Trading card game including spheres in the play pattern

Abstract

A trading card game that includes a deck of cards and a plurality of spheres is disclosed. Each card includes an identical back surface and a face surface with content thereon. The content of at least a first card is different than the content of other cards. In some embodiments of the invention, at least some of the content of the first card corresponds to at least a first sphere. The content may be, for example, a depiction of the at least one sphere. Some embodiments of the invention provide card games such as Warball™ by Duncan Toys.

1 . A trading card game kit, comprising:
 a deck having a plurality of cards, each card having an identical back surface and a face surface, the face surface have content thereon, and the content of at least a first of the cards being different than the content of others of the plurality of cards; and   a plurality of rigid spheres.   
   
   
       2 . The kit of  claim 1 , wherein at least some of the content of the first card corresponds to at least a first of the spheres. 
   
   
       3 . The kit of  claim 2 , wherein at least some of the content of the first card depicts a physical appearance of the first sphere. 
   
   
       4 . The kit of  claim 1 , wherein at least a first of the spheres is different than the other spheres. 
   
   
       5 . The kit of  claim 4 , wherein the first sphere is different than the other spheres due to at least one feature selected from the group of color, color pattern, size, a character on a surface of the first sphere, and a character inside the first sphere. 
   
   
       6 . The kit of  claim 1 , wherein at least a first of the spheres has a first size, at least a second of the spheres includes an internal character and has a second size, and the second size being greater than the first size. 
   
   
       7 . The kit of  claim 1 , wherein at least a first of the spheres has at least a first color, at least a second of the spheres has at least a second color, at least a third of the spheres has at least a third color, and at least a fourth of the spheres has at least a fourth color. 
   
   
       8 . The kit of  claim 7 , wherein the first sphere and the second sphere are larger than at least one other sphere. 
   
   
       9 . The kit of  claim 8 , wherein the first sphere and the second sphere each include an internal character. 
   
   
       10 . The kit of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one border marker. 
   
   
       11 . A method of playing a game, comprising the steps of:
 providing a deck with a plurality of cards, each card having an identical back surface and a face surface, the face surface of at least a first of the cards having different content thereon than the content of others of the plurality of cards;   providing a plurality of spheres, at least some of the spheres being arranged on a playing surface; and   using at least a first sphere to attack at least a second sphere in response to the content on the face surface of the first card when the first card is played.   
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising the step of removing an attacked sphere from the game if the attacked sphere leaves the playing area. 
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising the steps of:
 providing each player with a deck with a plurality of cards;   providing each player with a plurality of spheres; and   using at least one sphere to attack at least one other sphere of another player in response to the content on the face surface of at least one played card.