CPU Wars - Card Game

Straight to the point : Top trumps for Uber geeks! Good fun, novel idea; if slightly Niche

THE STORY

In the summer of 2011 Harry, the creator of CPU Wars, was having a coffee break during a long meeting. While looking for something fun to do and take his mind off work, he realised that there was no quick game that was geeky and fun. That’s when he came up with the vision for CPU Wars. A trump card game that pits CPUs against one another.

What followed was a long period of researching CPU specs, collecting chips and building the game. After 6 months and a lot of work, CPU Wars was ready to go to print. That’s when we decided to start a kickstarter campaign and trust our game’s future to the crowd.

The results were astonishing. Tech sites and blogs wrote about the geekiest card game ever. More than 700 people committed to buy more than 1,300 decks and the project’s funding closed at 507% of the original goal.

CPU Wars is now available to buy online and from selected stores. It’s the most fun you can have with CPU Specs!

THE GAME

CPU Wars is a trump card game built by geeks for geeks. For Volume 1.0 we chose 30 CPUs that we believe had the greatest impact on the desktop history. The game is ideally played by 2 or 3 people. The deck is split between the players and then each player takes a turn and picks a category that they think has the best value. We have chosen the most important specs that could be numerically represented, such as maximum speed achieved and maximum number of transistors. It’s lots of fun, it has a bit of strategy and can be played during a break or over a coffee.

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What we like:

Every game is a learning experience - even if you don’t know your AMD Am489 from your Zilog Z80, you probably will by the end of a few rounds of CPU wars. It is very much is a learning experience

Surprisingly addictive, lots of fun - Despite its more mundane facade this is a very addictive game when playing it with a few mates and extremely fun. The urge to win, is all consuming!

Great Concept - I know some will look at the idea of playing top trumps with processors as slightly bizarre but I really like it. It’s different, UBER geeky and I think a lot of Computer Geeks will really get a kick out of it.

Niggles

Niche - I think what might be a slight downfall , simply in my mind, is the fact that on the face of things it doesn’t seem like an overly interesting game to play and not being a massive computer geek, I think I would pass it over if given the option between it and another top trumps set; like The Avengers. Saying this, I’ve played it now and really enjoy it, just falls down on preconception… well unless you are an UBER computer geek, then this will float your boat 10 times out of 10!

Slightly dull cards - I know it is a game about processors but I think they could have vamped up the cards a bit, the font and the pictures are slightly dull so when you open the deck all you are faced with is, well, a processor manual; but I guess that could be the theme and who am I to judge on style!

Conclusion

Didn’t think I would enjoy this game when I was first told about it but after getting past the initial, WTF, i fricken loved it! I’ve actually learnt a bit about processors along the way, which is great and Iws impressed by the concept. Yeah it’s a niche game but if marketed to the right group of geeks, it could be on to a winner.

You can by CPU wars for a measly £7.99 for here