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US 2024/0390779 A1Published application
Device and Method for Entertainment
OwnerFrank Patrick Tirinoinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a device and method for entertainment. The device comprises a game board comprised of at least eight zones distinguished by eight symbols, at least thirty-six cards including four cards for each respective symbol and four dominant cards, at least eight tokens configured to be placed in or removed from each of the respective zones, and a dominant token. The method comprises the player discarding the pair of cards with identical symbols or the player discarding one of the cards which is identical to the card in a discard pile claim obtains the token from the corresponding zone or claims the corresponding zone, and the player discarding the dominant card last obtains the dominant token.
Claims20
A device for entertainment, comprising:
- a. a game board;
- wherein the game board comprises at least eight zones distinguished by eight symbols;
- b. at least thirty-six cards;
- wherein the cards include four cards for each respective symbol and four dominant cards;
- c. at least eight tokens;
- wherein each of the tokens is configured to be placed in or removed from each of the respective zones;
- and
- d. a dominant token.
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A method for entertainment, comprising:
- (a) providing a game board, at least thirty-six cards, at least eight tokens and a dominant token;
- wherein the game board comprises at least eight zones distinguished by eight symbols;
- wherein the cards include four cards for each respective symbol and four dominant cards;
- wherein each of the tokens is placed in each of the respective zones;
- (b) dispensing two of the cards to at least two players and rest of the cards forming a drawing pile;
- (c) discarding at least one of the cards or a pair of the cards with identical symbols to a discard pile by each of the players sequentially at a turn;
- wherein the player discarding the pair of cards with identical symbols or the player discarding one of the cards which is identical to the card in the discard pile obtains the token from the corresponding zone;
- wherein the player discarding the dominant card last obtains the dominant token;
- (d) drawing at least one card from the drawing pile by each of the players at the turn;
- wherein the turn is terminated when the player discarded at least one card and drew at least one card from the drawing pile until the player possesses two cards;
- (e) repeating steps (c) to (d) until all of the cards are placed in the discard pile;
- and
- (f) converting a total amount of possessions of each of the at least two players to an adjusted amount of possessions and determining a winner based on the adjusted amount of possessions;
- wherein the total amount of possessions comprises a total amount of the tokens and the dominant token possessed by each of the at least two players;
- wherein at least two of the players without the dominant token have identical amounts of the tokens, the adjusted amount of the possessions is zero;
- and
- wherein the total amount of possessions of at least two of the players are identical, the winner is determined based on the dominant token.
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A method for entertainment, comprising:
- (a) providing a game board, at least thirty-six cards, at least eight tokens and a dominant token;
- wherein the game board comprises at least eight zones distinguished by eight symbols;
- wherein the cards include four cards for each respective symbol and four dominant cards;
- wherein the at least eight tokens are distinguished by at least two characteristics;
- wherein each of the at least two players is associated with the one of the at least two characteristics;
- (b) dispensing two of the cards to the at least two players and rest of the cards forming a drawing pile;
- (d) discarding one of the cards or a pair of the cards with identical symbols to a discard pile by each of the players sequentially at a turn;
- wherein the player discarding the pair of cards with identical symbols or the player discarding one of the cards which is identical to the card in the discard pile claims the corresponding zone;
- wherein each of the zones is claimed by presenting one of the eight tokens with the characteristic associated to the player at each of the zones;
- wherein the player discarding the dominant card last claims the dominant token;
- (d) drawing at least one card from the drawing pile by each of the players at the turn;
- wherein the turn is terminated when the player discarded at least one card and drew at least one card from the drawing pile until the player possesses two cards;
- (e) repeating steps (c) to (d) until all of the cards are placed in the discard pile;
- and
- (f) converting a total amount of possessions of each of the at least two players to an adjusted amount and determining a winner based on the adjusted amount of possessions;
- wherein the total amount of possessions comprises the amount of zones claimed by each of the at least two players and the dominant token;
- wherein at least two of the players without the dominant token have identical amount of zones claimed, the adjusted amount of the possessions is zero;
- and
- wherein the total amount of possessions of at least two of the players are identical, the winner is determined based on the dominant token.
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