February 12th, 2008

Type Trumps. Rick Banks working in London made this brilliant game aimed for students and designers. “I designed a set of Type Trumps, a play on the game Top Trumps, in which different typefaces are attributed numerical values. These figures are then used to enable the cards to be won or lost using some of the tried & tested ‘Top Trumps’ rules. The Type Trumps have a ‘ranking’, which is a subjectively ascribed positional value based on my personal favourites. Each card also has a ‘special power’ in which participants have to debate which would win. Both the ranking system & the strings of ‘special powers’ add a whole new geeky dimension to the game!”

+ TypeNeu

