Patent ID: 7690654

Claim:
A game method, comprising: using a board with a # shape, the board containing at least 12 boxes but no more than 16 boxes; placing cards from a deck of playing cards onto the board, the cards from the deck of playing cards displaying distinctive markings; extracting value to a wild value, while also extracting numerical value to the cards that are not wild, and matching distinctive markings on at least 12 boxes of the board; drawing cards from the deck of playing cards and attempting to place the cards with the distinctive markings onto corresponding markings of the board in as much of a foundational pattern as possible beginning with one corner of the board; placing the cards with the distinctive markings onto corresponding markings of the board before a card with a numerical value is placed into an adjacent area of the board; earning points relating to point values from placement of the cards that had been placed during each turn in designated patterns; allowing the wild value to serve as a substitute for the cards displaying the distinctive markings; recording points earned by each player on a scoring sheet; displaying a number having a value on the deck of point cards; choosing a card from the deck of the point cards at a beginning of a game; deeming the player who chooses the highest valued card from the deck of the point cards as an honors player; and having the honors player choose an additional card from the deck of the point cards, with the number of the additional card representing point values for the rest of the game.