Top Speed

Players: 2

Ages: 8 and up

Playing Time: 12 minutes

How observant and fast are you? Your skills could take the checkered flag and the game in Top Speed. Top Speed is for 2 players who battle it out to place their racing-related parts in the high scoring lanes before their opponent places the same object or same color in the lane. This fast paced card game will test just how fast of a thinker and how observant you really are. Be quick and accurate, and you can win the game.

The game begins with three of the four lane cards being placed face up on the playing surface between the two players. Next separate the remaining cards by the back of the deck color and shuffle. To begin the game, flip over the last lane card and checked flag card. Players place their deck in one hand and then draw one card. Then they place that card onto one of the eight lanes that doesn't have the object on the card already in the lane or an object of the same color. If they are stuck, then they place that card on the bottom of the deck and go to the next card. Game play continues until no player can place a card. The last person to place a card grabs the checkered flag.

Players then check the lanes for duplicate colors and parts. When a duplicate is found, flip over the duplicate card that was place last. Also flip over the last card on each lane. The person with the last card placed in the lane receives the points for that lane. If they placed a duplicate card in that lane, then their opponent gets the point. The person with the most points wins the game.

The checkered flag is worth 3 points and can help you win the game if you are fast and accurate. Top Speed can help you develop your hand-eye coordination. A quick thinker will do well with Top Speed because the faster you make the decision which lane to place your part the more likely you are to score that lane.

Top Speed can be played in under 12 minutes, so it makes a good choice when you want to play a game but don't have a lot of time. Top Speed is fun and challenging. It has easy rules, which means you can learn to play this game in a matter of minutes.