ITRA20070004A1 - GAME WITH CARDS WITH SOLUTION - Google Patents

Description

Text attached to the patent application for industrial invention entitled:

"CARD GAME WITH SOLUTION"

The present application is based on the provisional patent application No. 60 / 765,429, entitled "card games with solution", filed on February 3, 2006 and claims its priority according to U.S.C. § 119 (e) U.S .; what is described in the provisional application, is to be considered contained in its entirety for every permitted purpose, - in the present application.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This description relates to card games, and more particularly to card games in which ± players play to form predefined combinations of cards in order to obtain information which, in turn, allows the players to solve a question and puzzle or puzzle.

For example, some embodiments may comprise several playing cards, information cards with pieces of information relating to a possible solution, as well as a solution card indicating the possible solutions. According to an exemplary method of the game, a predetermined number of information cards can be chosen before the game, the information on the chosen cards collectively indicating one of several possible solutions. During play, the formation of a combination of playing cards may allow a player to attempt to discover parts of the information on one of the information cards, for example by attempting to satisfy a condition associated with a particular piece of information. According to such a method, the goal of a player who has managed to discover enough information may be to correctly determine the solution based on the information discovered in order to win the game.

Traditional card games in which players attempt to form combinations of them include the Rummy game and its variants such as Gin Rummy, Canasta, Five Hundred, Go Fish and Old Maid. Special card decks have been made for some card games, such as Mille Barnes (Parker Brothers, Inc.), Uno {Mattel Inc.} as well as the card game described in US patent application no.

6,247,697. Some special decks include cards that have a predetermined effect on the game. For example, game One includes cards that instruct a player to take an action, such as drawing a number of additional cards.

Further examples of decks of cards and / or games: with cards in which cards or objects are mixed to create sets or combinations include the games and decks of cards described in US patent applications no.

3,734.5: 10, 3,990,698, 4,243,226, 4,369,876, 4,646,480, 4,015,353., 3,037,110, 5,106,109, 5,213,334, 5,374,067, 5,380,012, 5,451,062, 5,711,526, 5,772,212, $ ;, 810,361, 5,816,576, 5,832,173, 5,832,173, 5,832,173, 5,832,173, 5,832,173 6,454,265, 6,588-, 756, as well as in English patent application no. GB 2,230,962 A.

The content of all the questions mentioned above is to be considered incorporated in its entirety and for all the purposes admitted in this question.

The card games according to the present invention will be better understood and appreciated by means of the following detailed description in combination with the

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Figure 1 represents a product concept presentation sheet and shows several exemplary components of the game including game cards, information cards, an example of a requirement or condition card, a die and a solution card.

Figure 2 shows prototype playing cards suitable for the games according to the present invention, said prototypes comprising indications of

Figure 3 shows an example of an embodiment of a card with a solution suitable for games according to the present invention.

Figure 4 shows prototypes of information cards and request cards suitable for the games according to the present invention.

Figures 5 and 6 show one or more cards with information and one of the cards with requests of figure 4 as well as an example of a method for moving the card with information relative to the card with requests.

Figures 7 to 10 show alternative embodiments of cards; game according to the present invention.

Figures 11 and 12 show alternative embodiments of cards with claims according to the present invention.

Figure 13 relates to a front view of an embodiment of an information card according to the present invention.

Figure 14 is a rear view of the information card illustrated in Figure 13.

Figures 15 to 21 show rear views of alternative embodiments of information cards according to the present invention.

Figure 22 shows an embodiment of a potential solution according to the present invention.

Figure 23 shows an example of a combination of playing cards according to the present invention.

Figure 24 shows an information card associated with a card with requests or conditions according to the present invention.

Figure 25 relates to a block diagram of an example of the game sequence according to the present invention,

Figures 25 and 27 show as many block diagrams of an example of the game sequence according to the present invention.

Figure 28 represents a block diagram of a portion of an alternate sequence of the game according to the present invention.

