Patent ID: 6520502
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a board game comprising the steps of:(a) providing a board having a playing surface, the surface having indicia marked thereon showing a starting position and a track, the track beginning at the starting position and comprising a plurality of spaces marked on the playing surface, each space bearing the representation of one card of a deck of cards, the representations being arranged in sequential ascending order for a suit of cards; the track having at least two suits of sequentially ascending series of cards and further having at least one separator space positioned between the two suit series; the separator space bearing the representation of at least one of three characteristics of playing cards thereon; (b) providing a deck of cards; (c) providing a random number generator; (d) providing at least a first marker adapted to be moved around the track to indicate a player's progress; (e) generating a first random number with the random number generator; (f) advancing the first marker on said track by a first number of spaces corresponding to the first random number from the starting position to a first landing space; (g) drawing a first card from the deck of cards; (h) comparing said first card and the representation on the first landing space; and (i) awarding a first number of points to a first player based on the comparison of the drawn card with the representation on the first landing space.