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Top Ten

4-9 players 30-30 min 7.4 Board Game Geek Rating

Players receive numbered cards 1-10 and must respond to quirky themes based on their number's intensity—1 being worst, 10 being best. The chief arranges responses from lowest to highest numbers. Wrong guesses flip unicorn tokens to poop. Survive five rounds without losing all unicorns to win this cooperative ranking game.

Published 2020

Top Ten

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

1
Select theme cards
Take 5 random Theme cards and make a pile on the table
2
Place tokens
Put as many tokens as there are players in the unicorn zone of the mat
3
Choose first CAP'TEN
The funniest player is the CAP'TEN for the 1st round
4
Adjust for 9 players
Start with 8 tokens in the unicorn zone; the CAP'TEN does not receive a number card or give an answer

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Read the theme
The CAP'TEN takes the first Theme card and reads one of the 2 themes aloud
2
Deal number cards
Deal a Number card face down to each player; players look at their own card secretly
3
Give responses
The CAP'TEN and then other players (in any order) invent and say a response corresponding to their secret number
4
Guess the order
The CAP'TEN must guess the order of answers from lowest to highest number
5
Penalize mistakes
If a revealed card is lower than the previous one, move a token from the unicorn zone to the poop zone
6
Prepare next round
Take back all Number cards (used and unused); do not touch the tokens
7
Expert version adjustment
The CAP'TEN must say the exact value before naming each player, losing a token for each wrong guess

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Immediate loss condition
If at any time all tokens are in the poop zone, the game is over immediately
2
Victory condition
If any tokens remain in the unicorn zone at the end of the 5th round, you win
3
Rate your performance
Compare final token positions to determine your level

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