Figure 29 shows the block diagram of another cast of a body).

The indications 14 relating to the value of the card shown on one side of some playing cards 2 can be indicated, for example, by a number as shown on the example cards of figure 1. As will be explained in detail below, when a player forms; a combination of cards during a hand or sequence of the game, values can be used to determine whether information or part of it can be

In some embodiments of the game, the side of some or all of the dimple cards may include other indications, such as instructions to take a certain action or to make a certain move, for example whether the playing card should be discarded. or played. Figure 2 shows a prototype embodiment of a variant of the game, which comprises some playing cards 30 provided with such indicators 32 for instructions,

The back of the playing cards (not shown in the figures) may include generic indications, indications relating to the conditions of exchange, and / or other indications, or it can be left blank or blank, so that the playing cards are indistinguishable when viewed from the back.

Again with reference to Figure 1, the exemplary embodiment of the card game represented therein also includes several information cards or cards with information 4. As previously mentioned, the information reported by the information cards can allow the players participating in the game to solve a problem. problem or question that is a part of the game. Consistent with the theme of "criminal investigation" of the embodiments described, the problem can be to discover or determine which of different criminals has prepared or carried out a crime, each information card 4 is represented as comprising an opposing side 18 with relative indications to the category and other indications 20, as well as a back 22 with indications 24 or parts of information. The indications 20 relating to the category indicate the type of information reported on the back 22, The information, as well as the categories, can reflect, as explained above, a game theme. For example, in the exemplary embodiment shown, the categories of information may indicate suspects relating to the crime to be discovered, each of which includes a piece of information relating to the criminal suspected of being involved in the crime. The information may therefore correspond to the physical or somatic traits of the suspect as a criminal, such as "eye color", "hair color", etc. Information markings 24 on the back 22 of an information card 4 may indicate one of several possibilities within the category indicated on the opposite side 18, For example, an information card relating to "eye color" will have indications such as "blue eyes" or some other eye colors.

The embodiment illustrated and described herein comprises four categories of information, with two possibilities for each category. So there are eight different information cards 4, two for each category, as shown in the following table.

Category Info

Eye color Blue eyes

Brown eyes

Hair color Black hair

Blond hair

Shaved beard or mustache

Moustache

Glasses Without glasses.

With glasses

According to a game method, each of the categories of information cards can be chosen at random at the start of the game. The information on the chosen information cards describes one of sixteen possible combinations of the four categories. Each combination can therefore correspond to one of sixteen different "characters" - The players of the game can be allowed to discover the information reported on one or more information cards 4 during the game, as well as to try to guess the solution of the problem by deducing the identity of the character.

The exemplary embodiment may therefore also comprise a card 10 with the solution, which in turn comprises indications 26 relating to the solution and indicating the different combinations of categories or traits. The card 10 with the solution represented in figure 1 is an illustrative prototype, but figure 3 shows another example of a card 40 with the solution consistent with the categories and information reported above, said card showing sixteen different indications 42 relating to the solution in the form of illustrations of different characters with the traits suggested by the information on information cards 4. For example, each character is illustrated as having blond or black hair, blue or brown eyes, and so on. Each character is also indicated by a name, which can serve as a suitable label to refer to the combination of traits associated with the character. therefore, in the illustrated form, the solution to the question can be represented by the name of the character having the combination of traits indicated on the 4 chosen information cards.

It is therefore clear that other embodiments of the game may include a different number of categories of information, a different number of possibilities within each category, a different number of solutions and so on depending on the level of difficulty to be reached. for game participants or gamers.

