Card game and method for playing
OwnerJames Roy Haysinventor
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Abstract
A card game for 2-7 players. The game consists of seven (7) “Rounds.” At the end of seven (7) “Rounds” the player with the lowest score wins. A “Round” is complete when a player sheds all cards from a “Hand.” A “Hand” is a card set dealt by the Dealer to each player at the beginning of each “Round.” Every player starts with a “Hand” consisting of seven (7) or fourteen (14) cards, dealt face down. The object of the game is to shed cards from your “Hand” by making “Books.” “Books” may contain two cards adding to seven (7) or four or more cards adding to a number that is a multiple of seven (7), such as 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, etc. Once the original “Hand” is dealt, the “Round” begins by dealing one card from the Dealer Deck, face up, to the first player on the dealers left.
Claims16
A card game apparatus for two to seven players, comprising:
- a deck consisting of 150 unsuited playing cards, wherein the deck consisting of 6 unsuited groups of 20 cards each displaying numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and ten BONUS cards each with a number value of 11, and ten 3′n PLAY penalty cards each with no number value, and ten 3′n SKIP penalty cards each with no number value;
- a card dealer for dealing said playing cards;
- an initial card hand consisting of 7 or 14 cards is randomly distributed to each of the players;
- after the initial cards are dealt, one card is dealt to the player immediately left of the dealer and placed face up on the playing surface in front of the player who attempts to shed all cards from their hand;
- if the face up card is an 11 BONUS card, the player's score is immediately reduced by negative 50 points and the player has the option to shed one card from their hand and the face up 11 BONUS card is discarded and the player continues play;
- if the face up card is a 3′n PLAY penalty card, the dealer deals 3 cards face down to the player and that player adds the 3 cards to their hand creating a 10 or 17 card hand and the 3′n PLAY penalty card is discarded and that player continues play;
- if the face up card is a 3′n SKIP penalty card, the dealer deals 3 cards face down to the player and that player adds the 3 cards to their hand creating a 10 or 17 card hand and the 3′n SKIP penalty card is discarded and that player skips their turn to play.
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