Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-12
2001-07-10
Chapman, Jeanette (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
C273S303000, C273S307000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06257581
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to games and, more particularly, to a novel card game that can be played by multiple players.
Card games such as poker, hearts, bridge, and rummy are commonly enjoyed by the public. Rummy-type card games are particularly common, and almost everyone knows how to play some variation of a rummy-type game. Rummy-type card games involve players attempting to acquire cards in sequence or cards of the same kind. However, these rummy-type games all involve the same simple strategy.
A need exists for a card game that is familiar to play yet provides the opportunity to formulate strategies different or enhanced from those used in a traditional rummy-type game.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a method of playing a card game that overcomes at least some of the above-noted problems of the prior art. According to the present invention, a method of playing a card game is provided that includes providing a deck of playing cards, dealing a hand of cards to each player on each team, allowing a player to lay down a set of cards corresponding to a pre-selected group of cards, and ending the round when a player has no cards remaining in his hand. The game is ended when a team has laid down each set of cards from a pre-selected group of cards required to be laid down to end the game.
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Chapman Jeanette
Eshete Zelalem
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
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