Again with reference to Figure 1, an example of card 16 with request or condition is shown therein, said card comprising indications 28 relating to a request, represented as a series of numbers printed along the top edge of the card. As will be explained in more detail below, the indications 28 of the condition may indicate a condition that must be fulfilled, during the game, by a player in order for him to become aware of the information on the back 22 of an information card 4 associated with the card. 6 with condition. For example, according to an exemplary form of the game suitable to be carried out according to the illustrated embodiment, suitable operations prior to the game may comprise placing each randomly selected information card 4, with the opposite side up, on a card 6 with condition , in order to indicate the condition that must be met for a player to be able to "discover" the information on the information card 4.

For example, the information card 4 on the card with condition 6 in Figure 1 is associated with the indications 28 on the condition indicated by the number "12", since the information card 4 is placed on the card 6 with the condition in visual alignment with the indications 28 and to indicate the number 12.

In other embodiments, such as that comprising the prototype information cards shown in Figures 4 to 6, each of which includes a small dentition on its upper thrush, the indications 28 of the condition may be indicated by the number aligned with the dentition.

As will be explained in detail below, in some aspects of the game suitable to be played with the illustrated embodiments, the fact whether a player can discover the information on an information card can be related: to the combination of cards formed by the player as well as to the indications 28 of condition associated with information card 4; for example, when a combination of cards has been formed, a player can calculate the sum of the values of the playing cards 2 included in the combination and compare the value obtained to the number indicated by the condition indications 28 associated with a chosen information card 4. Alternatively, the player can also roll one or more dice generating an additional value to add to the sum.

Figure 1 illustrates this concept as it shows an exemplary combination of 2 playing cards, with values 3-2-2. The sum of the values of these cards is equal to 7, which can then be added to the number resulting from the roll of a die 8. The sum of the values of the cards and the number resulting from the roll of the die can then be compared with the indications 28 condition, which in this example is represented by the number "12".

According to an exemplary set of tiles, if the sum is greater than the value on the condition card 6, the condition is deemed to be satisfied so that the player can look at the information on the back 22 of the information card 4.

Consistent with the theme of the game mentioned above, card 6 with conditions can therefore include decorations indicating an interrogation chamber, in which the suspect (on an information card} is questioned. The decisive aspect of the suspect (the Condition that must be fulfilled) ) can be indicated by one of the condition indicators 28, for example by the number immediately above the information card 4, when it is placed on the card with condition 6. The value of the player's combination, plus the number resulting from the toss of a die, may represent the player's attempt to question the suspect. If the attempt is successful, the suspect divulges information about the character and the player is then allowed to look at the information on the back 22 of the information card 4.

Furthermore, in some aspects of the game, an information card 50 can be moved, during the game, relative to the card 60 with its associated condition, so as to change the condition that must be satisfied by a player attempting to discover information about the information card 50. for example, in Figures 5 and 6, information card 50 is moved to indicate that the clues 62 relating to the condition have changed from number "20" to number "19". This can be done during the game, for example after a player attempts to find out the information contained in information card 50.

Also, in some embodiments, the various condition cards 60 can be associated with one or more categories of information cards 50. Condition cards 60 shown in FIG. 4 are shown comprising colored bands, each of which can indicate an association. default with 50 information cards of a particular category.

Variations in the components and concepts of the game mentioned above are to be considered as included within the scope of the present invention. For example, although clues relating to the condition and clues relating to the value of a card have been described in terms of numbers or numerical values, any clue that is suitable to represent a condition to be satisfied, and a characteristic associated with the card that is relative under this condition it can be used. For example, each card value may be indicated by an appropriate symbol or by a set or set of symbols; An alternative embodiment may comprise playing cards, each of which comprises colored shapes as well as condition cards, where the condition clues are indicated by a set of colored shapes. All these variations are to be considered as included within the scope of the present invention.

In the following paragraphs an exemplary, non-limiting form of game will be described for which components and i are used

previously. Two or more players can participate in the games, each of whom is given a predetermined number of cards to play: on a table or playing surface according to a set of rules. As will be detailed below, when a combination of cards has been formed, a player may attempt to discover the information contained in an information card 4, in order to attempt to solve the crime by identifying the criminal or character corresponding to the information on the information cards. 4.

