News by Winning Moves in July 2009

You do not need much material for good game play. And great games needn’t last for hours. That’s what we learn from "aber bitte mit Sahne" (…but please, with whipped cream) – a game that comes in a 16 x 16 centimetres box with 57 slices of cake and takes only 25 minutes to play. The game features 5 cakes with 11 slices of different kinds. Each kind accounts for a different amount of victory points. One player divides the cake, the others choose their pieces and decide to eat or collect them. Eaten slices immediately win points. However, don’t forget: The player who has been able to collect most pieces of one kind wins extra points in the end – but sometimes hopes may be deceiving! Only skilled dividers with an eye on their opponents’ pieces can score most points and win the game.

“This game is nice’n easy. Not at all like a rich and heavy butter cream cake. And it’s quite a tricky thing. […] My decision: Excellent“, said Edwin Ruschitzka, editor, Südwest Presse. Tom Felber, member of the Spiel des Jahres e.V. jury, wrote in the Neue Züricher Zeitung: “"...aber bitte mit Sahne" is a fine, smart game in all innocence. But you have to take chances, play to your tactical skills and might be tempted to start thinking … or even singing.”

With their new TOP TRUMPS World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Winning Moves present a really hot new trend: Wrestling.

No matter if you consider it to be sport or show, WWE is simply great entertainment. Now the new TOP TRUMPS WWE presents 30 wrestling super stars. Faces (the good) and Heels (the bad) from the Rostern Raw, SmackDown and ECW: Chris Jericho, Carlito, Batista, Shawn Michaels, Edge, Vladimir Kozlow, holder of the Champion Triple H title or divas like Maria and Candice. What is more, the cards also display WWE legends from the Hall of Fame, including Roddie Piper, Sgt. Slaughter or “Superstar” Billy Graham. Here you fight for height, weight, attitude and level of popularity. All playing cards feature action-ridden photos and background information on gimmicks, storylines and the athletes’ track record. The TOP TRUMPS WWE is the must-have game for any fan of World Wrestling Entertainment!

Astronomy, that sounds complicated and reminds of dry science. Now the 30 playing cards of TOP TRUMPS "Das Sonnensystem" (Solar System) not only provide fascinating photos from outer space, but also easy-to-understand facts on our planets and their moons. Cards have been designed with the help of experts from the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt – DLR). The game features density, diameter, distances from the sun, surface temperature, and velocity of all celestial bodies near us. Are you able to win all cards?

TOP TRUMPS "Das Sonnensystem" is the first choice for all interested in what’s going on in universe, what dwarf planets are and which comets and asteroids roam our solar system. The game is an absolute must-have for all those watching the sky at night and, above all, for all future spacemen. TOP TRUMPS "Das Sonnensystem" hits retail shelves throughout Germany next week.

Just in time for the German theatrical release of the 3rd Ice Age sequel, Winning Moves launch their licensed card game to the market. TOP TRUMPS "Ice Age The Collection" spans all three Ice Age films and features 30 different characters, including hapless Sid the Sloth, sabre-tooth tiger Diego, mammoths Manny and Ellie as well as the chaotic opossums Eddie and Crash. Also on board – the characters from the latest film “Ice Age 3 – Dawn of the Dinosaurs” that entered German silver screens on July 1st: mammoth-girl Peaches, one-eyed weasel Buck, the dangerous dinosaur Rudi, and other friendly or less-friendly dinosaurs, that contribute to the latest adventure of the herd. Characters from the first two instalments top off the TOP TRUMPS "Ice Age The Collection" featuring all prehistoric heroes in original movie scenes. This TOP TRUMPS will be available from next week.

Possibly the most racy trump game on Earth: the new TOP TRUMPS Achterbahnen (Roller Coasters)! Faster, higher, longer: the TOP TRUMPS Achterbahnen is perfectly fit for trumping and features 30 high-speed rides from Germany and around the world. All roller coasters come with action-ridden photos – displaying the real ups and downs of emotions. In addition, all cards feature background information on length, height, speed, ride time and year of construction. The player who’s able to capture all their fellow riders’ cards wins the ultimate thrill.

On board: World champions like the famous Kingda Ka, the highest and fastest roller coaster on Earth, or the Steel Dragon 2000, world’s longest ride. But also these rides have their weak points and may be overtrumped, e.g. by some of the German roller coasters from leisure parks like Heide-Park Soltau, Europa-Park or Movie-Park with rides like Silver Star, the Colossus or the MP-Express – all popular roller coasters people know from their last visit or now want to try.

For this reason each TOP TRUMPS comes with two vouchers: free entrance to the Heide-Park Ressort for a single person accompanied by an adult and a 5 euros discount for up to four persons who want to visit the Movie Park Germany. So action is not limited to playing trump cards! TOP TRUMPS Achterbahnen is available from Mid July.

Continue the battle for the Earth with new Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen TOP TRUMPS! The motto of the new Transformers feature film in German theatres also accounts for the new TOP TRUMPS card game – revenge! You have to fight to win all your fellow players’ cards. Autobots, Decepticons and Earthlings – The new card game features 30 of the most important heroes and villains from the latest Transformers instalment. The Autobots display themselves as cool transformed cars, including the Bumblebees Chevrolet Camaro and Sideswipes Corvette Stingray. Just like any other TOP TRUMPS game, Transformers 2 also provides background information on all characters and challenges your knowledge on categories like braveness, speed and fire power. How tall is the mysterious “The Fallen”? Is Optimus Prime able to overtrump Starscream in the category transformation? Winning Moves will launch the new TOP TRUMPS in Mid July to the German market.

Fans have been waiting quite long – but here they are: the new TOP TRUMPS Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and, of course, the theatrical release of Harry’s sixth adventure. Both come in Mid July and both promise ultimate excitement.

The new TOP TRUMPS Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince trumps with everything Hogwarts has. Will Harry Potter be able to beat his archfiend Draco Malfoy? What are the strengths of werewolf Fenir Greyback and the new Professor Horace Slughorn? All 30 cards feature short information and original photos from the movie. And as all trump categories remained unchanged, you may as well add all previous TOP TRUMPS Harry Potter games and deal the cards for a game of super trump. Only the values changed – just like Harry Potter himself!