Claims
- 1. A method of playing a multiple dice rolling game, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a set of dice each having a predetermined number of sides and a predetermined number of different indica marked on said sides respectively; (b) rolling said dice by a player wherein said indicia on said side which is facing up of each of said dice stands as a playing mark of said respective die; (c) selecting and setting aside at least one of said rolled dice as a playing die while said playing mark of said playing die is to be used to form a playing hand and said other non-selected dice are used as game dice; (d) rolling said remaining dice by said player, when there is one or more remaining dice, and selecting at least another die of said remaining dice to set aside, wherein said indicium on said side which is facing up of said another die stands as said playing mark of said another die; (e) repeating step (d) until all of said dice are selected and set aside; and (f) forming a complete set of dice with all of said playing dice, wherein said playing marks of said playing dice form said playing hand.
- 2. The method, as recited in claim 1, wherein said playing hand further comprises a qualifying hand of at least two sets of predetermined qualifying groups of said playing marks of said playing hand.
- 3. The method, as recited in claim 2, further comprising a step of determining a winner of said game while at least two players play in said game, wherein the first player who forms said qualifying hands that match all of said qualifying hands predefined in a checklist respectively wins said game.
- 4. The method, as recited in claim 2, further comprising a step of determining a winner of said game while at least two players play in said game, wherein each type of said qualifying hands has a predetermined point value in such a manner that the first player who achieves a predefined total point level by adding up all said points of said qualifying hands wins said game.
- 5. The method, as recited in claim 2, further comprising a step of determining a winner of said game while at least two players play in said game, wherein all players must form said qualifying hands that match all of said qualifying hands predefined in a checklist respectively, and earn a set of predetermined points with respect to each said qualifying hand, in such a manner that said player who achieves the highest points wins said game
- 6. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein in step (e), said player must roll said dice within a number of rounds to form said playing hand, wherein said number of rounds is equal to the number of dice used in said game.
- 7. The method as recited in claim 2 wherein in step (e), said player must roll said dice within a number of rounds to form said playing hand, wherein said number of rounds is equal to the number of dice used in said game.
- 8. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein in step (e), said player must roll said dice within a number of rounds, wherein said number of round is reached when each player is unable to form said qualifying hand.
- 9. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein in step (e), said player must roll said dice within a number of rounds to form said playing hand, wherein said number of rounds is equal to the number of dice used in said game.
- 10. The method, as recited in claim 2, wherein said arrangement of said representative marks of said qualifying hand is adapted to be selectively re-arranged that results in a valid qualifying hand in order to achieve a higher point.
- 11. The method, as recited in claim 9, wherein said arrangement of said representative marks of said qualifying hand is adapted to be selectively re-arranged that results in a valid qualifying hand in order to achieve a higher point.
- 12. The method, as recited in claim 2, wherein one of said qualifying groups comprises at least two said dice with two of the same kind of mahjongg symbols.
- 13. The method, as recited in claim 2, wherein one of said qualifying groups comprises at least three said dice with three of the same kind of mah-jongg symbols.
- 14. The method, as recited in claim 2, wherein one of said qualifying groups comprises at least three said dice with three mah-jongg symbols in sequence.
- 15. The method, as recited in claim 2, wherein one of said playing hands comprises at least four said dice with four of the same kind of mah-jongg symbols.
- 16. A set of multiple rolling game dice, comprising:
at least five cubical dice each having a predetermined number of sides and a predetermined number of different mah-jongg indicium marked on each of said sides respectively, wherein said mah-jongg symbols are represented as “One Dot”, “Two Dot”, “Three Dot”, “Green Dragon”, “Red Dragon”, “Zero” (“White Dragon”), “East Wind”, “South Wind”, “West Wind”, “North Wind”, “Flower” and “Joker”; wherein by rolling said dice, said mah-jongg indicium on a facing up side of each of said die is to be used to form a playing hand, such that by selecting and arranging said mah-jongg indicia to form at least two qualifying groups to form a qualifying hand of all of said dice.
- 17. The set of multiple rolling game dice, as recited in claim 13, wherein one of said qualifying groups comprises at least two said dice with two of the same kind of mah-jongg symbols.
- 18. The set of multiple rolling game dice, as recited in claim 13, wherein one of said qualifying groups comprises at least three said dice with three of the same kind of mah-jongg symbols.
- 19. The set of multiple rolling game dice, as recited in claim 13, wherein one of said qualifying groups comprises at least three said dice with three mah-jongg symbols in sequence.
- 20. The set of multiple rolling game dice, as recited in claim 13, wherein one of said playing hands comprises at least four said dice with four of the same kind of mah-jongg symbols.
CROSS REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of a non-provisional application, application Ser. No. 09/809,387, filed Mar. 15, 2001.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
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Parent |
09809387 |
Mar 2001 |
US |
Child |
10118387 |
Apr 2002 |
US |