EP0350592A2 - Card game - Google Patents

Abstract

The card game is characterised by a plurality of cards exceeding the number of letters in the alphabet of a commonly used language and each marked with a letter of this alphabet, a number of cards within the plurality of cards being marked with identical letters, corresponding to the statistical frequency of their occurence in the commonly used language in question. Such a card game differs completely in its conception from known card games and permits a game played approximately by the rules of, for example, rummy or poker. <IMAGE>

Description

The present invention relates to a card game.

Card games, already known in Europe in the 14th century, not only serve to relax and entertain, but also require reason, control and imagination from the player, promote thinking, concentration and develop a sense of numbers.

Despite an abundance of popular card games, new card games are brought onto the market again and again to meet the desire for something new. Card games of this type are generally only minor derivatives of known games.

The object of the present invention is now to create a card game that deviates completely from the usual card games in its conception.

According to the invention, this is achieved by a plurality of cards which exceed the number of letters of the alphabet in a common language and which are each marked with a letter of this alphabet, a number of cards with the same letters being marked within the plurality of cards in accordance with their statistical frequency of occurrence in the relevant language are.

Such a card game allows a wide variety of games to be carried out according to the rules of the game with different levels of difficulty, such as quartet of letters, memory, snap-snap, letter rummy, letter poker etc.

Accordingly, advantageous configurations are given according to the features of the claims following the main claim.

Different game concepts are explained in more detail below using a card game shown.

The card game shown in detail comprises a plurality of cards, which exceed the number of letters of the alphabet of a colloquial language, and which are each marked with a letter of this alphabet, within the plurality Cards a number of cards with the same letters are marked according to their statistical frequency of occurrence in the colloquial language in question.

In the present card game 72 cards are provided, 3 of which are marked as wild cards and the others with letters of the alphabet of the German language with the following frequency: Letters A B C. D E F G H I. J K L M N O Number of cards 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 4th Letters P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ö Ä Ü Number of cards 2nd 1 4th 4th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 1 1 2nd 1 1 1.

In the drawing you can see 4 cards with the letter 0 and 2 cards with the letter E.

In order to enable a variety of different game types, some of which are explained below, the cards are divided into three groups and the card groups are marked in different colors. For example, the cards of the first group of cards are green and marked with the letters with the lowest frequency of occurrence Q, X, Y, Ö, Ä, Ü, the cards of the second group are red and with the letters of the medium frequency C, D, J, P , V, Z marked and the Kar The third group is blue and marked with the remaining letters with the greatest frequency.

In order to create further play options with a smaller number of cards from the card game, some of the cards are marked with additional selection symbols.

For example, one of the cards marked with one of the letters of the alphabet can additionally be marked with a first selection symbol, this symbol being approximately a shamrock (not shown), or four each with the same letters A, B, E, I, M, O, R, S or U marked cards can also be marked with a second selection symbol, which is for example a palm tree (not shown).

Rules of the game for a quartet of letters:

Only the cards with the second selection symbol (palm tree) are used.

The cards are divided among preferably 4 players.

The aim is to store as many quartets as possible, ie groups of four with the same letters.

It is determined who starts the game.

The player whose turn it is can request a letter from one of the other players. If the requested person has such a letter, he must hand it over to the requesting player. The player can continue until he asks a player for a card that the player does not have. Then it is the next player's turn.

As soon as a player has 4 identical letters together, he can lay them out. The winner is the one who can take the most quartets.

The player whose turn it is may only ask one of the other players to use letters of which he already has at least one.

If a player has a quartet in his hand after the cards have been distributed, he can put it out at the start of the game.

Rules of the game for a memory:

Only the cards with the second selection symbol (palm tree) are used.

The playing cards are laid out face down on the table.

The preferably 2 to 5 players always reveal two cards of their choice in turn.

If a player reveals two of the same cards, he can lay out the pair found in this way. Otherwise, he must turn over the face up cards again, and it is the next player's turn.

The winner is who can lay out the most pairs of cards in the course of the game.

Rules of the game for a snap-snap:

Only the cards with the second selection symbol (palm tree) are used.

Each player, preferably two players, receives half of the playing cards.

Both players place the stack of playing cards face down in front of them.

The players alternately turn over a playing card and then place it face up on two new shots.

Every time a player reveals a card, he has to say "snap".

As soon as the same letter is on top of both strokes, it is important to say "snap" as quickly as possible.

If you say snap in this case, you get all of the other's face up cards and place them with your own face up card under your deck.

And it goes on, the game can be played for a period of time or until one player has all the cards.

If someone says snap, even though there are not two identical letters on the top of the pile, he also loses his stack.

When a player has revealed all the cards in his pile, he takes his face-up pile, turns it over and continues.

Rules of the game for a letter rummy:

All cards except the cards with the umlauts Ä, Ö and Ü are used.

The aim of the game is to be able to discard all cards as quickly as possible. The cards must be discarded in combinations.

Each of preferably 3 to 5 players receives 12 playing cards. The remaining cards are in a face down pile.

The player whose turn it is always takes one card from the stack first, and as the last action he places a playing card face up on a second stack.

Basically, the following combinations can be filed, namely
Words (here you have to agree exactly what words apply, e.g. only names, only nouns, etc.);
Alphabetic series (eg A - D, U - Z, J - N); or
Vowel combinations (A + E + I, U + I + O + E + A).

The first combination you lay out must always be a combination of at least 5 cards.

Once you have opened with a combination of 5, you can also put out combinations of 3 or 4 afterwards.

From then on you can also add individual cards to the combinations that have already been discarded. Of course, a new one Word made by adding or inserting a letter also make sense.

