Game scoring method

In the playing of a series of two or more card games, during which the teams of partners are changed from one game to the next, a method of scoring both the separate game scores for each team and the final cumulative score for each individual player, comprising the steps of:

• first selecting for each individual player a digital number which lies within a predetermined low range of numbers that are below the range of numbers which will be needed for scoring, and which digital number will then identify that player for score-keeping purposes;
• when the first game is to commence,
• (a) assigning a first pair of players to a "WE" team and a second pair of players to a "THEY" team,
• (b) recording in conjunction with a "WE" symbol the respective digital numbers previously selected to represent said first pair of players, and
• (c) recording in conjunction with a "THEY" symbol the respective digital numbers previously selected to represent said second pair of players;
• as the first game progresses, recording a digital number corresponding to the score for each successive hand, in association with the previously recorded "WE" or "THEY" symbol, as appropriate;
• at the conclusion of the first game, recording digital numbers representing game total scores for the "WE" and "THEY" teams, in association with the previously recorded "WE" and "THEY" symbols, respectively;
• then changing the team assignments for the second game, by assigning at least one different player to at least one team;
• again recording the team symbols "WE" and "THEY", but in new locations, and recording in association with each team symbol the digital numbers representing the individual players now assigned to that team;
• as the second game progresses, recording a digital number corresponding to the score for each successive hand, in association with the previously recorded "WE" or "THEY" symbol, as appropriate;
• at the conclusion of the second game, recording digital numbers representing the new game scores for the "WE" and "THEY" teams, in association with the new recordings of the team symbols "WE" and "THEY", respectively;
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• thereafter, for each individual player, adding up all the scores for both games associated with the digital number which identifies that individual player, to thereby provide a total score for that individual player, and then recording that total score in association with the digital number which identifies that individual player.