Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Patent
1995-06-08
1999-12-21
Pierce, William M.
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
273259, A63F 300
Patent
active
060038691
ABSTRACT:
A game and a method of playing a game involving skill and chance. The game of sets of tiles, each set having a numerical value ranging from one through nine and an icon or figure. Additionally, the game can also include a set of "lucky" or trump tiles that only include an icon, a die, a set of rulers for including the scoring values and aid in counting the tiles, and a chips for keeping score. The game includes 112 tiles, of the 112 tiles 36 tiles of one suit, meaning that these 36 tiles have similar icons, with four identical groups of nine tiles each, another 36 of the tiles is also made up of four identical groups of nine tiles of the same suit, and a third group of 36 tiles is four identical groups of nine tiles of the same suit. The balance, or four tiles, is made up of "lucky" or trump tiles. The process for playing the game involves distributing a randomly selected hand of tiles consisting of eight tiles when playing amongst two or three players, or eleven tiles when playing amongst four or more players. The game is played in rounds with the object being earning of points by winning rounds by completing hands that contain only groups of three similar or related tiles. The groups of three similar or related tiles is formed by taking turns in selecting and discarding tiles which can be used to complete a hand of nine or twelve similar or related tiles. The "lucky" or trump tiles can be used to win points, or a round if one player collects all four.
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Crabtree Edwin H
Pierce William M.
Pizarro Ramon L.
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