Electronic card system and method

An electronic card game method comprising:

• a. defining the number of participants in the game, to include one participant or more;
• setting up the game, wherein each participant locates his/her cards on a flat surface, adjacent to each other;
• b. performing a setup procedure, wherein game parameters are set up, including various values such as the number of players;
• automatically recognizing the game configuration by communications between the connected cards in the game;
• c. detecting any addition of a new card and automatically responding by acknowledging it, revising the game parameters and proceeding to the next player;
• d. allowing each player to enter his/her input into the game, in their turn, and responding accordingly;
• e. setting and updating individual parameters for each card, during the game, according to the game rules;
• f. allowing each player, after each round in the game and according to the rules of the game as stored in the master card, to add cards, replace cards or activate dead cards;
• g. distinguishing between card additions during setup versus additions between rounds, and activating different routines in each case;
• h. updating the parameters of the game responsive to a topology of the game, the topology comprising a location of the cards relative to each other;
• i. finishing the game when only cards belonging to one player remain active in the game, or when the Master Card is “captured” by one of the players, or when all the player's cards become inactive, and according to criteria for game end stored in the system;
• j. activating various sound and/or visual effects responsive to player's actions, and wherein such effects include concurrent activation of display means in a plurality of cards or a concurrent generation of sounds in various cards.