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US 11,161,034 B1Granted
Card game
OwnerMiles Putnaminventor
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Abstract
A new trivia-based card game comprising a deck of cards with a plurality of planar playing cards. Each planar playing card has three orthogonal pieces of information on its playing surface: an index, a card value, and a topic. Each planar playing card also has an answer value list and an answer list on its playing surface. The deck of cards may be sorted into unique sub-sets based off of index, card value, or topic. All of the planar playing cards contained in each sub-set sorted by topic share an answer value list and an answer list. A trivia-based card game can be played with such a deck.
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A playing card game comprising
- a plurality of planar playing cards with each of the planar playing cards having a playing surface and a perimeter;
- each planar playing card comprising three pieces of orthogonal information residing on the playing surface of each of the plurality of planar playing cards, an index chosen from a set of index values, a card value chosen from a set of card values, and a topic chosen from a set of topic values;
- Each planar playing card further comprising an answer value list containing a plurality of unique answer values and each answer list containing a plurality of unique answers
- an answer value list containing a plurality of unique answer values residing on the playing surface of each of the plurality of planar playing cards with each unique answer value being chosen from a set of answer values;
- an answer list containing a plurality of unique answers residing on the playing surface of each of the planar playing cards with each unique answer being chosen from a set of answers;
- wherein the index identifies a plurality of unique and specific sub-sets of the plurality of playing cards,
- wherein the card value identifies a plurality of unique and specific sub-sets of the plurality of playing cards,
- wherein the topic identifies a plurality of unique and specific sub-sets of the plurality of playing cards,
- wherein the sub-sets created by the index are distinct from the sub-sets created by the card value and topic, and
- wherein at least two of the indices have identical card values, topics, answer value lists, and answer lists.
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A method of playing a card-based trivia game comprising the steps of
- providing a deck containing a plurality of planar playing cards, wherein each of the plurality of planar playing cards is unique;
- wherein each planar playing card comprising three pieces of orthogonal information residing on the playing surface of each of the plurality of planar playing cards, an index chosen from a set of index values, a card value chosen from a set of card values, and a topic chosen from a set of topic values;
- each planar playing card further comprising information in the form of an answer value list containing a plurality of unique answer values and each answer list containing a plurality of unique answers;
- selecting a clue-giver from a plurality of players;
- having the clue-giver select a first card from the plurality of planar playing cards;
- showing the answer value list and answer list of unique answers on the first planar playing card to all players;
- having the clue-giver select a second card from the plurality of planar playing cards provided;
- having the clue-giver map a specific piece of secret information in the form of a unique answer value and a unique answer on the second planar playing card onto a specific piece of seen but undisclosed information corresponding to a unique answer value and a unique answer contained on the first planar playing card;
- having the clue-giver provide clues that can be heard by all players that will allow them to ascertain the seen but undisclosed information contained on the first card;
- allowing the players to guess the seen but undisclosed information contained on the first card;
- scoring the game based on who correctly guessed the seen but undisclosed information contained on the first card.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.