Patent ID: 7427068

Claim:
A method for playing a game, comprising: (a) shuffling a deck of cards, wherein each card from said deck of cards represents one element from a three element transcendental set of elements, wherein each element is depicted on said card by an icon, and wherein said each element is represented by plural cards in said deck; (b) dealing a number of cards as a hand from said deck to each player of at least three players, leaving remaining cards; (c) placing said remaining cards from said deck of cards face down between said at least three players; (d) turning face up a top card from said remaining cards; (e) by a first player of said at least three players, laying down one card selected from said hand of said first player; (f) by said first player, removing both said one card and said top card only if said one card is valued more than said top card of said remaining cards and rolling a die only if said one card is not valued more than said top card, wherein said die includes a plurality of faces, and wherein each face of said plurality of faces represents said one element from said three element transcendental set of elements; (g) by said first player, passing play to another player only if after said rolling step, the top face of said die is not valued more than said top card; (h) by said first player, taking a card from said remaining cards for said hand to replace said one card; (i) by said first player, turning face up a next top card from said remaining cards; and (j) repeating, by the remaining players of said at least three players in turn, steps (e) through (i) until no cards remain of said remaining cards.