US 6,022,023 A · Apparatus and method of playing a basketball card game

Abstract

A basketball card game that simulates a real action basketball game including blocked shots, slam-dunks, fast breaks, steals, time-outs and free-throws. Each player or team is given a plurality of offensive and defensive cards along with time-out cards and quarter cards. A coin toss determines which team starts out playing offense. The team on offense draws one of their offensive cards, and if necessary, the defensive team draws a defensive card in hopes of counteracting the offensive play. Once all the offensive cards have been played, the quarter is over. The game consists of four quarters. At the end of the fourth quarter, the player or team with the highest combined score (of all four quarters) is the winner. The players can employ strategy by skillful use of the time-out cards and quarter cards to change the flow of the game or end a quarter.

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Dependent claims

A basketball card game apparatus for use with two teams comprising:

a plurality of offense cards, wherein each offense card comprises a unique offensive play in basketball;
a plurality of defense cards, wherein each defense card comprises a unique defensive play in basketball;
a plurality of quarter cards, wherein each quarter card permits a team to end a quarter of the basketball game at will;
a plurality of time out cards, wherein each time out card permits the teams to exchange offense or defense cards or both;
and
said plurality of offense cards being split into a first set for one team and into a second set for the other team, said plurality of defense cards being split into a third set for said first team and a fourth set for said other team, said teams alternating the use of said respective sets of offense and defense cards in response to one another, said teams introducing said respective quarter cards and time out cards at will.

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A method for playing a basketball card game between two teams wherein the method of playing comprises the steps of:

(a) providing a plurality of offensive and defensive cards;
(b) dividing all of the offensive cards into a first set and a second set of offense cards and assigning one of said sets of offensive cards to each of said teams respectively, wherein each of said offense cards comprises a unique basketball offense play;
(c) dividing all of the defensive cards into a third set and a fourth set of defense cards and assigning one of said sets of defensive cards to each of said teams respectively, wherein each of said defense cards comprises a unique basketball defense play;
(d) selecting a first team to move;
(e) said first team selecting an offense card from said first set to initiate the basketball game;
(f) said second team selecting a defense card from said fourth set to respond to said first team's selecting an offense card from said first set;
(g) said first team and said second team selecting from their respective sets of offense cards and defense cards in alternation and in response to each other teams's cards to play a basketball game until said first set and second set of offense cards are depleted, thereby ending a quarter;
and
(h) tracking points for each of said first and second teams during said alternation.

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