Card game and card game board

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a card game called “Tunsh” and a game board designed for the Tunsh game. The Tunsh game shares some features of the Solitaire type of games but also includes new elements that make Tunsh more exciting and challenging. The game board includes multiple positions specifically designed to place playing cards during the Tunsh game. The players take turns to release the cards in his/her possession and build up ascending or descending card sequences in the playing field on the game board. At the same time, each player may also burden his/her opponent with extra cards and call out the opponent's error. The Tunsh game and the game board are ideal for both casual entertainment and serious competition.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for playing a game by a first playing and a second player, the game having a first deck and a second deck of playing cards with each of the first deck and the second deck having four distinct suits, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a substantially rectangular playing board having four sides, with each of the four sides being designated as a first player side, a second player side, a first player right side, and a second player right side,
 wherein the first player side and the second player side are opposite to each other,
 wherein the first player side is designated to the first player and the second player side is designated to the second player, and 
 the first player right side is on the right of the first player when the first player faces the playing board from the first player side, and 
 the second player right side is on the right of the second player when the second player faces the playing board from the second player side; 
 
   the first player and the second player positioning thirteen cards in an initial card receiving area on the playing board;   the first player and the second player positioning any remaining cards on an remaining card receiving area on the playing board;   the first player and the second player removing four cards from the remaining card receiving area and placing the four cards on a playing card receiving area,
 wherein the remaining card receiving area is a linear arrangement of four areas disposed down the first player right side and the second player right side of the playing board; 
   the first player selecting a first card from the initial card receiving area and if the first card meets a criteria, then positioning the first card on either a card collecting receiving area or the playing card receiving area and if the first card does not meet the criteria, then positioning the first card on the initial card receiving area and drawing a new card from the remaining card receiving area and if the new card does not meet the criteria, the new card is positioned on a dumping card receiving area,
 wherein the card collecting receiving area consists of a four by two matrix of receiving areas disposed in a central portion of the playing board; 
   the second player repeating the selecting step performed by the first player; and   wherein if the first player or the second player fails to recognize a card meeting the criteria, then the first player's or second player's turn is ended.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein
 the card collecting receiving area comprises four first color collecting positions for four suits of playing cards having a first color and four second color collecting positions for four suits of playing cards having a second color,   and each collecting receiving area is used to collect a distinct suit from the first deck of playing cards or the second deck of playing cards.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein
 the four first color collecting areas and the four second color collecting areas are aligned in an alternating order.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein
 the first player's initial card receiving area, the dumping card receiving area, and the remaining card receiving area are disposed on the first player side aligned side-by-side with the dumping card receiving area in the middle of the initial card receiving area and the remaining card receiving area.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein
 the second player's initial card receiving area, the dumping card receiving area, and the remaining card receiving area are disposed on the second player side aligned side-by-side with the dumping card receiving area in the middle of the initial card receiving area and the remaining card receiving area.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein
 the playing board is a physical board made from paper.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein
 the playing board is a virtual board displayed on a display device.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the criteria requires that a card be at least one numeral greater in value and of an opposite color of a card in which it is to be positioned upon. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the playing card having the greatest value in either the first or the second deck of playing cards must be positioned in the collecting card receiving area before any other playing card. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein once the initial card receiving position has no more available cards for play, then the cards in the remaining card receiving area are used. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein if no cards remain in the remaining card receiving area, then the cards in the dumping card receiving area are used. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a full collecting card receiving area is removed from the playing board. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of the first player or the second player moving at least one playing card from one of the playing card receiving areas to another playing card receiving area on top of another playing card that meets the criteria. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of the first player or the second player moving at least one playing card from on the playing card receiving areas to one of: an opposing player's dumping card receiving area and/or the opposing player's initial card receiving area if the playing card on the opposite player's dumping card receiving area or initial card receiving area meets the criteria. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first player's or second player's turn is ended when no currently available playing card is capable of being utilized or the first or the second player audibly recognizes an opposing player's error in utilizing the playing cards during their respective turn.