US 10,478,711 B2Granted

Points and bid card game

OwnerPeter Stollinventor

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Abstract

A game that includes a game hub having a draw tray and a discard tray for point cards; four game boards, four sets of score markers; sixteen indicator cards; and fifty-one point cards divided into eight classification sets and a wild card set. Each set of the eight classification sets of point cards includes six point cards, where each of the point cards has a combination of: a classification set name; a point value indicator; a symbol associated with the classification set; an image associated with the classification set name; and a common name for the image; where the combination is different for each of the point cards in the eight classification sets. The wild card set includes three point cards each having a number zero on the first major surface.

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A game, comprising:

a game hub having:
a draw tray and a discard tray for point cards;
and
four game boards surrounding the game hub, wherein each of the four game boards includes a points spent tracker comprising a grid of a plurality of numbers representing points spent, a tournament win tracker comprising a plurality of numbers representing a number of tournament wins, a net points tracker comprising a grid of a plurality of numbers representing accumulated net points and an indicator card tray for indicator cards;
four sets of score markers for placing on the game board, wherein each set of score markers includes a first score marker placed and moved on the points spent tracker, a second score marker placed and moved on the tournament wins tracker and a third score marker placed and moved on the net points tracker, wherein each of the four sets of score markers has a predetermined color that is different than the other sets of score markers;
sixteen indicator cards for placing in the indicator card tray, the sixteen indicator cards divided into four sets of four indicator cards, wherein each of the four sets of the four indicator cards has a determined color that is different than the other sets of four indicator cards and wherein each indicator card includes a first major surface and wherein each of the four sets of four indicator cards includes a first indicator card with an identifying value one (1) on the first major surface, a second indicator card with the identifying value two (2) on the first major surface, a third indicator card with the identifying value three (3) on the first major surface and a fourth indicator card with the identifying value four (4) and the term “FOURBID™” on the first major surface;
and
fifty-one point cards for placing in the draw tray and the discard tray of the game hub, the fifty-one points cards divided into eight classification sets and a wild card set, wherein each point card includes a first major surface and each set of the eight classification sets of point cards includes six point cards and wherein each of the point cards in the eight classification sets has on its first major surface comprising a combination of:
a classification set name;
a point value indicator;
a symbol having a shape and color representing the classification set;
an image representing the classification set name;
and
a common name for the image;
where the combination on the first major surface is different for each of the point cards in the eight classification sets, and wherein the wild card set includes three point cards each having a number zero on the first major surface, where the wild cards are bordered with one of each shape and color symbols found in each of the eight classification sets.

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Abstract

A game, comprising:

a game hub having:
a draw tray and a discard tray for point cards;
and
four game boards surrounding the game hub, wherein each of the four game boards includes a points spent tracker comprising a grid of a plurality of numbers representing points spent, a tournament win tracker comprising a plurality of numbers representing a number of tournament wins, a net points tracker comprising a grid of a plurality of numbers representing accumulated net points and an indicator card tray for indicator cards;
four sets of score markers for placing on the game board, wherein each set of score markers includes a first score marker placed and moved on the points spent tracker, a second score marker placed and moved on the tournament wins tracker and a third score marker placed and moved on the net points tracker, wherein each of the four sets of score markers has a predetermined color that is different than the other sets of score markers;
sixteen indicator cards for placing in the indicator card tray, the sixteen indicator cards divided into four sets of four indicator cards, wherein each of the four sets of the four indicator cards has a determined color that is different than the other sets of four indicator cards and wherein each indicator card includes a first major surface and wherein each of the four sets of four indicator cards includes a first indicator card with an identifying value one (1) on the first major surface, a second indicator card with the identifying value two (2) on the first major surface, a third indicator card with the identifying value three (3) on the first major surface and a fourth indicator card with the identifying value four (4) and the term “FOURBID™” on the first major surface;
and
fifty-one point cards for placing in the draw tray and the discard tray of the game hub, the fifty-one points cards divided into eight classification sets and a wild card set, wherein each point card includes a first major surface and each set of the eight classification sets of point cards includes six point cards and wherein each of the point cards in the eight classification sets has on its first major surface comprising a combination of:
a classification set name;
a point value indicator;
a symbol having a shape and color representing the classification set;
an image representing the classification set name;
and
a common name for the image;
where the combination on the first major surface is different for each of the point cards in the eight classification sets, and wherein the wild card set includes three point cards each having a number zero on the first major surface, where the wild cards are bordered with one of each shape and color symbols found in each of the eight classification sets.

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