Card Game combining online and deck games

Abstract

A card game for use by a plurality of players, the card game comprising a deck of playing cards and an online version of the same game for complimentary use. A plurality of numbered cards, each numbered card including an image on its face, a symbol and at least one numbered factor, a plurality of control cards wherein each control card contains instructions that will be used to determine if the numbered factor is to be used to determine a winner and if the symbol is to be used to determine a winner; a first numbered card containing a first numbered factor and a first symbol played by a first player, at least a second numbered card containing a second numbered factor and a second symbol played by a second player and a control card played to determine which of the plurality of players is the winner of a hand; a computer network version of the card game wherein a plurality of cards won in the network version of the game can be awarded through the network and added to the deck as control cards that can be played by a player who won the cards won in the network version.

1 . A card game comprising a deck of playing cards;
 a set of numbered cards including a plurality of numbered cards, each numbered card including an image on its face, a symbol and at least one numbered factor, a plurality of control cards wherein each control card contains instructions that will be used to determine if the numbered factor is to be used to determine a winner and if the symbol is to be used to determine a winner;   a playfield including a numbered card containing a first numbered factor and a first symbol played by a first player, a second numbered card containing a second numbered factor and a second symbol played by a second player and a control card played to determine if player 1 is the winner;   a computer network version of said card game wherein a card won in said network version of said game can be added to said deck as a control card.   
   
   
       2 . The card game of  claim 1  wherein said computer network version of the game is played on said network and requires a user to log on with a game number in order to play and wherein said game number is obtained from a media product purchased by a player. 
   
   
       3 . The card game of  claim 1  wherein said at least one numbered factor is a strength rating and wherein the numbered cards include a second numbered factor. 
   
   
       4 . The card game of  claim 1  wherein said computer network version of said game is played using a touch screen computer monitor and wherein said card game is played by more than two players. 
   
   
       5 . The card game of  claim 1  wherein said cards including said control cards and said number cards and said won card all have the same artwork on the backside of the cards. 
   
   
       6 . The card game of  claim 1  wherein control cards are normally drawn from a stack during each hand and wherein the instructions on the control card played from the stack of control cards can be affected by a second control card played by a player who had won said second control card in a previous hand in the same game. 
   
   
       7 . A card game comprising a deck of playing cards and an online version of the same game for complimentary use;
 a plurality of numbered cards, each numbered card including an image on its face, a symbol and at least one numbered factor,   a plurality of control cards wherein each control card contains instructions that will be used to determine if the numbered factor is to be used to determine a winner and if the symbol is to be used to determine a winner;   a first numbered card containing a first numbered factor and a first symbol played by a first player, a second numbered card containing a second numbered factor and a second symbol played by a second player and a control card played to determine if player 1 is the winner;   a computer network version of said card game wherein a plurality of cards won in said network version of said game can be added to said deck as control cards that can be played by a player who won said cards won in the network version.   
   
   
       8 . The card game of  claim 7  wherein the card game is played in a plurality of hands on a playfield, each hand including a single numbered card played by each player and said control card played from a stack of said plurality of control cards. 
   
   
       9 . The card game of  claim 8  wherein the instructions on the control card played from said stack can be affected by a second control card played by a player who had previously won said second control card. 
   
   
       10 . The card game of  claim 7  wherein said cards won in the network version of the game, when played in the card game allow the player to win a hand instantly and take a plurality of cards from another players stack. 
   
   
       11 . The card game of  claim 7  wherein said cards won can be collected and turned in for a prize. 
   
   
       12 . The card game of  claim 7  wherein said computer network version of the game is played on an Internet and requires a user to log on with a game number in order to play and wherein said game number is obtained from a media product. 
   
   
       13 . The card game of  claim 7  wherein said at least one numbered factor is a strength rating and wherein the numbered cards include a second numbered factor. 
   
   
       14 . The card game of  claim 7  wherein said network version of the game is played against a computer and wherein wins against the computer add points to a player profile and wherein said points can be used to obtain said cards won. 
   
   
       15 . A card game for use by a plurality of players, said card game comprising a deck of playing cards and an online version of the same game for complimentary use;
 a plurality of numbered cards, each numbered card including an image on its face, a symbol and at least one numbered factor,   a plurality of control cards wherein each control card contains instructions that will be used to determine if the numbered factor is to be used to determine a winner and if the symbol is to be used to determine a winner;   a first numbered card containing a first numbered factor and a first symbol played by a first player, at least a second numbered card containing a second numbered factor and a second symbol played by a second player and a control card played to determine which of said plurality of players is the winner of a hand;   a computer network version of said card game wherein a plurality of cards won in said network version of said game can be added to said deck as control cards that can be played by a player who won said cards won in the network version.   
   
   
       16 . The card game of  claim 15  wherein said network version of the game requires a user to log on with a game number in order to play and wherein said game number is obtained from a media product that contains at least a portion of the images. 
   
   
       17 . The card game of  claim 16  wherein said cards won can be collected and turned in for a prize. 
   
   
       18 . The card game of  claim 16  wherein said network version of the game is played against a computer and wherein wins against the computer add points to a player profile and wherein said points can be used to obtain said cards won. 
   
   
       19 . The card game of  claim 16  wherein the numbered cards include a second numbered factor used with said control cards to determine a winner. 
   
   
       20 . The card game of  claim 16  wherein the card game is played in a plurality of hands on a playfield, each hand including a single numbered card played by each player and said control card played from a stack of said plurality of control cards.