An exemplary form of the game for which use is made of the embodiments shown in the figures provides that, before the game, all the information cards 4 are shuffled, and that one of the categories is chosen at random. Each information card 4 is arranged, with its opposite side visible, on a card 6 with condition, at random or according to a predetermined arrangement, so as to indicate one of the indicators 28 relating to the condition on the card with condition 6. For example, each information card 4 can be arranged to indicate the highest numerical value on card 6 with condition. Playing cards 2 are shuffled and a predetermined number of them is given to each player, while the rest are arranged face down (i.e. so as to show the back 22) forming a pile of them. The first card is turned over (that is to say so as to show the opposite side 18); the flipped card will then be the first of a pile of discarded cards.

Can the choice of the player who will play first be made according to any method suitable for that purpose? after choosing the player who will play first, the players play second alternating turns.

During a turn, a player draws a predetermined number of cards from the pile of playable cards and / or from the pile of discarded cards, and attempts to form combinations of cards, called combinations of playing cards 2 being then deposited on the game table. Traditionally, melds include sequences of cards of a particular suit with rank or class; progressive, a group of cards of the same class or rank but of different suits and so on. However, a set of rules for the game may indicate any desired combination or combinations of cards that can be considered valid or acceptable. For example, according to an exemplary set of rules suitable to be applied to the illustrated embodiment and the corresponding playing method, a combination may consist of one or more of the following card sets:

- three cards of the same suit;

two cards of the same suit plus a wild card, or

two wild cards plus any other card.

Once a combination has been formed, the player deposits the relevant 2 playing cards on the playing surface and chooses which suspect the player himself will attempt to resolve. In other words, the player chooses an information card 4 and tries to find out the information indicated on the chosen card. For this purpose, the player notes the indicators 28 relating to the condition on card 6 with condition indicated by information card 4 and determines if the condition is met.For example, the player can throw a die, add the number resulting from the roll of the die to the sum of the values of the playing cards of the combination, and compare the total to the numerical value indicated by indicators 28 relating to the condition and reported on the card with condition 6.

According to an exemplary set of rules, if the total exceeds the suspicion limit indicated by the condition clues 28, the player can have access to the information on the back 22 of the information card 4, the player then records the information, and replaces the card. information 4 on card 6 with condition. According to some methods, the information card 4 can then be moved and placed on the condition card 6 to indicate a lower value on the condition card 6, for example to indicate that once the suspicion has been resolved, attempts successes by other players to discover the information relating to the suspect will be less difficult.

If the total made by the player does not exceed the suspect limit, the game passes to the next player. In some forms of play, information card 4 can then be moved to condition card 6 to indicate a lower value on condition card 6, for example to indicate that a suspect may be easier to resolve if repeated. attempts have been made. Some methods or forms of play may require that the information card 4 be moved onto a card 6 with a condition with a higher or lower degree of difficulty, depending on whether or not a player has succeeded in resolving the suspicion.

A player may also be given an opportunity, for example before the game passes to the next player, to try to guess the identity of the character, based on information that the same player has discovered during the course of the game.

In an exemplary set of rules, an unsuccessful attempt by the player to guess the character can lead to elimination of the player from the game, while a successful attempt can lead to victory in the game. In order not to compromise the enjoyment for the remaining players, the player who made the attempt can determine if his attempt is correct by privately looking at all the information contained in the information cards, turning them over to prove that his attempt was successful. or replacing them (without showing them to the other players) if his attempt was unsuccessful. In the latter case, the remaining players can proceed until someone correctly guesses the character.

With reference to Figure 7, the same "shows an exemplary embodiment of a playing card of Figure 1. According to this embodiment, the playing card 100 has a side 102 which includes a symbol 104 suitable for distinguishing the suit of the playing card 100. The playing card 100 further comprises clues 106 relating to its value, in this embodiment represented by the number 2.

