Patent ID: 8721414
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for playing a card game, the method comprising the steps of: executing, with a processor, a program stored in a non-transitory memory of a computer implemented device, the program directing the computer implemented device to perform the following: (a) generating a distinct set of cards by the computer implemented device, the distinct set of cards including a distinct first subset of cards with each card of the first subset of cards having a character displayed thereon, a distinct second subset of cards with each card of the second subset of cards having a written instruction displayed thereon, a distinct third subset of cards with each card of the third subset of cards having a numeric fractional value displayed thereon, and a distinct fourth subset of cards with each card of the fourth subset of cards having one or more shapes, symbols, characters, or lines displayed thereon, wherein: i) the first subset of cards includes: a plurality of distinct cards, the plurality of distinct cards including a range of characters, each character in the range of characters assigned to and displayed on a corresponding card in the first subset of cards, the characters displayed including one or more letters from an alphabet; ii) the second subset of cards includes: a card that indicates an operation to swap at least one card from the hand of at least one player of the card game, a card that indicates an operation to display at least one card from the hand of at least one player of the card game, a card that indicates an operation to prevent a player from winning the card game, and a card that indicates an operation to change the order of play of the card game; iii) the third subset of cards includes: a distinct “¼” card that indicates an operation to create a new card in the player's possession based on combining the distinct “¼” card with at least one other numeric fractional value card from the third subset of cards, and a distinct “½” card that indicates an operation to create a new card in the player's possession based on combining the distinct “½” card with at least one other numeric fractional value card from the third subset of cards; and iv) the fourth subset of cards includes: a plurality of distinct cards including a range of geometric shapes, mathematical symbols, special characters, or lines, assigned to and displayed on corresponding cards in the fourth subset of cards, the geometric shapes, mathematical symbols, special characters, or lines displayed on the cards of the fourth subset of cards forming a plurality of sets of matching cards; (b) designating a winning word and a number of matching cards for a player to win the card game; (c) designating a player to initiate the game; (d) dealing a plurality of cards of a preset number from the distinct set of cards to each player to form an initial hand; (e) forming a withdrawing deck from the remaining cards of the distinct set of cards after the preset number of cards has been dealt to each player; (f) requiring a decision of a designated player to determine whether to discard one or more unwanted cards in the designated player's hand into a discard deck at a turn of the designated player and, when it is determined to discard the one or more unwanted cards, executing the decision of the designated player and discarding the one or more unwanted cards and withdrawing a number of cards from the withdrawing deck corresponding to the number of discarded cards and assigning the withdrawn number of cards to the designated player; (g) determining whether the designated player's hand has the designated winning word from one or more cards from the first subset of cards in the designated player's hand or has the designated number of matching cards from one or more cards from the fourth subset of cards in the designated player's hand and, when included in the designated player's hand, including in the determining of the designated winning word or the designated number of matching cards one or more operations of one or more cards other than the first and fourth subset of cards in the designated player's hand, and determining based thereon whether the designated player has the designated winning word or the designated number of matching cards, and, when it is determined the designated player has the designated winning word or the designated number of matching cards, determining whether a winning combination of cards is in the designated player's hand; (h) when it is determined the designated player's hand does not include the designated winning word, the designated number of matching cards, or does not include the winning combination of cards, requiring a decision by the designated player to play a card from other than the first or fourth subsets of cards when present in the designated player's hand, wherein the card designates an operation to be performed during the card game; (i) moving the rotation to a next player as the designated player after a previous designated player has determined the previous designated player's hand does not include the designated winning word, the designated number of matching cards, or does not include the winning combination of cards; (j) converting the discard deck of cards into the withdrawing deck when no card remains in the withdrawing deck; and (k) executing steps (f) through (j) until the cards in the hand of a current designated player have the designated winning word or the designated number of matching cards, and have the winning combination of cards in the current designated player's hand.