Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor – Sports or outdoor recreational activities
Patent
1997-07-01
2000-01-11
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
Sports or outdoor recreational activities
A63F 100
Patent
active
06012721&
ABSTRACT:
The present invention includes an apparatus and method for executing a sports card game. In the preferred embodiment, the apparatus comprises a basketball card game with a plurality of basketball play action events distributed to two players as a hand of cards and dice for generating random numbers. Each card describes one event and dice are used to determine the success of field goal attempts and possession after the tip-off and loose balls. The recurrence of one event on multiple cards is similar to the regularity with which the event occurs in a real basketball game. Also, the probability of rolling a number that results in a score corresponds to the nominal field goal percentage for a typical, real game of professional basketball. Additionally, players may strategically select a card to enter into play similar to selecting predetermined plays in real basketball. Other embodiments of the invention include a similar game played with representations of play action events, possibly cards, displayed on an electronic screen and a random number generated by an electronic device. Other embodiments of the invention also include play action events selected from other sports wherein the method of playing the game falls within the method disclosed herein.
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Layno Benjamin H.
Martin Derek P.
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