Other embodiments of the playing cards of Figure 1 are illustrated in Figures 8 to 10. As illustrated in Figure 8, the playing card 110 has a side 112 which includes a symbol 114 and a clue or indication 116 relating to the its value, which in this case is represented by the number 3. In Figure 9, the playing card 120 has a side 122 which includes a symbol 124 and a clue or indication 126 relating to its value. 130 on the one hand 132 which includes a symbol 134, which in this embodiment represents a mad suit.

Referring to Figure 11, there is illustrated a condition card according to Figures 4 to 6. In this embodiment, the condition card 140 includes condition clues 142, which in this case are represented by a series of numbers printed along the top edge of the card 140. As previously described, condition clues may indicate a condition that must be met during play for a player to be allowed to discover information on an information card associated with the card. with condition. Referring now to FIG. 12, there is illustrated an alternate embodiment of a condition card. In this embodiment, condition card 150 includes condition clues 152. Said clues 152 of the card with condition 150 may be different clues 142 about the condition reported on the card with condition 140.

With reference now to figures 13 and 14, there is illustrated an embodiment of the information card of figure 1. In this embodiment, the information card 160 comprises an opposite side 162 with clues 163 relating to the category, represented in this example by the words "'eyes:", as well as a back 164 with clues 166 and 168 relating to information, which in this; case are related, to "blue eyes", The paper. Information 160 further includes a small dentition 165 in its upper edge.

Other embodiments of information cards are illustrated in Figures 15 to 21. As illustrated in Figure 15, the information card 170 has a back 174 with clues 176 and 178 relating to the information, which in this example are related to the suspect or person having brown eyes. In Figure 16, the information card 180 has a back 184 with clues 186 and 188 relating to the information, which in this case relate to a suspect with glasses. In Figure 17, the information card 190 depicted therein includes a backside 194 with information-related clues, which in this case relate to a suspect without glasses. In Figure 18, the information card 200 represented therein comprises a back 204 with clues 206 and 208 relating to information, which in this case relate to a suspect with a mustache.In Figure 19, the information card 210 represented therein has a back 214 showing clues 216 related to information, which in this case refer to a well-shaven suspect, that is, without a beard or mustache. In Figure 20, the information card 220 depicted therein has a back 224 with clues 226 and 228 relating to information, which information in this case relates to a suspect having blond hair. In Figure 21, the information card 230 depicted therein has a dreary 234 with clues 236 and 238 relating to information, which in this case refer to a suspect having black hair.

In figure 22 there is represented one of the characters of the card with solution illustrated in figure 3.

Said character 300 includes features 310, 320, 330, and 340, which correspond to the absence of glasses, blond hair, blue eyes and mustache, respectively.

As described above, there are several ways in which a combination of playing cards can be formed, Figure 23 represents the exemplary combination of Figure 1,

The 4.00 meld consists of three playing cards 410, 420, and 430, which are of the same suit as shown

Claims (7)

