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Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Top Trumps Specials
   Winning Moves UK Ltd - 2003

Notes:  Top Trumps series have changed over the years, but at their basics they 
are a fairly simple card "battle" game built around a theme, in this instance ROTK.
Players compare a single "attribute" and the highest score wins cards from all 
players. They are distributed as a complete set in a plastic case, and are playing-
card sized, 4" x 2-1/2".  The attributes are assigned to give a range of values for
comparison, but I have some objections to a few choices: The hobbits are a bit
too tall; Shadowfax is no ordinary 28-year-old horse; I don't picture Legolas as
older than Elrond, and the Uruk-Hai seem a bit old too. Picky, picky. In the list, 
cards are shown in the order they are found in the package. Thanks much to
Krystyna Mayer for the update!

                                                         Resistance
    Title                                       Culture   to Ring     Age    Resilience  Ferocity   Magic    Height

    Top Trump Specials / How to Play              --         --        --       --          --       --        --
    Super Top Trump Card / Have you got it?       --         --        --       --          --       --        --

    Frodo Baggins                               Hobbit       1         50       7           30        4       3'10"
    The One Ring                               By Sauron     0       4859       7            0       20        n/a
    Meriadoc Brandybuck                         Hobbit       2         36       9           42        1       4' 1"
    Sam Gamgee                                  Hobbit       3         38       9.5         45        1       3' 9"
    Gandalf the White                           Wizard       3       2018      10           67       20       5' 9"
    Aragorn / King Elessar                      Human        2         88       9           62       15       6' 4"
    Gimli                                       Dwarf        2        139       7           56        1       5' 0"
    Legolas                                      Elf         2       7000       8           50       14       5'10"
    Elrond                                       Elf         3       6517       6           38       19       6' 2"
    Denethor                                    Human        1         89       6           52        0       6' 1"
    Faramir                                     Human        2         38       6           55        4       6' 0"
    Treebeard                                    Ent         3      17051       9           15       17      15' 4"
    Gollum                                      Hobbit       0        589       4           47        4       3' 7"
    Sauron                                     Dark Lord     5       7061       8           45       20        n/a
    Shadowfax                                   Horse        2         28       7           45       14       6' 5"
    Haradrim                                    Human        1         29       5           49        0       5' 5"
    King Théoden                                Human        2         70       8           60        1       5' 9"
    Éomer                                       Human        2         30       6           59        1       5' 9"
    Éowyn                                       Human        2         26       7           56        2       5' 8"
    Rohirrim                                    Human        2         37       7           48        0       5' 7"
    Gorbag                                       Orc         0       1860       4           53        1       5' 4"
    Shagrat                                    Uruk-Hai      0        540       6           59        0       5' 9"
    Cirith Ungol Orcs                            Orc         0       2000       2           44        0       5' 3"
    Cirith Ungol Uruk-Hai                      Uruk-Hai      1        539       3           58        0       5' 9"
    Arwen                                        Elf         2       2777       5            3       14       5'11"
    Mountain Troll                              Troll        1       4000       5           62        0      14' 5"
    Mordor Orc                                   Orc         1       2000       2           45        0       5' 1"
    Gondorian Soldiers                          Human        2         35       7           49        0       5'10"
    Mûmakil                                    Elephant      2         65       7           55        0      34' 3"
    Peregrin Took                               Hobbit       2         28       9           43        1       4'

    Attributes / World of Top Trumps              --         --        --       --          --       --        --
    (Top Trumps Carry Case)                       --         --        --       --          --       --        --


PROMO/EXTRA CARDS (distributed separately after set was produced, usually Cinema give-aways)

    Flying Nazgul
    Shelob