Patent ID: 7392986

Claim:
A method for playing a competitive card game simulating combat, said card game consisting of only a plurality of playing cards and a random number selection device, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a playing card from said plurality of playing cards for each player, each card representing a specific character with indicia thereon, wherein said indicia has one or more attack moves of said specific character represented thereon, a rating of punishment that said one or more attack moves can inflict on an opponent, and a rating of total amount of punishment that said character represented thereon can sustain (b) each of the players sequentially selecting said attack move to be performed from the card of the player and subtracting the rating of punishment of the selected attack move from the rating of total amount of punishment of the card of another player, said sequential selection, and said subtraction continuing until one of the players depletes the total amount of punishment of the other player; and (c) each of the players using said random number selection device that provides the rating of punishment to be subtracted from the ratings of total amount of punishment of the card of each of the other players, wherein only said playing cards and the random number selection device are used by the players to play the card game.