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Topp die Torte

Wolfgang Warsch · Schmidt Spiele · 2024

Stack colorful cake layers and toppings to match recipe cards, competing on speed and accuracy. The physical stacking demands dexterity while the pattern matching builds cognitive skills. A sensory-rich game that young children find irresistible.

Players

2–4

Time

15 min

Ages

Difficulty

Light

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Why you'll like it

The cake-stacking is tactile and exciting
Pattern matching builds cognitive skills
Beautiful colorful components
Quick 15-minute rounds
Wolfgang Warsch design pedigree

How it plays

Top the Cake (Topp die Torte!), also sold as Cherry on the Cake, is a children's game about building cakes. Each player builds their own stack of cake layers, one piece at a time.

Each round, you choose one of two cake pieces and place it on your stack, trying to line up the colored fillings. You can't test the fit first, so it's a game of spatial judgment. Good placements earn sugar cubes, which you collect to score. The game lasts seven rounds.