Patent ID: 6247697
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a melding card game comprising the following steps:a) providing a deck of playing cards including a plurality of different melding card values and having a plurality of cards of each melding card value, and including one or more special-effects cards;b) dealing a plurality of cards face-down to each player;c) dealing at least one card face-up to each player;d) placing the remaining deck face-down and turning at least one card from the remaining deck face-up to begin a common discard pile;e) beginning a round wherein each player in rotation has a first turn where each player is allowed to trade a card according to a first set of rules;f) playing subsequent turns where each player in rotation is allowed to draw and discard according to a second set of rules, where the second set of rules specifies:i) the use of the special-effects card, where the player of a special-effects card is required to take a card from each of the other players then return a card to each of the other players, andii) the conditions whereby one player may end the round, where the conditions for ending the round includes a requirement for holding a certain combination of cards; andg) after the round is ended, assigning point values to is each player according to a set of point-assignment rules.