US 5,791,652 AGranted

Domino and interchangeable suit cards, games, and methods of play

OwnerRodney D. Nielseninventor

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Abstract

A deck of playing cards, games, and methods of play to be used for play of conventional domino games and interchangeable suit or multiple denomination card games. The deck of cards is representative of a set of dominoes. The cards contain a primary indicia (30a), a secondary indicia (30b), and a tertiary indicia (30c). These indicia are located in positions that allow the player to clearly view and recognize all possible denominations of the cards when they are held in the typical fan-like fashion. Each indicia is composed of a first value (32b) and a second value (34b). These three indicia are each representative of the same domino and have corresponding orientations, with respect to their values. In many games, the method of play allows a player to choose either value for the suit and the other becomes the rank. The player can organize their cards by rotating them by 180 degrees, inverting the relative position of its values, to reflect a change in the desired suit.

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Dependent claims

A method of playing cards, the playing cards used by two or more card players, the playing cards having a front side and a back side, the front side of the playing cards having a playing face, the playing cards having a first indicia disposed in an upper left hand corner of the playing face of the front side of each playing card, the first indicia having a first value and a second value, the playing cards having a second indicia disposed in the lower right hand corner of the playing face of the front side of each playing card, the second indicia having a first value and a second value, the first value of the second indicia the same as the first value of said first indicia, the second value of the second indicia the same as the second value of said first indicia, the playing steps comprising:

selecting either the first value or the second value on a playing card as a suit, the unselected value added with unmatched values on other playing cards;
matching the selected suit on the playing card with other playing cards having the same suit on a playing surface;
and
taking other playing cards with the playing card by adding the unselected value on the playing card with the unmatched values on the other playing cards, the sum of the unselected value and the unmatched values having a sum of a certain multiple.

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