Card game

A playing card game for two or more players comprising:

• a deck of playing cards, each card having playing indicia on a playing face and a non-playing decorative design on an opposite surface,
• a plurality of flag cards, each with indicia on said playing face depicting the flag of a particular one of a plurality of different countries of the world,
• a set of general cards for each flag card, each general card in each set having indicia on said playing face having a picture of a general officer of the armed forces of the respective country in uniform, plus a number thereon indicating the order of rank of each general in the set of general cards, and
• at least one stop card having indicia on the playing face thereof calling for the stoppage of the procedure of discarding and selection of additional cards from a stack of said cards after a particular number of flag cards have been played, whereby,
• said players, having initially dealt to them as their respective hands, a number of cards equal to the number of general cards in each set, and in rotation each player placing face up on a playing surface a card from his hand and thereafter picking another card from a face down stack comprised of the remaining cards not dealt out to the players initially, said rotation continuing until all or a selected number of flag cards as designated by a stop card have been played, the order of face up placement of said flag cards from the players' hands determining the order of strength or trump of the flag cards, and subsequent to the placement of the flag cards each player in rotation playing a general card from his hand, a general card of the highest order flag card winning each trick which comprises a card of each player as played from his hand, and the number on general cards of the same flag card determining the winner of a trick when two or more general cards of the highest order flag card remaining to be played are played in a trick, a winner of the card game requiring the winning of a selected number of tricks by a player.