Method and apparatus for playing a card game

Abstract

Each player receives a play deck of cards from 1 to a first number and a guess deck of cards from 1 to the first number times the number of players. Each player selects a guess card representing each player's guess of the hand total. Play proceeds with each player revealing a play card and adding numerical values of revealed play cards to obtain a hand total when all have revealed a play card. The player whose guess card equals the hand total wins the hand. Alternatively, a player whose guess card is closest to without exceeding the hand total can win.

1 . A method of playing a card game with at least two players comprising:
 providing a first plurality of play cards, each play card bearing play deck indicia including a representation of a play numerical value of the respective play card, the first plurality of play cards including at least two sets of play cards, each play card in a respective play card set having a unique play numerical value within the set of at least a first predetermined number and no more than a second predetermined number;   providing a second plurality of guess cards, each guess card bearing guess deck indicia including a representation of a guess numerical value of the respective guess card, the second plurality of guess cards including at least two sets of guess cards, each guess card in a respective guess card set having a unique guess numerical value within the set of at least a third predetermined number and no more than a fourth predetermined number;   providing a set of play cards for each player;   providing a set of guess cards for each player, a number of guess cards in each set of guess cards depending on at least a number of players;   starting a hand of play by each player selecting a card from the respective set of guess cards, a guess numerical value of each selected guess card representing the respective player's guess as to what a hand total will be;   each player revealing a play numerical value of one respective play card;   determining a hand total as a sum of the play numerical values of the revealed play cards;   revealing the respective selected guess cards of the players; and   determining a hand winner based on a comparison of the selected guess cards to the hand total.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining of a hand winner includes declaring as a hand winner a player whose selected guess card is equal to the hand total. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining of a hand winner includes, responsive to at least two players qualifying as hand winners, declaring all of the at least two qualifying players as hand winners. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising keeping a score for each player. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein keeping a score includes at least one of keeping a tally of respective hands won or keeping a running total of respective winning guess card values of each hand. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein keeping a score for each player includes modifying a score based at least in part on a number of players. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising removing at least one selected guess card or selected play card from a respective player's set of respective cards. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein at least the winning selected guess card is removed from play, and further comprising continuing play until all of a player's guess cards are removed from play. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein at least one guess card includes bonus indicator indicia representing a respective bonus to be applied to a respective score of the respective card. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein at least one guess card that bears bonus indicator indicia further includes number of players indicia that indicates that the respective bonus is applied when a particular number of players are playing. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second predetermined number is five and the fourth predetermined number is twenty. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first predetermined number is one of zero or one. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the third predetermined number is one. 
     
     
         14 . A computer program product for enabling play of a card game on a computing device using representations of at least objects used to play the card game, the computer program product comprising instructions in the form of computer executable program code that configures the computing device to:
 provide a first plurality of play cards, each play card bearing play deck indicia including a representation of a play numerical value of the respective play card, the first plurality of play cards including at least two sets of play cards, each play card in a respective play card set having a unique play numerical value within the set of at least a first predetermined number and no more than a second predetermined number;   provide a second plurality of guess cards, each guess card bearing guess deck indicia including a representation of a guess numerical value of the respective guess card, the second plurality of guess cards including at least two sets of guess cards, each guess card in a respective guess card set having a unique guess numerical value within the set of at least a third predetermined number and no more than a fourth predetermined number;   provide a set of play cards for each player;   provide a set of guess cards from the second plurality of cards for each player, a number of guess cards in each set of guess cards depending on at least a number of players;   provide a user interface configured to start a hand of play by enabling each player to select a guess card from the respective set of guess cards, a guess numerical value of each selected guess card representing the respective player's guess as to what a hand total will be;   enable each player to select one play card from the respective set of play cards;   reveal a play numerical value of a respective play card;   determine a hand total as a sum of the play numerical values of the revealed play cards after all players have revealed a respective play card;   responsive to all players having revealed a respective play card, reveal the guess numerical values of the respective selected guess cards of the players; and   determine a hand winner based on a comparison of the selected guess cards to the hand total.   
     
     
         15 . The computer program product of  claim 14 , wherein the determining of a hand winner includes declaring a winner as a player whose selected guess card has a value that is one of closest to the hand total without exceeding the hand total or equal to the hand total. 
     
     
         16 . The computer program product of  claim 14 , wherein the code further configures the computer to allow multiple hands to be played and to keep a score for each player, wherein at least one guess card bears bonus indicator indicia representing a bonus to be applied to a scoring of the respective card. 
     
     
         17 . The computer program product of  claim 14 , wherein the first predetermined number is one of zero or one. 
     
     
         18 . The computer program product of  claim 14 , wherein the computer program product is configured to simulate at least one player. 
     
     
         19 . The computer program product of  claim 14 , wherein the computer program product is configured to enable play by at least one remote player by communicating with a respective computing device over a network. 
     
     
         20 . The computer program product of  claim 19 , wherein the communicating is achieved via at least one host device configured to facilitate play with other players, and to relay communication between computing devices of players.