Turumpo or trumpo is a popular outdoor Filipino game of manipulating a wooden top to spin on an axis through a string twirled around it. It can be played by any number of players.
Setup
Each player needs a trumpo: a top made of wood and has an egg-like shape where in one end is slightly pointed than the other. Driven in the pointed end of the spinning top is an iron nail, an inch of which is projected out. The end of the nail is sharpened to make it even more pointy. A meter-long string is also needed which will cause the spinning motion of the top.
A two-or-more-feet diameter circle is prepared on the ground. A player may either use a stick or his foot to draw the circle. Ten feet from the circle is a starting line where players stand and throw their tops in the circle.
Before the game starts, the turns of the game must be decided through manuhan. Players stand in the starting line with their turumpo in one hand ready to be thrown. Their target is the center point of the circle. Whoever gets to throw his top the nearest to the center plays first.