Top Trumps inspired Instructables Card Game

Top Trumps inspired Instructables Card Game
Top Trumps is a card game of chance, knowledge and skill. A fight to the death to posses the whole of a deck of special cards.

This version of the game replaces the classic cars, aeroplanes and tanks with you, the instructables community! The following steps explain why we did it, how we did it, how you can get some and how to play.

This collaboration was brought to you with massive help from gmjhowe, Lithium Rain, Kiteman, Yokozuna, KentsOkay and Lemonie.

We're selling decks of these cards, printed double sided on quality card, for the bargain price of £10 delivered worldwide. All profits go towards funding the Instructables stall at the UK Maker Faire in Newcastle on March 13th/14th!



Promotional video starring gmjhowe and rainbow_han.




Kiteman's reaction when he got given his pack of cards:

 
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Step 1Choosing the cards - by Yokozuna!

Choosing the cards - by Yokozuna!
One of the hardest bits of this project was choosing the right instructablers for the game! With so many to choose from we were bound to offend someone by forgetting about them. Since it's just a game we hope you're not offended if you're not on the list. If you ARE offended, blame Yokozuna. It's all his fault!!!!

We tried to pick all the obvious instructablers with lots of ibles and comments under their belts. We've thrown in a few surprises to keep the game interesting!  Choosing 104 names out of thousands and thousands of people was a difficult process, so please don't feel bad if you were left out.  Instead, think of it as a real honor to be included in the deck.

=SMART=, 1up, acidbass, alittlestranger, anarchistasian, angryredhead, Brennn10, bumpus, burf, bylerfamily, caitlinsdad, CameronSS, canida, chicken2209, ChrysN, cowscankill, crispyjones, dan, denkbert, derin, dombeef, domestic_engineer, drinkmorecoffee, ewilhelm, fungus+amungus, ganglion, giannyl, gingerpete50, gjdj3, gmjhowe, Goodhart, GorillazMiko, guyfrom7up, hatsuli, HiyaDudez, i_am_canadian, Instructables+Robot, jamesrpatrick, jayefuu, jeff-o, jessyratfink, KaptinScarlet, keith-kid, kelseymh, kentsokay, Killer~SafeCracker, killerjackalope, kipkay, Kiteman, kNeXFreek, kryptonite, labot2001, lasvegas, lateral+thinker, lebowski, leeski, lemonie, LinuxH4x0r, Lithium+Rain, ll.13, merijnvw, mg0930mg, mikeasaurus, Mr.+Rig+It, n8man, NachoMahma, nagutron, nepheron, noahw, orksecurity, philb, PKM, plasmana, purduecer, rachel, randofo, ravingmadstudios, recreate, scoochmaroo, shadow+ops, shastalore, shesparticular, siliconghost, skate6566, spl1nt3rc3ll, steveastrouk, StumpChunkman, Sunbanks, T3h_Muffinator, technick29, tetranitrate, The+4th+Doctor, The+Ideanator, Thermoelectric, timanderson, tombuckey, Tool+Using+Animal, wasagi, weissensteinburg, woodenshoespress, yokozuna, zachninme, zieak
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Aug 6, 2010. 3:04 AMHiyadudez says:
Yay! They finally came (it was worth the wait) To anyone looking to buy them, they are great quality and printing. They also include some pretty good members =D (meeeeeeeee) Lol, anyway. Thanks guys. They are awesome. They just arrived today.
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Nov 28, 2011. 10:43 AMiminthebathroom says:
Are these still available? and is their a new edition printed every year? Oddly enough I seem to have begun collecting instructable icon items and these would be an awesome addition
Nov 22, 2011. 9:02 PMbuilderkidj says:
where is me!
Oct 23, 2011. 11:24 PMDJ Radio says:
Yall need to make some booster packs.
Sep 25, 2011. 3:38 PMMatthewEnderle says:
May i ask where and how these are printed?
Sep 22, 2011. 8:44 AMMutantflame says:
I want these, I want these, I want these.
Aug 22, 2011. 4:34 PMChirpoff says:
Doesn't look like I'm in there, heh. Oh, well, what fun! Congrats, Goodhart and StumpChunkman! :D
Jun 9, 2011. 8:30 PMThe nerdling says:
what you should do is when there is a new member you pm them and ask them if they want to be in it and if yes you should add it on
Jul 24, 2011. 6:35 PMdombeef says:
This is for people that have contributed to the site, not new people with no instructables, the pack would also get very big very quickly!
Jul 18, 2011. 10:18 AMvishalapar says:
I wish we could win a pack of these in some sort of contest! It would be really awesome!
Jun 28, 2011. 12:29 PMabbyr says:
i can't find my comment anywhere on here
Jun 28, 2011. 12:27 PMabbyr says:
cool i llove top trumps games. i love it even though i didn't watch the video
May 29, 2011. 6:12 AMporcupinemamma says:
You guys are a riot! So much fun!!!! Really cool card game.
May 23, 2011. 6:28 PMsplazem says:
Cool. A newer version, perhaps?
May 21, 2011. 8:06 AMiminthebathroom says:
so cool! will you be doing an updated version in the future?
Mar 8, 2011. 11:43 PMThe nerdling says:
where can i get some? PLEASE TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 1, 2011. 1:53 PMKiteman says:
See step four, or contact gmjhowe or jayefuu.