CLAIMS 1. Kit for playing a card game comprising the determination of a solution and said kit comprising: a set of playing cards, each of which includes clues or indications relating to its value; a set of carts and information, each of which includes clues or indications relating to information; a set of condition cards, each including clues or indications relating to a condition, each of the information cards being configured to be associated with a condition card to identify one of the clues or indications relating to the condition; And a card with the solution comprising a plurality of potential solutions of the card game, the clues or indications relating to the information relating to each of said potential solutions. 2. Kit according to claim 1, in which the card game comprises a mystery and the solution of which is the identity of a criminal, the set of information cards being able to be separated into at least two categories of cards, each category of information cards being associated with a different type of clues or indications relating to the information, each type of clue or indication relating to the Information being related to the identity of the criminal. 3, Kit according to claim 2, in which the clues or indications relating to the information refer to the physical traits of a criminal, a category of information cards comprising information relating to a first physical trait, while another category of information cards comprises information relating to a second physical trait. 4. Kit according to claim 3, in which the first physical trait is one of the color of the hair, an eye color, the presence of glasses and the presence of facial hair, while the second physical trait is another between the color of the hair, an eye color, the presence of glasses, and the presence of facial hair. 5. Kit according to claim 4, in which the first physical trait is the hair color, and each of the information cards with the first physical trait identifies a hair color that is different from the hair color of the other information cards with the first trait physicist. 6. A kit according to claim 5, wherein: the second physical trait is an eye color, and each of the information cards with the second physical trait identifies an eye color that is different from the eye color of the other information cards with the second trait physicist. The kit according to claim 1, in which the card game comprises a mystery and the solution comprises the identification of a criminal, the card with the solution comprising a plurality of suspects having different combinations of physical traits, each of the suspects having a combination of physical traits different from those of the other suspects, A kit according to claim 7, in which the clues or indications relating to the information refer to a physical trait of at least one of the plurality of suspects reported on the card with the solution, and each of the information cards identifies a different physical trait. 9, Kit according to claim 1, wherein the clues or indications relating to the value are numbers, and each of the playing cards comprises a number, the clues or indications relating to the condition comprise a plurality of numbers, each of the clues or indications relating to the condition defines a condition that must be satisfied by the value of a combination of playing cards in order to see an information card associated with the card with the condition. 10. Kit according to claim 9, wherein the set of playing cards comprises a plurality of suits, each of the playing cards comprises clues or indications relating to a number and a suit, the playing cards being combinable with other cards cards of the same suit to form the combination of playing cards. 11. Kits according to claim 10, wherein the set of playing cards comprises a nut suit, and a combination of playing cards can be formed to comprise at least one playing card of the nut suit, 12. A method of playing a playing cards with the set of claim 1, said method comprising: separating the information cards according to the categories of the information cards; choose an information card from each category of information cards; choose, for each information card chosen, a card with a condition and a particular clue or a particular indication on it relating to a condition; associate each of the chosen information cards with one of the chosen condition cards, so that the clue or indication relating to the condition is identified; assign a predetermined number of playing cards to each player; begin a round in which each player in turn can choose to draw a card from a remaining deck of playing cards or a pile of discarded cards, to form a change of playing cards, and discard a playing card by placing it on the pile of discarded cards, the player being allowed to see an information card if the value of the combination formed by the player matches or exceeds the associated clue or indication of the condition. 13, Set of rules for playing a card game with the kit according to claim 1, in which the rules specify that a player may see an information card associated with a dna condition card if the player forms one or more combinations of cards from game with a sum of the clues relating to the value of the playing cards of the combination corresponding to or exceeding the clues relating to the condition identified by a chosen information card, 14. A kit according to claim 1, further comprising: a dice; And a set of rules for playing the card game, in which each of the playing cards includes clues or indications relating to one or a plurality of suits, and where the rules specify that: a player may form a meld of playing cards of the same suit, the sum of the meld being the sum of the clues of the value from the playing cards in the meld; the player can roll the die and add the number resulting from the roll of the die to the value of the playing cards of the combination; And The player may see an information card associated with a condition card if the sum of the value of the playing card indicators of the combination and the number resulting from the roll of the die equals or exceeds the condition indicator identified by a chosen information card. 15. Kit according to claim 1, in which the card game comprises a mystery and the solution is the identity of a criminal, the card with the solution identifies potential suspects who may be the criminal, each of the potential suspects