Patent ID: 7789393

Claim:
A resource component for a game, said resource component comprising: a. a gameplay structure and a linking mechanism; b. said linking mechanism arranged about said gameplay structure; c. said linking mechanism dictating a gameplay condition by indicating the availability of said gameplay structure for inclusion into a first component group; d. said resource component is part of a first set of resource card components comprising at least said resource component; e. said first card component group interacting with a second card component group about a central card component arranged within a playing field; f. a second resource component comprising a second gameplay structure and a second linking mechanism arranged about said second gameplay structure; said second resource component part of a second set of resource card components comprising at least said second resource component; g. said second linking mechanism dictating said gameplay condition by indicating the availability of said second gameplay structure for inclusion into said second component group; h. said first card component group arranged on said playing field in a first card player facing arrangement; said second card component group arranged on said playing field in a second card player facing arrangement not the same as said first card player facing arrangement; i. a plurality of points located on each of said first component group and said second component group respectively; each of said first and second component groups building a first and second value within said playing field by utilizing said first and second linking mechanisms respectively; j. wherein at the end of the game, the first and second component group points are tallied utilizing said first and second linking mechanisms to determine a winning value.