Patent ID: 7862044

Claim:
A method of playing a game comprising: dealing a plurality of cards from a deck of cards to each of a plurality of players, wherein the deck of cards includes a plurality of run cards, a plurality of pass cards, and a plurality of catch cards, wherein each of the run cards, pass cards, and catch cards includes a yardage value; turning one card from the deck face-up to create a discard pile on a table; wherein the players take a turn, each turn for each respective player including drawing one card from one of the deck and the discard pile; playing one of one run card and one corresponding pair of pass and catch cards, wherein the corresponding pair of pass and catch cards includes a pass card and a catch card having corresponding yardage values, and wherein playing includes creating a collection of cards such that a sum of the yardage values of any run cards in the collection and the yardage values of any corresponding pairs of pass and catch cards in the collection does not exceed a predetermined limit, and wherein creating a collection of cards having a sum equaling the predetermined limit results in the award of a touchdown score to the respective player; drawing at least one card from the deck to replace the played cards; and discarding one card to the discard pile unless the respective player was awarded the touchdown score on the turn.