May 9, 2011. 9:09 AMKiller~SafeCracker says:
Has it been too long? Can I still get some?
May 9, 2011. 9:46 AMKiteman says:
I think gmjhowe still has some left - just drop him a PM.

If he doesn't reply in a day or two, I have his email address.

May 9, 2011. 10:27 AMKiller~SafeCracker says:
Well I did the paypal thing. Does that go to him?
May 9, 2011. 9:10 AMKiller~SafeCracker says:
Wow! How did I miss I was on this! Thanks everyone!
Can I still get them or has it been too long?
May 6, 2011. 4:53 PMDr. Pepper says:
I got mine!!!! Yay!
Apr 20, 2011. 5:27 PMscubachase2000 says:
Where do you get some?
May 1, 2011. 1:52 PMKiteman says:
See step four, or contact gmjhowe or jayefuu.


Apr 9, 2011. 6:25 PMNaturalCrafter says:
Maybe in the future, you could make other decks commemorating other members. Its a great idea and well done.
Mar 18, 2011. 7:13 PMchicopluma says:
the famous instructable autors, i hope i can be in them some day
Feb 13, 2011. 5:30 PMDr. Pepper says:
Are they still for sale?
Feb 14, 2011. 4:27 AMDr. Pepper says:
Ok, I actually just went ahead and bought them last night.
Jan 17, 2011. 12:05 PMaccount3r2 says:
you didnt put Admin!
Nov 8, 2010. 5:15 PMGorillazMiko says:
I'm aware that I'm a bit late.
Nov 8, 2010. 5:14 PMGorillazMiko says:
Oooooooooooooh!! I wanna see my card. Now.
Oct 11, 2010. 4:23 PMAwesomeSwordGuy says:
how much is 10 lbs in Us dollars
Oct 6, 2010. 11:27 PMwareneutron says:
that card have my name
Oct 10, 2010. 9:15 AMdombeef says:
No it doesn't, did you read the infomation?
Oct 3, 2010. 1:59 PMstrship47 says:
Really good stuff on the Deadcatz card instructions.
Any chance on getting the PSD files? links not working
Oct 3, 2010. 7:08 PMgtoal says:
Argh. Didn't realise that site had gone stiff :-( It's not my site; however I probably do still have the original files on archive somewhere. I'll look them out and post links here.
Oct 3, 2010. 8:53 AMgtoal says:
For folks who enjoy making cards, here's a set I put together 10 years ago; yuou may find some helpful construction hints in the writeup: http://www.deadcatz.com/cardinstructions.HTML

regards,

G
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