has a combination different of four physical traits, the information cards can be separated into four categories on the basis of information indicators relating to the four physical traits, being a hair color, an eye color, the presence of glasses, and the presence of facial hair, the condition cards comprising condition indicators formed from a series of numbers, one of each category of information cards being configured to be associated with a particular condition indicator on one of the condition cards, the particular condition indicator being a number and forming a condition that must be satisfied by one or more combinations of playing cards for pote r see an information card associated with the card with the condition, each of the playing cards has a suit or number as an indicator of the card's value, the playing cards being combinable with other playing cards of the same suit to form a combination , and in which the value of the combination of playing cards is a sum of the indicators of the value of the playing cards of the combination. 16. A kit according to claim 1, wherein each information card comprises a dentition formed in its upper edge, said dentition being configured so that a particular condition indicator on a condition card is visible through the dentition when an information card is placed. on the card with condition. 17. A method of playing a combination card game, said method comprising: separate information cards into categories of information cards, each information card including information indicators, each category of information cards including cards with corresponding information indicators; choose an information card from each category of information cards; for each chosen information card, choose a condition card and a particular condition indicator on it and associate the chosen information card with the chosen condition card in order to identify the particular condition indicator; distribute a predetermined number of playing cards to each player; start a round in which each player, in turn, is authorized to: Choose to draw a card from a remaining deck of playing cards or from a pile of discarded playing cards, form a combination of playing cards, choose an information card and the associated condition card, determine whether a value of the combination of playing cards equals or exceeds the condition indicator associated with the information card chosen by the player and, looking at the information card chosen by the player, whether the value of the combination of playing cards equals or exceeds the indicator of condition identified. The method of claim 17, wherein during a turn a player is allowed to combine the value of a combination of playing cards formed during that turn and the value of a combination of playing cards formed in a previous turn, and in which the player is allowed to look at an information card chosen by the player if the value of the playing card combinations equals or exceeds the identified condition indicator. 19. Method according to claim 17, in which during a turn a player is allowed to roll a die and to combine the value of a combination of playing cards with the number resulting from the roll of the die, and in which the player is allowed to look at an information card chosen by the player if the sum of the value of the combination of playing cards and the number resulting from the roll equals or exceeds the identified condition indicator. A method according to claim 17, wherein during a turn, after viewing an information card, the player is allowed to replace the information card with the card with the condition associated with it in order to identify a different condition indicator. plurality of seeds; condition cards, each of which includes a condition indicator on it; And information cards, each of which includes an information indicator on it, each of the information cards being configured to be associated with a particular condition indicator on a condition card, the playing cards being combinable to form one or more combinations of playing cards using the suit indicator, the value of a combination being determined by a sum of the indicators of the value of the playing cards in a combination, a chosen information card being able to be viewed by a player if the sum of the value indicators , of the cards, of one or more combinations equals or exceeds the condition indicator associated with the chosen information card. 24. The deck of cards according to claim 23, wherein the card value indicators on the playing cards are numbers, and the sum of the card value indicators of a combination is the sum of the numbers on the playing cards in the combination. 25. Deck of cards according to claim 24, in which the condition indicator is a series of numbers, is the information card associated with a card with condition is configured so that it can be associated with a number shown on the card with associated condition , 26. A deck of cards according to claim 24, wherein the condition indicator is a series of numbers, each information card comprises a dentition formed on its upper edge, said dentition being configured so that a number on a condition card it is visible through the dentition when an information card is placed on the condition card. 27. Deck of cards according to claim 26, in which the chosen information card can be seen by a player if the sum of the numbers of the playing cards in the combination equals or exceeds the number on the associated condition card to which the chosen information card is aligned. 28. A deck of cards according to claim 23, wherein each of the condition cards resembles an interrogation room and the condition indicator is a plurality of numbers. 29. Deck of playing cards according to claim 23, in which the deck of playing cards relates to a mystery game in which the solution is the identification of a criminal among a set of potential suspects, the information indicator on the physical traits of potential suspects, each information card includes information indicators relating to the criminal's physical traits, the information cards are separable into at least two categories based on the information indicators on the information cards, an information card of each category being configured so that it can be associated with a card with a different condition, and the information cards can be looked at by a player in subsequent turns to determine the identity of the criminal.