Fantasy sports card game

Abstract

A fantasy football rewind game providing a deck of playing cards with each of the cards having indicia associated with a fantasy player having a fantasy point value corresponding to a real life player in a professional sports league, a fantasy event from a previous season of a fantasy sports league of the professional sports league, or a game action for each game player is provided. The fantasy football rewind game may be initiated by a plurality of game players. Chips having a monetary value may be acquired and lost by each game player. Game play includes choosing to play a drawn playing card or a card from one's hand, wherein the fantasy players can be collected in a lineup panel. The goal is to amass the highest of the combination of fantasy point values of the collected fantasy lineup panel and the monetary value from the chips.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of playing a game, comprising:
 dealing a predetermined number of playing cards from a deck of cards to each of a plurality of game players, wherein the deck of cards includes a plurality of player cards, wherein each of the player card is associated with a fantasy player having a fantasy point value predetermined by a previously played fantasy sports league comprising a plurality of fantasy teams each comprising the fantasy player corresponding to a real life player;   wherein the game players take a turn, each turn for each respective game player includes drawing one playing card from at least one of the deck of cards and a discard pile;   playing a playing card, wherein game playing includes creating a collection of lineup panel cards; and   summing the fantasy point values of all lineup panel cards at an end of game play.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further compromising, prior to dealing, providing each game player with a total monetary value;
 wherein the end of game playing further comprising adding the total monetary value to the summed fantasy point values.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the total monetary value is the summation of a plurality of pigskin chips, each pigskin chip having an associated monetary value. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of playing cards include a plurality of game action cards, and wherein each drawn game action card modifies at least one of the total monetary value of at least one game player and the fantasy point value of at least one player card. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of playing cards include a plurality of game event cards, and wherein each drawn game action card increases at least one of the total monetary value of at least one game player and the fantasy point value of at least one player card. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a season of the previously played fantasy sports league is determined by the plurality of game players prior to dealing the predetermined number of playing cards. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising rolling a die to determine a portion of the season of the previously played fantasy sports league prior to dealing the predetermined number of playing cards. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising a plurality of time out trivia cards, wherein each time out trivia card is associated with a trivia question and a increase in the total monetary value of at least one corresponding with a correct answer to the trivia question, and wherein one of the plurality of game action cards instructs the at least one game player to answer one time out trivia cards. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of game action cards comprise a plurality of injury reserve cards, wherein each injury reserve card is associated with a specific fantasy player, wherein the player card associated with the specific fantasy player must be discarded to the discard pile if the player card and the injured reserve card corresponding to the specific fantasy player are held by the same game player. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the modification of the at least one of the total monetary value is a decrease thereof, and wherein an amount of the decrease is donated to a region on a game board.