Strategy Card Game

Abstract

A strategy card game where players have an initial hand of three cards and engage in three rounds of either drawing a card, discarding a card, or passing with the goal of obtaining a five-card combination of features worth the most points. The cards pertain to two creatures, each having five corresponding appendages. Each appendage card is present in the deck in five different colors.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A strategy card game comprising a deck of cards featuring:
 creature cards, and   appendage cards,   wherein the appendage cards comprise one of five different appendages that correspond to a creature card, and   wherein each deck has each appendage card in six different colors.   
     
     
         2 . The strategy card game of  claim 1  wherein the deck comprises 72 cards. 
     
     
         3 . The strategy card game of  claim 1  further comprising a wild card not limited to color. 
     
     
         4 . The strategy card game of  claim 1  wherein the game is played by a first player and at least one additional player. 
     
     
         5 . The strategy card game of  claim 4  wherein the first player and the at least one additional player play the strategy card game on a board wherein the first player and the at least one additional player are dealt a hand of three cards, and three center cards are placed upright at the center of the board. 
     
     
         6 . The strategy card game of  claim 5  wherein the first player and the at least one additional player engage in three rounds of play per phase, whereby in each round, one card is added to the center cards, and each player either draws a card from the center cards, discards a card from the player's hand of cards, or passes. 
     
     
         7 . The strategy card game of  claim 6  wherein each player completes one phase with three hands of five cards obtained through playing three rounds, wherein each player scores the five-card combinations according to sequence and matching values. 
     
     
         8 . The strategy card game of  claim 7  wherein the five-card combination sequences and values comprise one pair, two pairs, three of a kind, full house, same color, full creature, four of a kind, five of a kind, and full creature same color. 
     
     
         9 . The strategy card game of  claim 8  further comprising bonus points or values from having a creature card. 
     
     
         10 . The strategy card game of  claim 8  further comprising bonus points or values from having a wild card. 
     
     
         11 . A method of playing the strategy card game of  claim 1 , the method steps comprising:
 obtaining a deck of cards comprising at least 72 cards featuring two creatures and five appendages per creature, with each creature and each appendage occurring in the deck six times, one in each of six colors;   setting up a board wherein each player has three initial cards, three center cards are placed face up, and the remaining deck is placed to the side; and   completing a phase by playing three rounds.   
     
     
         12 . The method steps of  claim 11  whereby each player gains one card in each of the three rounds, completing the phase by having three sets of five cards. 
     
     
         13 . The method steps of  claim 11  whereby each player in each round draws a card from the center cards, discards a card, or passes. 
     
     
         14 . The method steps of  claim 13  further comprising adding a card to the center cards at the start of each round. 
     
     
         15 . The method steps of  claim 11  further comprising evaluating each player's card sequences and values. 
     
     
         16 . The method steps of  claim 15  further comprising calculating bonus values or points. 
     
     
         17 . The method steps of  claim 16  further comprising determining each player's final score. 
     
     
         18 . The method steps of  claim 17  further comprising declaring the player with the most points as the winner.