a heroine and hero and would each score 10 (or even 11) out of 10 by any reckoning if we had devised a Hero category.
“By creating an Unsung Heroes category we have ensured varying marks, in keeping with the game’s core classic and its unique and much-loved branding.
“From our research, which has been intensively conducted over the six weeks, partners of key workers came out top in this section. There are an estimated one and a half million partners of key workers in Britain so that’s a lot of Unsung Heroes and Heroines.
“Many of the public we spoke to pointed out that partners too are putting their lives on the line, albeit less directly. As well as being there physically they are providing emotional support. For that reason we listed partners as key workers.”
Other features of the pack include:
Binmen and binwomen being named as the most stylish of all the key and essential workers. That’s because of their fluorescent and neon clothing, which is all the fashion rage at the moment. They score 10 /10 on ‘Street Style and as they are also runners-up in the ‘Unsung Heroes’ section then they are very much the card not to bin during the game! In its card citation Top Trumps point out that refuse collectors first began their profession during the 14th Century Black Death that swept across Europe and add: “In terms of facing a pandemic, refuse collectors can rightly joke that ‘we’ve bin here before’ ”.
Stuffy politicians score just 1/10 in the style section – with teachers not doing much better and obviously in need of extra fashion homework. They get just 2/10. Journalists only manage 5/10.
Religious and spiritual workers are listed by Top Trumps as the very oldest profession of all the workers in the pack in an ‘Originated’ section. They are named as first appearing in 50,000 BC, which easily wins this category.
Gadgets and gizmos winner is the journalist, which isn’t surprising bearing in mind the lightening media advances with Zoom and the like – since the start of the Pandemic. The profession with the least formal gadgets and gizmos includes mental health workers.
One of the very best cards to hold in Top Trumps terms is the courier. That’s because it features very well in the Originated section: at 2400 BC. It also scores very highly in the Unsung Heroes category – notching up a nine out of ten. And in terms of gadgets and gizmos it is only shaded by journalists.
Claire Simon, who is Global Marketing Manager at Top Trumps, added: “We are sure that this new edition of Top Trumps can lift spirits in this very challenging and unprecedented period of time, as well as raising money for the NHS, with all net proceeds going direct to the NHS.”
In this version of the celebrated card game 30 different professions are listed, each marked in typical Top Trumps style across four separate scoring categories:
Unsung Heroes: In the pack Top Trumps explains: “All our key workers are heroes, but some jobs are often less praised. We want to make sure key workers are given the praise they deserve”.
Street Style: Top Trumps explains: “Neon is in! This section assesses the gear and garb a key and essential worker wears”.
Gadgets & Gizmos: “What equipment the worker uses and carries to do their job.”
Originated: “The year in which profession was established (or in the case of religious and spiritual workers the estimated year: 50,000 BC!).
Top Trumps Britain at its Best: Key Workers is available priced £5 from Monday (4th May 2020) exclusively at: winningmoves.co.uk and comes in a twin deck (the other pack being Britain at its Best: Hospitals* see further below for some details on this pack).
And the dual Britain at its Best deck really IS Britain at its very best, literally. The whole product – from concept to completion – is 100% British, with the cards being manufactured by The St Austell Printing Company in St. Austell, Cornwall.
The £5 price for both packs includes postage and packaging and the Top Trumps makers say £1.50 from each dual deck sold go to the NHS.
TOP facts about Top Trumps Britain at its Best: Hospitals pack
The pack features UK Hospitals from Britain’s oldest (Barts – 1123) to one of its very newest (Nightingale, London – 2020).
It’s full of fascinating facts and the 30 different cards feature leading UK hospitals inc. Guy’s, Addenbrooke’s, St Thomas’, John Radcliffe and Manchester Royal Infirmary.
The four scoring categories are: ‘Year Opened’ ; ‘No. of beds’ ; ‘Fame’ and ‘Rainbow Rating’.
St. Thomas’ Hospital, where PM Boris Johnson was successfully treated during his recent Covid 19 confinement, features as one of the 30 cards.
Highest in the ‘Rainbow Rating’ section is Great Ormond Street Hospital, which has a rainbow theme throughout.
But arguably Britain’s most crucial hospital is a moving one, not a permanent structure or even semi-permanent as in the case of the Nightingale. And that is ‘The Ambulance’ (which features on its very own card)..
.. ‘The Ambulance’ has just the one bed so in terms of Top Trumps that’s a low rating. However it comes high in the OLDEST category, dating back to 1487.
TOP facts about Top Trumps generally:
Top Trumps first hit shelves 40 years ago – very rapidly becoming a playground sensation.
Early packs tended to focus on younger themes such as ‘Awesome Animals’ and ‘Pop Stars’ but by the 1990’s – with the initial fan base now in their twenties – all themes became universal.
More than 1,000 different topics have had the Top Trumps treatment .. from ‘007 James Bond’ to ‘Great British Bakes’ to ‘Harry Potter’.
The biggest selling deck ever is ‘Dinosaurs’ – and overall more than 50M packs of Top Trumps have been produced since inception.
The game is enjoyed and played all over the world and in 16 different languages, including Icelandic and Japanese.
Top Trumps is owned and produced by Winning Moves UK, which makes a host of other classic Brands too, including: Official versions of MONOPOLY, Waddington’s Number One playing cards and very many more.
