Patent ID: 8191896

Claim:
A game apparatus comprising: a panel configured to provide a game field on which a set of game cards, which a user possesses before starting a game, are arranged, wherein the game cards are indicative of game characters different from one another and storing ID data corresponding to the respective game characters; a detection means configured to detect the ID data from the respective game cards placed on the panel, position data of the respective game cards on the panel, and movement data of at least one of the game cards if the one is moved on the panel by the user; a memory configured to electronically store the ID data detected by the detection means; a game execution means configured to set a team of the game characters in a virtual game space based on the detected ID data, to set positions of the game characters in the virtual game space based on the detected position data, to execute the game with the team in the virtual game space, and to cause the game to progress based on the detected movement data; and a card issue unit arranged to issue a new game card when the game executed with the team is finished, wherein the new card issued from said card issue unit is allowed to be added to the group of the cards possessed by the user from which the user can select a new set of cards to set a new team when the user plays another game which will be performed after the current game is finished on the game apparatus.