GB521602A - Improvements in or relating to decks of playing cards - Google Patents

Abstract

521,602. Card games. MAKER, L. A., and FOOTE, C. B. Nov. 18, 1938, No. 33646. [Class 132 (ii)] A pack of playing cards has each card marked such as by a series of numbers 9 and letters 11 or the like the numbers indicating rounds or deals in a game such as bridge and the letters groups or hands, and a chart, Fig. 2, is provided to indicate which player holds each group or hand. The cards may be marked on the back as in Fig. 1 or each card may be inserted with a correspondingly shaped card in a transparent pocket 15, Fig. 4, or the card may be inserted in a pocket having an opaque back marked as in Fig. 1. By changing the cards from one pocket to another the number of differently arranged hands possible may be increased. The chart shown in Fig. 2 shows. also the player of each group who is dealer and other desirable information such as who if any are vulnerable. There are also preferably provided instructions as to the correct bidding for each round and a table of scores and penalties for the result of the round.