Cards and pieces for a game, and reading apparatus

Abstract

Each of a set of cards for a game has a resistance member printed thereon by applying resist ink thereto so that the character of each card can be specified by reading the resistance value of the resistance member. Further, when the parameter of the character is corrected based on the difference of the resistance value, the game can be provided with a contingent factor. With this arrangement, the character of the card can be read at less expensive cost as compared with a case in which it is read through a barcode displayed on a card because an expensive card reader having a complex structure is necessary to read the barcode.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A set of cards for a game having a plurality of types of characters displayed on each of the cards comprising: 
 a resistance member having a resistance value determined for each character,    wherein the resistance value of the resistance member is measured by causing the resistance member to come into contact with an external terminal.    
     
     
         2 . A set of pieces for a game molded in a plurality of types of characters, each of the pieces comprising: 
 a resistance member having a resistance value determined for each character,    wherein the resistance value of the resistance member is measured by causing the resistance member to come into contact with external terminals.    
     
     
         3 . A reading apparatus comprising: 
 a terminal for coming into contact with a resistance member having a resistance value determined for each of characters; and    correction means for correcting a parameter set to each of the characters,    wherein a type of a character is specified by measuring the resistance value of the resistance member through the terminal and wherein the parameter set to each character is corrected by the correction means based on a difference between the resistance value determined to the character the type of which is specified and an actually measured resistance value.