Your goal in Top Ten is to survive five rounds, so you and your fellow players need to figure out how to get things in order!
To start the game, place a number of unicorn tokens on the game board. Choose one player to be the round's chief. That player gives all players a random card numbered 1-10, then they read one of the five hundred theme cards included in the game, e.g., "Batman wants to replace Robin to fight the bad guys. Create a new duo 'Batman and ...' from the worst to the best." The chief looks at their number, then gives an answer based on their number. If they have a 1, they want to give the worst possible suggestion; if a 10, the best; if a 5-7, somewhere in the middle.
Each other player then gives an answer to this theme based on the number they were dealt, then the chief needs to decide who has the lowest number, then the next lowest, and so on. For each mistake, the chief flips a unicorn token over to its poop side.
If all the unicorns have left by the end of the fifth round, leaving you with nothing but poop, then you lose. Otherwise you win!
- party-friendly and quick to teach
- engaging banter and conjecture during play
- humor may not land for all groups
- fan familiarity with prompts affects balance
- pop-culture style list-building
- card-based ranking game with thematic prompts
- humorous, lighthearted
- Scout
- Cascadia
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card drafting — players draft prompts and rank items to fill a top ten list.
- public ranking / bidding — players place cards on a shared ranking track to maximize points.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- gun violence has to stop
- we love y'all
- bring your positive energy
- it's all about fun
- we'll have an update on the next show