Patent ID: 7354043

Claim:
A method of game play allowing a plurality of users to play a game according to game criteria, comprising: a. providing a set of opaque contest elements, wherein each contest element within said set includes, i. a display surface and a back surface, ii. wherein said back surface is identical to every other back surface within said set, iii. wherein said display surface is subdivided and differentiated into rectilinear geometric regions with said rectilinear geometric regions extending to the edges of said display surface, and said regions being configured such that when two or more of said contest elements are placed adjacent to each other, geometric interactions spanning said two or more contest elements can be created; iv. at least one indexing indicia, positioned on said display surface to allow said at least one indexing indicia to be viewed while exposing a relatively small portion of said display surface, thereby facilitating sorting and manipulation of said contest elements; b. manipulating said set of contest elements according to said game criteria so that each of said users holds a hand of said opaque contest elements; and c. wherein each of said hands is ranked according to the quantity and quality of geometric interactions present within said contest elements within each of said hands, according to said game criteria.