Patent ID: 6598880
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game with a plurality of players using a deck of cards including (a) a first group of cards, each card of said first group having a indicia of numerical value of one, two, or three and a marking designating one of three different suits p, r, and s, (b) a second group of cards, each card of said second group having a marking designating it as one of three different face cards, x, y, and z, and (c) a third group of cards, each card of said third group having a marking designating it as a high card,wherein an object of the card game is to become a first player to go out by playing a card on a discard pile, said method of playing comprising the steps of: (1) Dealing each player five cards face down; (2) Placing the deck face down in a play area; (3) Flipping over a top card of the deck, thus forming the discard pile; (4) Having each player take a turn by placing one card on top of the discard pile and drawing cards according to predetermined game rules, whereby play continues until a player goes out, and wherein players draw cards based on the card they play on the top card of the discard pile according to the following relationship: (A) beating the top card results in drawing no cards; (B) identically matching the top card results in drawing either (1) the number on the card (for numerical suit cards), (2) 3 cards in the case of face cards, or (3) 4 cards in the case of high cards; (C) not beating the top card results in drawing either (1) using Table 1 to determine a draw as follows: IFTLEADH321321321CARDEROCKSISâ†“Nâ†’PAPERS DRAWDRAWSCISSORS DRAW3 PAPERS012333**122 PAPERS**01**22****11 PAPER****0****1******3 ROCKS**120123332 ROCKS****1**01**221 ROCK**********0****13 SCISSORS333**120122 SCISSORS**22****1**011 SCISSORS****1**********0wherein, the lead card of Table 1 is the top card, 0 is an indication that said Table 1 does not apply (refer to part (B)), and ** indicates a situation in which a card will not appear as the top card; (2) x, where x is a numerical value of a card played if played on any face card, or (3) zero for any numerical suit card that is played on a high card or 3 cards for any face card played on a higher ranking face card or on a high card.