Strategy Card Game Method of Play

Abstract

A strategy card game where multiple players use point and action cards paid for by dice rolls in order to accumulate a specified point total. The embodiment incompasses buff/debuff cards to facilitate the strategy aspect of game play with each player taking turns in sequence until one player reaches a predetermined point total and is declared the winner.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A method of playing a combined card and dice game, which comprises: Providing
 a predetermined set of printed rules;   Providing one deck of cards wherein each side of said cards having differentiating graphic and symbolic task symbols drawing placed on it;   Providing each player five varied color die having six different sides, each side of said die being identified with a numeral of  1  thru  6 ; Providing two white die having six different sides, each side of said die being identified with a numeral of  1  thru  6 .   Providing and shuffling the deck of cards, placing said cards in a neatly stacked deck with all faces of said cards facing downward and placing them in the center of the circular arrangement of players, so to have reachable access of said cards;   Providing each player is to receive 5 cards for their starting hands from the shuffled deck of cards;   Providing for actual start and playing of said dice and card game to begin, wherein, the player determined to be the first player proceeds with the turn phases.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , which comprises each player executing turns in sequence with other players going in sequence by drawing, playing and discarding game components in accordance with the rules until the game ends, said step of executing a turn comprises:
 (a) player one draws one card from the top of the shared deck placed in the middle of all players.   (b) player discards any, all, or no staged cards. (Note that this turn phase actually comes into play after the first turn due to the fact that each player has no cards to in the staging area during the beginning turn.   (c) player then decides based on advantages and player strategy up to three cards to place down the in staging area. Placing said cards where the dice face on each card is visible for all players.   (d) player rolls the dice, the player rolls 5 dice (augmented during the progression of the game according to offensive or defensive cards that are paid and put into play.   (e) the player uses the dice roll to determine which, any, or all the staged cards the player can pay the cost of and enter into play.   (1) Each card in the staging area will have pictures to depict the dice rolls needed in order to pay the cost of the cards. (2) The player determines which cards will be paid for and brought into the players playable area or which cards will be partially paid for; if 3 dice are needed and only one dice matches player may elect to place that singular dice on the picture on the individual card as a holding place for the dice cost. (3) That dice is not rerolled but remains until subsequent dice are rolled to match the remaining cost of the card or a decision is made to discard the staged card as not completed and replace with an alternate staged card in it's place. (4) Dice can only be used to pay cost of staged cards once per players turn. Method of play as referenced to item  4 , if you play 3 cards that require the roll of a 2 dice then that 2 dice can only be used once to pay cost of only one card. (5) Some turns the player has the possibility to bring all three staged cards into play with the completion of the 5 dice rolls to pay for the cost of the 3 staged cards.   (f) the player executes paid cards into the active play area either on the players side or the opponents side dependent on the individual strategy card type. the player card may affect play immediately, the player card may be saved in player area to cause effect at a later offensive time in the progression of strategy card game, the player will immediately play point cards tot   (g) the opponent player at this time plays defensive cards that they have paid the dice cost of and have saved in their play area for use to cancel ill effects of offensive cards being played by the current player.   (h) the player discards cards from hand in order to maintain a set hand size according the predetermined set of rules   (I) the player announces that the player ends turn.   
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1  where each player proceeds with the turn phases according to the method referenced in  claim 2  until such time as a player reaches the predetermined point total to be declared the winner.