09
May
Posted by Yehuda Berlinger as Card Games
Badminton is a three-day horse racing event held in Gloucestershire, England.
Someone decided that the event, comparable to an Olympics level event, requires its own Top Trumps game. Source claims that you can get the game at the official site, but I couldn’t find them.
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Hi,
I spotted this info at
http://riders.westerndailypress.co.uk/badmintonnews/Badminton-come-trumps/article-942691-detail/article.html
“A new card game based on competitors at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials is being launched online and during the event (May 7-10).
Using results dating back 15 years, players must choose a credential from their card and challenge his or her opponents to beat it.
Eventing combinations from across the world will have their dressage, cross-country, show jumping or position in the leaderboard pitted against one another during the game.
Players must guess, or remember, details of riders’ performances in order to claim the cards.
The eventual winner will hold all the cards – and lots of information about 40 horse and rider partnerships that have competed at the event.
Appealing to all ages, the game offers an insight into the career highlights of the most successful horse and rider combinations to compete in horse trials.
And the accompanying photographs on every laminated card help make the game a keepsake, conjuring up memories of the courses and the competition.
The game is available from The Collection shop, next to the scoreboards, or online at http://www.badminton-horse.co.uk, for just £3.95.”
Regarding equestrianism card games, Top Trumps USA do their own official Horses & Ponies deck here, which I can highly recommend.
http://www.toptrumps.us/acatalog/