Oriental chain-ring game card and method of playing the same

Abstract

The present invention relates to a five-element game card and a method of playing an oriental chain-ring game card. The five-element game card comprises ten cards per suit of wood, fire, earth, metal and water as a deck of base cards, wherein each of the base cards has five-element display areas at an upper and a lower portions, for displaying a color specifying one of the wood, fire, earth, metal and water, and acquirement display areas for arranging at least one of colors representing the five-element display areas at one side of the five-element display areas to display another base card that can be acquired using the base card. According to the present invention described above, people may understand the principle of Oriental five elements to some extents through simple rules of the game and enjoy card games of a new type. Furthermore, eldery people can be prevented from getting senile dementia.

1 . A five-element game card comprising ten cards per suit of wood, fire, earth, metal and water as a deck of base cards, wherein each of the base cards has five-element display areas at an upper and a lower portions, for displaying a color specifying one of the wood, fire, earth, metal and water, and acquirement display areas for arranging at least one of colors representing the five-element display areas at one side of the five-element display areas to display other base cards that can be acquired using the base card. 
   
   
       2 . The game card according to  claim 1 , wherein the wood is displayed in blue, the fire in red, the earth in yellow, the metal in white, and the water in black. 
   
   
       3 . The game card according to  claim 2 , wherein the fire is expressed as a certain pattern drawn in the red. 
   
   
       4 . The game card according to  claim 1 , wherein a picture, character, or a figure representing the wood, fire, earth, metal or water is further displayed in a middle portion, the five-element display areas, and the acquirement display areas of the base card. 
   
   
       5 . The game card according to  claim 1 , wherein a number is further displayed in the five-element display areas. 
   
   
       6 . The game card according to  claim 5 , wherein the number is between ‘1’ and ‘10’, and numbers ‘1’ to ‘5’ are displayed in ascending order, whereas numbers ‘6’ to ‘10’ are displayed in descending order. 
   
   
       7 . The game card according to  claim 1 , wherein a certain color is further displayed in the middle portion of the base card, and middle portions of at least two base cards in the deck are displayed in the same color as those of their five-element display areas. 
   
   
       8 . The game card according to  claim 1 , further comprising king cards and queen cards expressed as a character or a picture, for acquiring a certain base card, and J cards expressed as a character or a picture, for acquiring two certain base cards or one of the king and queen cards, wherein two high and low numbers are displayed in a pair on each of the king, queen, and J cards. 
   
   
       9 . The game card according to  claim 8 , wherein a special symbol such as a star is further marked on the base card. 
   
   
       10 . A method of playing an oriental chain-ring game card, the method comprising the steps of:
 shuffling basic, king, queen, and J cards, dealing some of the cards to players, spreading some of the cards on a table, and piling the other cards on the table face downward;   starting from a dealer,   putting down one of the base cards that a player has on the table face upward, acquiring one of the base cards spread on the table in a pair with the base card put down on the table if the base card spread on the table matches to an acquirement display area of the base card put down on the table, opening one of the cards piled on the table, acquiring one of the base cards spread on the table in a pair with the opened card if the opened card is a base card and the base card on the table matches to an acquirement display area of the opened base card, acquiring any one of the base cards spread on the table together with a king or queen card if the player puts down or opens the king or queen card, acquiring any two of the base cards spread on the table together with a J card if the player puts down or opens the J card or either of a king or queen card if the player puts down or opens the J card and the king or queen card is spread on the table, and acquiring one of king, queen, and J cards in a sequence of the players if any of the king, queen, and J cards is still left on the table in the final round of the game; and   determining a winner as a player who acquires more combinations of the cards, the combination wherein the cards are arranged in order of wood, fire, earth, metal and water, and colors respectively specifying wood, fire, earth, metal and water are the same in five-element display areas and middle portions of the cards, or a player having a longest combination of cards arranged in order of the wood, fire, earth, metal and water.   
   
   
       11 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the winner is determined by selecting numbers of two adjacent cards in a card arrangement and determining a player having a highest or lowest sum of the numbers if a winner is not determined in the step of determining a winner, by comparing any one of J, queen, and king cards with J, queen, and king cards of the other players and determining a winner in order of the king, queen, and J card if a winner is not determined by comparing sums of the two numbers, and by determining a player who collects more base cards marked with a special symbol such as a star if a winner is not determined by comparing the J, queen, or king cards.