Card game and method for playing a card game

Abstract

The invention relates to a card game and a method of playing a card game, more particularly the invention relates to a novel deck of cards for use in playing the card game, where the deck of cards may be a physical deck of cards distributed between players of the game, or alternatively as a virtual deck of cards in an electronic format for playing the game in an electronic version of the game, such as a computer game, video game, electronic game, mobile app, or the like, which is used for playing the game.

1 . A method of playing a card game involving two or more players, the method which includes;
 providing a deck of 120 cards, each card having a face and a value ascribed thereto, the deck being made up of three suits of 39 cards each and three wild cards;   wherein each suit comprises thirty-six alphabet cards having an individual letter of an alphabet and a numerical value respectively and three power cards comprising, one skip-a-turn card, one reverse order of play or letter blank card, and one penalty card;   proving each player a number of cards from the deck to begin the game;   providing a single card from the deck face up on a playing surface in view of all the players as the plateau card, and providing a draw pile of the remaining cards in the deck, placed face down on the playing surface;   initiating play by each player, in turn, matching one of their provided cards with the colour suit or the letter of the plateau card forming in-play cards, or the player picking up a card from the draw pile of cards;   play continuing by each player, in turn, adding cards to the in-play cards to form a word spelt by the letters on each card, or by matching a card to a suit of the in-play cards, or picking up a card from the draw pile;   withdrawing in-play cards of a spelt word by the player responsible for playing the card required to complete the spelt word;   providing a score to said player by tallying up the total numeric value of the withdrawn cards;   play continuing until one of the players achieves a predetermined score to win the game;   wherein play is then terminated and the numeric value of cards held with a remaining player are tallied to count against said remaining player's score.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein at least each letter of an alphabet is at least one card of the alphabet cards; and/or
 wherein the numerical value of each of the alphabet cards of the three suits are selected according to the frequency of use of the letter in an alphabet; such that the numerical value is lower when the frequency of the letter is higher; and such that the numerical value is higher when the frequency of the letter is lower; and/or 
 wherein duplicate alphabet cards are made up of high frequency letters. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the wild cards are ascribed a value of 5 if held by a player once the game has terminated, and for the wild cards to be ascribed no value if held by a player achieving a predetermined score to win the game; and/or
 wherein the power cards are ascribed a value of 5 if held by a player once the game has terminated, and for the power cards to be ascribed no value if held by a player achieving a predetermined score to win the game. 
 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the deck of cards are physical cards. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  including playing the card game through an electronic medium,
 wherein the electronic medium includes; a computer program, a video game console, a mobile application, or any other electronic medium; and/or 
 playing the game over the internet in one or more forms of the electronic medium. 
 
     
     
         6 . A novel deck of cards for playing a card game; the deck comprising 120 cards, each card having a face and a value ascribed thereto, the deck being made up of three suits of 39 cards each and 3 wild cards; wherein each suit comprises thirty-six alphabet cards having an individual letter of an alphabet and a numerical value respectively and three power cards comprising, one skip-a-turn card, one reverse order of play or letter blank card, and one penalty card. 
     
     
         7 . The deck of cards as claimed in  claim 6  wherein the deck of cards are physical cards. 
     
     
         8 . The deck of cards as claimed in  claim 6  wherein the deck of cards are an electronic medium,
 wherein the electronic medium includes; a computer program, a video game console, a mobile application, or any other electronic medium; and/or 
 wherein the electronic medium includes playing the game over the internet in one or more forms of the electronic medium. 
 
     
     
         9 . A method of playing a card game involving two or more players, the method which includes;
 providing a deck of 180 cards, each card having a face and a value ascribed thereto, the deck being made up of three suits of 59 cards each and three wild cards; wherein each suit comprises fifty-six chemical cards having an individual element of the periodic table and a numerical value respectively and three power cards comprising, one skip-a-turn card, one reverse order of play or letter blank card, and one penalty card;   proving each player a number of cards from the deck to begin the game;   providing a single card from the deck face up on a playing surface in view of all the players as the plateau card, and providing a draw pile of the remaining cards in the deck, placed face down on the playing surface;   initiating play by each player, in turn, matching one of their provided cards with the colour suit or the element of the plateau card forming in-play cards, or the player picking up a card from the draw pile of cards;   play continuing by each player, in turn, adding cards to the in-play cards to form a chemical compound by the elements on each card, or by matching a card to a suit of the in-play cards, or picking up a card from the draw pile;   withdrawing in-play cards of a chemical by the player responsible for playing the card required to complete the chemical;   providing a score to said player by tallying up the total numeric value of the withdrawn cards;   play continuing until one of the players achieves a predetermined score to win the game;   wherein play is then terminated and the numeric value of cards held with a remaining player are tallied to count against said remaining player's score.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the numerical value of each of the chemical cards of the three suits are selected according to the frequency of that element present in chemical compounds; such that the numerical value is lower when the frequency of the element is higher; and such that the numerical value is higher when the frequency of the element is lower; and/or
 wherein for duplicate chemical cards are made up of high frequency elements. 
 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the wild cards are ascribed a value of 5 if held by a player once the game has terminated, and for the wild cards to be ascribed no value if held by a player achieving a predetermined score to win the game; and/or
 wherein the power cards are ascribed a value of 5 if held by a player once the game has terminated, and for the power cards to be ascribed no value if held by a player achieving a predetermined score to win the game. 
 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the deck of cards are physical cards. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9  including playing the card game through an electronic medium,
 wherein the electronic medium includes; a computer program, a video game console, a mobile application, or any other electronic medium; and/or 
 playing the game over the internet in one or more forms of the electronic medium. 
 
     
     
         14 . A novel deck of cards for playing a card game; the deck comprising 180 cards, each card having a face and a value ascribed thereto, the deck being made up of three suits of 59 cards each and 3 wild cards; wherein each suit comprises fifty-six alphabet cards having an individual element of the periodic table and a numerical value respectively and three power cards comprising, one skip-a-turn card, one reverse order of play or letter blank card, and one penalty card. 
     
     
         15 . The deck of cards as claimed in  claim 14  wherein the deck of cards are physical cards. 
     
     
         16 . The deck of cards as claimed in  claim 14  wherein the deck of cards are an electronic medium,
 wherein the electronic medium includes; a computer program, a video game console, a mobile application, or any other electronic medium; and/or 
 wherein the electronic medium includes playing the game over the internet in one or more forms of the electronic medium.