Trumps, including all four jacks, count as a single suit in their own right ; if trumps are led, every player must also play trumps if he has any.

In Untouchable One Of Trumps variant, the player who has no trump except the Petit can still play, but the Petit is played like the Fool ; if it does not take the trick, it is given back to its owner in exchange for a half-point card.

Top Trumps is available through a mobile gaming service, in which users can play single player against the computer, compete against up to three friends on one mobile, or with a single opponent via a bluetooth connection.

Merlin escapes from the blue crystal cave, meets and confronts Jasra, nearly taking her prisoner, but is forced to retreat when she calls in reinforcements using the Trumps.

Coral's younger sister Nayda is revealed to be possessed by the mysterious body-possessing " t ' yiga " demon which had previously been Vinta Bayle ( and, for a short while, several other people on Earth, in " Trumps of Doom "): but since the real Nayda actually died of a long-standing heart condition just as the t ' yiga possessed her ( possession is normally harmless ), it is now trapped in her form permanently.

Nearly all of Corwin's relatives carry a deck of Tarot cards, with a key alteration: each family member is on one of the Trumps.

It is also possible to contact a person via the Trumps and then hold them by an act of will and thereby prevent them from doing other things.

* Liber CCXXXI: Liber Arcanorum — An account of the cosmic process so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps.

The sequence of the 22 Trumps is explained as a formula of Initiation.

The Joker is often compared to " the Fool " in the Trumps of the Tarot deck.

Bleys is ultimately pushed off a cliff, although Corwin throws him his pack of Trumps to allow him to escape the fall.

Corwin senses that someone is trying to speak to him by means of the Trumps ( magical tarot cards ), and blocks the attempt ; Lorraine describes seeing a vision of a man whom Corwin recognizes as his father.

Random is successful, and the Trumps become active.

Trumps of Doom is the first book in the second Chronicles of Amber series by Roger Zelazny ; and the sixth book overall.

Top Trumps is a card game.

Each pack of Top Trumps is based on a theme, such as cars, aircraft, dinosaurs or characters from a popular film or television series.

Iceland's Top Trumps are owned by Nordic Games which is the sales department within Iceland.

For example, the popular US television series 24 has a Top Trumps pack available, but its STT card is only available with the purchase of special-stickered season 4 of 24 DVDs.

This series is also known as Top Trumps Console.

Top Trumps TV is a UK television programme based on Top Trumps, shown on Five in late 2008.

* Gunmetal Holder which is a metal Top Trumps case only available to club members who win the monthly prize draw.

Top Trumps Tournament is a new type of Top Trumps that comes with 6 new Classics packs and a spinner to choose the pack to play.

Trumps always beat non-trump cards regardless of rank ( e. g., a trump 6 beats a non-trump ace ).

Trumps are pre-defined for each hand in sequence as: hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades, no trumps, lose all with no trumps-where you lose 10 points per trick taken and some players invariably end up in negative points-hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds.

The Trumps of Doom won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1985.

Originally, with the exception of the Pattern and the Trumps, there was no way for the Amberites to exercise their abilities within Amber itself.

Trumps can also be made for places, for example the Palace of Amber.

Trumps of Doom won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1986.

" Codeshop " examines more technical subjects such as 3D modelling programs or physics middleware, while " Studio Profile " and " University Profile " are single-page summaries (" like Top Trumps, but for game dev ") of particular developers or publishers, and game-related courses at higher education institutions.

Top Trumps was a popular children's card game in the United Kingdom in the 1970s and 1980s, especially amongst boys, for whom it was a popular playground pastime.

This had 19 playing cards and a 10 % discount for cultandcool. com inside as well as a message from Top Trumps.

Other Countries that Winning Moves make Top Trumps for are: Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

A number of Top Trumps packs have Super Top Trump ( STT ) cards issued for them, also known as Supercards in the United States.

* Lunar Jim Top Trumps cover card released for the Space and Space Phenomenan decks which was given away at the Alliance Atlantis / BBC Worldwide Lunar Jim themed promotion, 2007.

* The Prince of Persia pack came with two bonus cards for the Top Trumps Tournament.

Mid 2009, it was announced that Winning Moves have been in discussions with parties to try and create a version of Top Trumps for the iPhone.

They contained 18 playable cards for the packs and 2 extra bonus cards for the Top Trumps Tournaments.

Timber Trumps was, for the first few days, originally called Tree Trumps and is currently listed under this name on Channel4's Games website.

The Royal Society of Chemistry has produced a pack of Visual Elements Trumps, using element data for play.

Pandy, along with his two brothers Hutch and Colin also take claim for inventing the game Top Trumps with the early version being based on the value of fruits and vegetables.

He must bear the Jewel through shadow because the Trumps will stop working once Oberon starts his task.