In the end, a card must always be placed face up on the second stack, even if a player is finishing.

The player whose turn it is can always choose whether he wants to remove the card that was placed face up by the previous player or a card from the stack.

If a player ends a round by discarding all cards, the cards that the other players still have in their hands count as minus points. The green cards 3 points each, the red cards 2 points, the blue cards 1 point and the joker 5 points.

It is best to play over a predetermined number of rounds or until the first player has reached a certain number of points.

Rules of the game for letter poker:

This game is ideal for 3 to 6 players; with three players you play with the cards marked with a shamrock. For each player more you add 10 playing cards, with 5 players than all cards with a shamrock and 20 games cards of your choice. In this case, the players themselves decide which cards they want to add.

As with traditional poker, the most exciting thing to do is to play the game with one bet.

Before the game, exactly what words are allowed must be agreed. For example, whether verb forms, plural, foreign words, proper names, English words, abbreviations, etc. apply or not. The game is hardest when you can only use German nouns.

• Rang 1) Ein Wort mit sechs Karten resp. Buchstaben (z.B. PSALME, ZIRKUS).
• Rang 2) Zwei Worte aus je drei Buchstaben (z.B. DER + IHM, HUT + ZOO).
• Rang 3) Ein Wort, das aus 5 Buchstaben gebildet ist(BAZAR, TISCH);
• Rang 4) Zwei Worte, eines mit 3, eines mit 2 Buchstaben (SIE + DU, IN + GUT);
• Rang 5) Ein Wort aus 4 Karten/Buchstaben, (HAUS, TÜRE);
• Rang 6) Ein Wort aus 3 Buchstaben (UHU,OHR);
• Rang 7) Zwei Wörter mit je 2 Buchstaben (UM + EI, ES + OB);
• Rang 8) Ein Wort mit 2 Buchstaben.

The ranking of the hands held by the players results from rank 1 to 8 as follows:

• Rank 1) A word with six cards resp. Letters (e.g. PSALME, CIRCUS).
• Rank 2) Two words of three letters each (e.g. DER + IHM, HUT + ZOO).
• Rank 3) A word made up of 5 letters (BAZAR, TABLE);
• Rank 4) Two words, one with 3, one with 2 letters (YOU + YOU, IN + GOOD);
• Rank 5) A 4 card / letter word, (HOUSE, DOOR);
• Rank 6) A 3 letter word (UHU, OHR);
• Rank 7) Two words with 2 letters each (UM + EI, ES + OB);
• Rank 8) A word with 2 letters.

If several players have a word with the same number of cards or Letters form secondly determines the word's score. A joker pays 0 points, the blue cards 1 point, the red cards 2 points and the green cards 3 points.

In the third line decide the alphabet (A better than Z) of the first letter in the word, in the fourth line the alphabet of the second letter, etc.

For the player, it is not just a question of forming the highest possible combination of words from the cards available, but also of using the difficult letters where possible.

Bluffs are of course possible when laying down. For example, after each player has discarded four cards, it is left to the players' imaginations to imagine what the others really have in their hands.

For each game, the player pays a basic bet and receives 6 playing cards.

The player tries one out of the available letters to form the highest possible sheet.

In a second phase, he can exchange a maximum of 4 cards, for which he has to pay again.

The first player to move can either fold (then it is the next player's turn) or offer a number of units on a certain number of cards. (E.g. 4 on the first three cards).

The following players can now either fold, keep the stake or even increase the stake. If one player raises the bet, the others must either move or fold.

When the bet is balanced, the number of cards requested by the first player to bid is revealed.

Now the player who has the highest score continues to bid (AVI better than ABF because V pays 2 points); resp. with the same number of points, the player who has placed the letter in the front of the alphabet. This player can again determine how many cards he wants to bet on. (E.g. 3 on the next card or 2 on the rest).

Who the highest word combination (see margin order of the leaves) could drop the whole pile of money; the next round begins.

If all players drop out at the beginning, the basic bet and the amounts for changing cards for the next round remain.

The player who starts bidding can bet on all cards immediately. (e.g. 3 on all cards).

The above results in a card game that can be played according to the most varied rules by children, as a family game or by adults.

Claims (7)

1. Card game, characterized by a plurality of cards exceeding the number of letters of the alphabet of a colloquial language, each of which is marked with a letter of this alphabet, within the plurality of cards a number of cards with the same letters corresponding to their statistical frequency of occurrence in the colloquial language in question are marked. 2. Card game according to claim 1, characterized by 72 cards, 3 of which are marked as wild cards and the others with letters of the alphabet of the German language in the following frequency: Letters A B C. D E F G H I. J K L M N O Number of cards 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 4th Letters P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ö Ä Ü Number of cards 2nd 1 4th 4th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 1 1 2nd 1 1 1 3. Card game according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the cards are divided into three groups and the card groups are marked in different colors. 4. Card game according to claim 3, that the cards of the first Card group green and marked with the least frequent occurrence letters Q, X, Y, Ö, Ä, Ü; that the cards of the second group are marked red and with the letters of the average frequency C, D, J, P, V, Z; and
that the cards of the third group are blue and marked with the other letters of the greatest frequency. 5. Card game according to claim 1, characterized in that a part of the cards are marked with additional selection symbols. 6. Card game according to claim 5, characterized in that one of the cards marked with one of the letters of the alphabet is additionally marked with a first selection symbol. 7. Card game according to claim 5, characterized in that four cards marked with the same letters A, B, E, I, M, O, R, S or U are additionally marked with a second selection symbol.

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