Deck of playing cards and methods of playing card games

Abstract

Described embodiments relate to a deck of playing cards comprising a plurality of individual playing cards, each of the individual playing cards having a front side and a back side, the front side having displayed thereon a card identifier for identifying an individual playing card, wherein at least two of the individual playing cards display on the front side a selected text portion, wherein the selected text portion of each of the least two cards comprises a different portion of a selected text taken from a literary work, such as song lyrics, poems, plays, nursery rhymes, stories, etc. Some embodiments relate to methods of playing card games using the deck of playing cards.

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         10 . A method of playing a lyrical challenge game, using a deck of cards comprising individual cards displaying a suit identifier, a value identifier and a text portion comprising a different portion of a selected text taken from the lyrics of a song, in which a player at turn purports to discard face down a selected number of cards having a nominated value identifier, and if the player at turn is successfully challenged by another player regarding the truthfulness of the selected number of cards or the nominated value identifier, the player at turn will be required to sing a verse of the lyrics of the song based upon the text portion of at least one of the discarded cards. 
     
     
         11 . The method defined in  claim 10 , wherein the deck of cards comprises a plurality of playing cards divided evenly into suits, each of the playing cards having a front side and a back side, the front side having displayed thereon a card identifier for identifying an individual playing card, the card identifier comprising a suit identifier for identifying the suit of the individual playing card and a value identifier identifying a value of the individual playing card within the suit, wherein each of a plurality of the playing cards display on the front side a text portion comprising a different portion of a selected text taken from lyrics of a song, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
 a) dealing a number of the cards to each of a plurality of players and determining an order in which the players are at turn to act;   b) a player at turn nominating a value identifier to be discarded by announcing the nominated value identifier to the other players;   c) the player at turn discarding a specified quantity of cards that purportedly display the nominated value identifier by placing the specified quantity of the nominated cards face down on a discarded card pile;   d) at an election, a challenger issuing a challenge to the player at turn, challenging the truthfulness of the specified quantity of the nominated cards that have been discarded;   e) depending on the outcome of the challenge, requiring either the challenger or the player at turn to pick up all of the cards in the discarded card pile, and sing a verse of the lyrics based on the text portion of at least one of the discarded cards; and   f) declaring a player who is first to successfully discard all of his or her cards a winner of the game, and if no winner is determined, repeating steps b) to e) for a player who is next at turn to act.   
     
     
         12 . A method of playing a lyrical card game among a plurality of players playing against each other with the ultimate objective of discarding all of a player's card, using a deck of cards comprising a plurality of playing cards divided evenly into suits, each of the playing cards having a front side and a back side, the front side having displayed thereon a card identifier for identifying an individual playing card, the card identifier comprising a suit identifier for identifying the suit of the individual playing card and a value identifier identifying a value of the individual playing card within the suit, wherein a plurality of the playing cards display on the front side a text portion comprising a different portion of a selected text taken from a plurality of lyrical works. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , comprising the steps of:
 a) dealing a selected number of cards to each of the players, and determining an order in which the players are at turn to act;   b) a player at turn to act purporting to recite the text portions derived from a lyrical work in its entirety;   c) at an election, a challenger issuing a challenge as to the correctness of the purported recital of the text portions, and based on the outcome of the challenge, either the challenger or the player at turn collecting all of the cards in a discarded card pile;   d) if a challenge is not issued, allowing each of the players to discard cards displaying text portions from the lyrical work purported to be recited; and   e) declaring a first player to successfully discard all of his or her cards a winner of the game, and if no winner is determined, repeating steps b) to d) for a next player to turn to act.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the challenger must have in the challenger's possession, at least one card displaying a text portion indicating that the purported recital was incorrect. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the challenger must issue a challenge based on the challenger's recollection of the lyrics being recited, and wherein the outcome of the challenge is determined based on whether a majority of the players agrees with the challenger. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the selected text taken from the lyrics of a song is divided and displayed among a plurality of the cards displaying a same value identifier or a same suit identifier. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the selected text taken from the lyrics of a song is divided and displayed among a plurality of the cards displaying different combinations of value identifiers and suit identifiers. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the selected text taken from the lyrical work may be displayed sequentially amongst a plurality of cards having a same suit identifier and sequential value identifiers, such that a player may determine the original order of appearance of the text portions by observing the sequential value identifiers displayed on the cards displaying the same suit identifier. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the selected text taken from the lyrical work may be displayed non-sequentially amongst a plurality of cards having a same suit identifier and sequential value identifiers, such that a player may not determine the original order of appearance of the text portions by observing the sequential value identifiers displayed on the cards displaying the same suit identifier. 
     
     
         20 . A method of playing a translation card game among a plurality of players playing against each other with the ultimate objective of discarding all of a player's cards, using a deck of cards comprising a plurality of playing cards divided evenly into suits, each of the playing cards having a front side and a back side, the front side having displayed thereon a card identifier for identifying an individual playing card, the card identifier comprising a suit identifier for identifying the suit of the individual playing card and a value identifier identifying a value of the individual playing card within the suit, wherein a plurality of the playing cards display on the front side a text portion comprising a different portion of a selected text taken from a literary work, wherein the literary work comprises a phrase in a first language and a translation of the phrase in at least one other language. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the phrase in the first language is distributed over one or more of the cards having a given suit identifier or a given value identifier, and the translation of the phrase is distributed over one or more of the cards having the given suit identifier or the given value identifier. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising the steps of:
 a) dealing a selected number of cards to each of the players, and determining an order in which the players are at turn to act;   b) a player at turn selecting one of the cards and challenging another player to correctly translate the phrase on the selected card;   c) based on whether the other person correctly translates the phrase, either discarding the card or drawing a card from a draw pile; and   d) declaring a first player to successfully discard all of his or her dealt cards a winner of the game, and if no winner is determined, repeating steps b) to d) for a next player at turn to act.   
     
     
         23 . A method of playing a translation card game among a plurality of players playing against each other with the ultimate objective of discarding all of a player's cards, using a deck of cards comprising a plurality of playing cards, wherein each of the plurality of playing cards displays on the front side a text portion comprising a phrase in a first language and a translation of the phrase in one or more other languages, the method comprising the steps of:
 a) dealing a selected number of cards to each of the players to form a hand of cards for each player, and determining an order in which the players are at turn to act;   b) a player at turn selecting one card of that player's hand of cards and, without revealing the selected card, challenging at least one other player to correctly translate the phrase on the selected card from a selected one of the one or more other languages to the first language or from the first language to the one or more other languages;   c) if no challenged player correctly translates the phrase, the player at turn discarding the selected card and/or each challenged player that does not correctly translate the phrase drawing a card from a draw pile; if a challenged player correctly translates the phrase, that player discarding a card from that player's hand of cards; and   d) declaring a first player to successfully discard all of his or her dealt cards a winner of the game, and if no winner is determined, repeating steps b) to d) for a next player at turn to act.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein when a challenged player correctly translates the phrase, the player selects the card to discard from that player's hand of cards. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein when a challenged player correctly translates the phrase, the card to be discarded from that player's hand of cards is selected by the challenging player. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the selected text taken from the lyrical work may be displayed sequentially amongst a plurality of cards having a same suit identifier and sequential value identifiers, such that a player may determine the original order of appearance of the text portions by observing the sequential value identifiers displayed on the cards displaying the same suit identifier. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the selected text taken from the lyrical work may be displayed non-sequentially amongst a plurality of cards having a same suit identifier and sequential value identifiers, such that a player may not determine the original order of appearance of the text portions by observing the sequential value identifiers displayed on the cards displaying the same suit identifier.