Claims
- 1. A method of playing games involving two or more players, the method being suitable for games having rules for game play that include instructions on drawing, playing, and discarding game components, and a reservoir of multiple copies of a plurality of game components, the method comprising the steps of:
- each player constructing their own library of a predetermined number of game components by examining and selecting game components from the reservoir of game components;
- each player obtaining an initial hand of a predetermined number of game components by shuffling the library of game components and drawing at random game components from the player's library of game components; and
- each player executing turns in sequence with other players by drawing, playing, and discarding game components in accordance with the rules until the game ends, said step of executing a turn comprises:
- (a) making one or more game components from the player's hand of game components available for play by taking the one or more game components from the player's hand and placing the one or more game components on a playing surface; and
- (b) bringing into play one or more of the available game components by:
- (i) selecting one or more game components; and
- (ii) designating the one or more game components being brought into play by rotating the one or more game components from an original orientation to a second orientation.
- 2. A method of playing a trading card game, the game components including rules of play, which include instructions on execution of a turn, and the predetermined number of cards in a library of trading cards and the hand of trading cards, and a reservoir of trading cards, the method of playing the card game for each player comprising the steps of:
- collecting an individual pool of trading cards from the reservoir of trading cards by purchasing and trading with others;
- constructing a library of a predetermined number of trading cards from the player's pool of trading cards by selecting individual cards the player elects to play with;
- obtaining a hand of a predetermined number of trading cards from the player's library of trading cards; and
- executing a turn at the player's option, in sequence with other players to, at the player's option, enter and remove one or more cards into and out of play in accordance with the rules, said step of executing a turn for each player comprises:
- (a) drawing one or more trading cards from the library of trading card:
- (b) entering one or more trading cards into play by placing the one or more trading cards face up in a first orientation on a playing surface, and at the player's option, using one or more trading cards that have been entered into play in accordance with the rules and tapping each trading card used in play so all players are aware the trading card is in use by turning the trading cards from the first orientation to a second orientation on the playing surface; and
- (c) discarding one or more trading cards into a discard area on the playing surface as necessary to maintain the predetermined number of cards in the player's hand of trading cards.
- 3. A method of playing card games, the method being suitable for card games having rules of play and multiple copies of a plurality of cards, the rules of play including instructions on executing turns, the predetermined number of cards in the players library and hand of cards, and the objective of the game, the method comprising the steps of:
- each player obtaining a pool of cards from the multiple copies of the plurality of cards by purchasing or trading with others or playing a card game with others for ante;
- each player constructing a library of a predetermined number of cards by examining and selecting cards from the player's pool of cards;
- each player obtaining a hand of a predetermined number of cards from the player's library of cards by first shuffling the player's library of cards and randomly drawing the hand of cards therefrom; and
- each player executing a turn until the game concludes in accordance with the rules of play, said step of executing a turn includes placing one or more cards on a playing surface for other players to see the playing face on the one or more cards and designating one or more of the cards on the playing surface for entry into play.
- 4. The method of claim 3, wherein said step of designating one or more of the cards comprises rotating the one or more cards on the playing surface from an original orientation to a second orientation.
- 5. The method of claim 3, wherein said second orientation is 90 degrees from the first orientation.
- 6. The method of claim 3, wherein said step of executing a turn comprises the initial step of rotating the player's cards previously designated in a prior turn from the second orientation to the original orientation.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of pending application Ser. No. 08/263,447 filed Jun. 22, 1994.
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