Card game with lives remaining and score based on bid accuracy
US6543774B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 13, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2003/00116
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A gaming method using a 52 cards presenting a plurality of suits and a plurality of card values, including the steps of dealing to four players an equal number of cards until all cards has been distributed, designating a constant trump suit, bidding tentative trick quotas within a defined bidding hierarchy playing a plurality of tricks until all distributed cards have been played, assigning values associated with the degree of bidding accuracy based upon the tricks actually taken, continuing play until all players establish a finish position so that exact finishes can be awarded, and providing ranking points to each player depending upon the player's respective finish in the game. A player is also allocated nine lives where one life is deducted for each trick that is overbid or underbid. Any player losing all nine lives before the game is ended for feits their seat in the game.
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