Amusement devices: games – Fortune-telling devices
Patent
1984-06-04
1986-04-22
Oechsle, Anton O.
Amusement devices: games
Fortune-telling devices
273292, A63F 104, A63F 918
Patent
active
045837376
ABSTRACT:
A deck of fortune telling cards for indicating a response to a query comprising: a plurality of cards, each of said cards having a top and bottom end and a single indicia bearing face, the indicia of said indicia bearing face being oriented in a common direction from said top end to said bottom end, said indicia of each card comprising at least one word, symbol or combination thereof which bears a first suggestive relationship to said query when the card is oriented with the top end above the bottom end, and an opposite suggestive relationship to said query when said card is oriented with the top end below the bottom end; said plurality of cards comprising a first group of cards, each bearing indicia suggestive of a composite of at least one of a physical and personality characteristic of a person; and a second group of cards, each bearing indicia suggestive of a relationship to the query or a relationship to the indicia of each of said first group of cards or both. Also disclosed are methods of playing the fortune telling game and playing boards used in conjunction therewith.
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Falcone Mary L.
Zann Nicholas T.
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