Product Overview and News

Overview

Step right up! Only two bits to peek under the big top and see sights that will astound and amaze you! Bearded ladies, death-defying acrobats, wild and exotic animals, and much, much more await.

Big Top, which was inspired by the classic card game Fan Tan, is a quick and easy-to-learn card game in which players take the role of aspiring circus owners. The winner of the game will be the player who invests in the most popular circus acts and earns the most money by helping his fellow players when they call for certain circus acts to be played.

Game Info

3-6 players | Ages 6+ | Playing time: 60 minutes

52 full-color cards | 6 Organizing Charts | 30 die-cut counters

Links

Rulebook | Boardgame Geek Entry | Forum | Facebook | Twitter

Product Images

Big Top cards feature bits of fact about the charming world of the circus

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There are four suits of cards - animals, performers, clowns and sideshow.

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Josephine Clofullia was the most famous bearded lady in P.T. Barnum's sideshow..

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Filatov's Bear Circus showcases bears balancing and riding bikes..

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Flavor text tells the story of the origin and growth of the circus in Europe and America.

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The balancing pole of the funambulist is almost 40 feet long!

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Rules for a simple children's version of the game are included.

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Jules Leotard invented the trapeze, using only a matress to break his fall.

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