Patent ID: 7216870

Claim:
A game mechanic method for playing a game played by a plurality of players on a playing field, said game mechanic method comprising the steps of: (a) at least one player obtaining a plurality of game components to form a playing hand of game components, each game component having a resource point value, and each game component being either in an “in play” state wherein the game component is placed on the playing field or an “out of play” state wherein the game component is in a player's playing hand and not on the playing field; (b) at least one player transitioning one of said obtained game components from said “out of play” state to said “in play” state; (c) at least one player earning resource points according to said resource point value of said selected game component by transitioning said selected game components from said “out of play” state to said “in play” state; and (d) accumulating resource points earned each time said step of earning resource points is performed.