It’s probably too late to start faffing about with my Christmas wish-list. Thankfully, my parents had the foresight to conceive me in time for a post-Christmas birthday, which means that I may be lucky enough to get the “History of Gaming” Quartet pack by the end of January.

I can remember playing Top Trumps when I was a child, and in particular having a penchant for the Military Naval Ships version. Just why, I do not know, since I wasn’t interested in war, or, for that matter, boats. Be that as it may, I played with this deck enough times to still have a vague memory of one of the better cards (a British frigate, I think).

A few Christmases ago I bought Jo a Simpsons variant as a stocking-filler. In total we played it once or twice, and the pack currently lies in a box in our spare bedroom. A sad, but inevitable, end to a game with little replay value.

Now, though, the history of videogames has been immortalised by a Top Trump imitator from Austria. Their website looks shite, though the cards look to be of a good standard, and I want a pack desperately. I’ll just need someone sad enough to play with.