Patent ID: 8025570

Claim:
A method of implementing a multiplayer game including the steps of: i. selecting an item from a set of items by three or more players on three or more respective devices; ii. each device transmitting the player's selected item to a server; iii. the server designating an item based on all the selected items received; iv. the server determining whether each player's selected item wins over the designated item based on a rule-set; v. the server transmitting the result of each determination to its respective device; wherein the rule-set includes a rule such that for an ordered set of items {X 1 . . . Xn}, Xk wins over X(k+p) modulo n for all k and all p where k is some integer such that 0<k<(n+1) and where p is some integer such that 0<p<(n+½); and wherein the designated item is the item selected by a majority of players.