Specialized Playing Card Game

Abstract

The invention disclosed herein relates to a game that may be digital or physical in structure that uses a plurality of specialized playing cards that combines pictures and words origin associated with pop culture. These groups of words and pictures work together to create idioms or phrases established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., raining cats and dogs, see the light). Words and pictures are separated in their own suit, the playing cards associated with the game includes but not limited to 100 picture cards in the deck variety and 100 word cards in the deck variety. Each inventive card has displayed on one of its faces either a picture or a word origin and opposite the picture or word origin side are the suits' title side, which displays “word” or “picture”. The picture origin suit of the game is selected from pop culture and includes but not limited to pictures and symbols such as rain cloud, fish, tree, dragon or ball; whereas the word origin suit is selected from pop culture and the group consists of words such as pour, sea, life, fly and play. In addition, there are a number of special and/or assistant cards that help in the play of the game.

1 . A specialized playing card game that comprises digital or physical attributes and includes but not limited to:
 a first suit and second suit;   where said first suit has a plurality of playing cards, each card having first and second faces, with each first face having displayed thereon a picture origin and second face having displayed thereon the suit title;   where said second suite has a plurality of playing cards, each card having first and second faces, with each first face having displayed thereon a word origin and second face having displayed thereon the suit title;   wherein the picture origin suit is selected from at least a first picture, a second picture, or a third picture;   wherein the word origin suit is selected from at least a first word, a second word, or a third word;   and wherein the game being further characterized in that the plurality of playing cards define at least a first, and second distinct group of cards;   wherein the first group of cards includes a first plurality of different cards all having pictures different from each of the other cards of first group;   and wherein the first plurality of cards may be arranged into two ordered first group rows, with each first group row comprising of a non ordered sequence of picture playing cards of the same group;   wherein the second group of cards includes a second plurality of different cards all having words different from each of the other cards of second group, and wherein the second plurality of cards may be arranged into two ordered second group rows, with each second group row comprising of a non ordered sequence of word playing cards of the same group;   (a) The game, according to  claim 1 , further comprises 200 playing cards that embody pictures, symbols and words card origin.   (b) The game, according to  claim 1 , further comprises a mixture of pictures, symbols and words of pop culture origin, wherein the pictures, symbols and words are selected from multiple sources that align with idioms or phrases of pop culture.   (c) The game according to  claim 1 , wherein the pictures, symbols and words origin are centrally positioned on each of the plurality of playing cards first face.   (d) The game according to  claim 1 , wherein the title suit name is centrally positioned on each of the plurality of playing cards second face.   (e) The game, according to  claim 1 , wherein the pictures and words origin suits may comprise specialty and assistance cards.   (f) The game, according to  claim 1 , wherein the picture suit has a first or second selected color, and the first, second, and third pictures or symbols has a third, fourth, or fifth selected color, and wherein the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth colors are different from one another.   (g) The game, according to  claim 1 , wherein the word suit has a first, second or third, selected colors, and wherein the color of the selected word is different than the color of the selected face card.   (h) The game, according to  claim 1 , wherein the specialized playing card game may be digital in structure, where said structure may compromise software, programming languages or application code.   
     
     
         2 . A specialized playing card game where the method of playing includes but not limited to:
 (a) dealing a plurality of word cards and picture cards to each player;   (b) dealing one word card and one picture card to table face up at start of game;   (c) each player in his or her turn may draw a card from deck, play a card from hand to make melds, discard to table upward facing or pass his or her turn entirely;   (d) terminating the game based on the predetermined winning number of melds or first gamer to empty hand.
 1. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the winning number of melds necessary to terminate the game is based on the number of players; one to two players, seven melds and three Or more players, eleven melds. 
 2. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the game cannot terminate until the player has the predetermined winning number of melds or no cards remaining in hand. 
 3. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the player must combine picture cards and word cards (melds) to create idioms or phrases to win the game. 
 4. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the player must vocally convey the potential idiom before securing a combination of a winning meld. 
 5. The method of  claim 2 , wherein a group setting at least one person (a presenter) may display a picture card and word card where the group may guess what is the idiom. 
 6. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the group setting a predetermined winning number of guesses terminates the game.