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Multiple choice card gameRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Card Or Tile Games, Cards Or Tiles ThereforMultiple choice card game description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070145686, Multiple choice card game. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/753,881, filed on Dec. 23, 2005. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention generally relates to a card game for entertainment and amusement. [0004] 2. Background of the Technology [0005] Various card games for entertainment and amusement of the players are known. [0006] Many card games are based upon a standard deck of playing cards having ace through king of suits including clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades. Some such games utilize up to two jokers as well. Some games based upon the standard deck of cards are meant to be played by multiple players, while some can be played by a single player. Some examples of such games include, but are not limited to, bridge, poker, gin, blackjack, solitaire, go fish, and war. [0007] Other card games are based upon custom decks of cards, and can depict pictures, numbers, colors, or other images. In such games, the cards depict images relating to the particular game. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0008] The present invention is directed to a card game, and more particularly to a method of playing a card game. The presently described game utilizes custom cards, and is not based upon a standard deck of cards. In the present game, playing cards, preferably depicting known public figures, celebrities, fictional characters, or non-fictional characters, are dealt to players. Players then play cards from their hands in rounds based upon categories. For each round, players vote on which player played the most suitable card, and that player wins the round and can be awarded one or more points. The winner of the game is the player who has won the most rounds, or accumulated the most points, once all of the cards have been played. [0009] In at least one embodiment, a method of playing a card game is provided that comprises the steps of: a) providing a deck comprising a plurality of cards depicting people; b) providing at least two categories of play; d) dealing cards to at least two players; e) determining a category of play; f) playing a round by having each player play a card; g) having each player vote on which played card best suits the category; h) awarding at least one point to the player receiving the most votes; and i) repeating steps e-h until all of the cards have been played. [0010] In at least a second embodiment, a method of playing a card game is provided that comprises the steps of: a) providing a deck comprising between twenty and one hundred cards depicting people; b) providing at least two categories of play; d) dealing cards to at least two players; e) determining a category of play having a number of points associated therewith; f) playing a round by having each player play a card; g) having each player vote on which played card best suits the category; h) awarding the number of points associated with the category of play to the player receiving the most votes; and i) repeating steps e-h until all of the cards have been played. [0011] In at least a third embodiment, a method of playing a card game is provided that comprises the steps of: a method of playing a card game comprising the steps of: a) providing a deck of cards comprising between twenty and one hundred cards depicting celebrities or public figures; b) providing at least three categories of play; d) dealing cards to at least two players; e) determining a category of play; f) playing a round by having each player play a card; g) having each player vote on which played card best suits the category; h) awarding the round to the player receiving the most votes; and i) repeating steps e-h until all of the cards have been played. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING(S) [0012] FIG. 1 is a flow chart illustrating one preferred method of playing the game of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0013] The present invention is directed to a card game, and more particularly to a method of playing a card game. The presently described game utilizes custom cards, and is not based upon a standard deck of cards. [0014] One preferred method of playing the presently described game comprises: a) providing a deck comprising a plurality of cards depicting people, who are preferably known public figures and/or celebrities; b) providing at least two categories of play; d) dealing cards among multiple players, preferably at least two players; e) selecting a category of play for a round or trick; f) playing a round or trick by having each player play a card such that all players can see all of the cards played; g) having each player vote on which played card best suits the category; h) awarding a point, or multiple points, to the player receiving the most votes; and i) repeating e-h until all of the cards have been played. [0015] In a preferred embodiment the cards depict people such as celebrities, public figures, non-fictional characters, or fictional characters. In preferred embodiments, each card in the deck depicts a male person or a female person. In particularly preferred embodiments, the cards depict celebrities or public figures of a single gender. In such embodiments, each card in the deck of cards depicts a celebrity or public figure of the same gender as the gender of the celebrity or public figure depicted on each other card in the deck. For example, in one embodiment of the game, all the cards depict female celebrities, with each card depicting a different female celebrity. In another embodiment, all the cards depict male celebrities, with each card depicting a different male celebrity. While not being bound by any particular theory, it is believed that having the people depicted on the cards be personalities known to the general public increases the enjoyment of the game and allows players to use their perceptions of the people on the cards in making decisions regarding which cards to play and which cards to vote for in any given trick. [0016] In preferred embodiments, at least two players or teams play the game using the playing cards. Preferably, more than two players or teams play the game, and most preferably the game is played by from about three to about seven players or teams. More than 7 players can play the game. However, when more than 7 players play the game, it is recommended that the players divide into two or more teams due to the limited number of playing cards. A team is a group of players that receives one hand and can confer on which card from that hand should be played in each round of the game. [0017] There should be a plurality of cards so that each player or team is dealt multiple cards and thus has a selection in determining which card to play for any given category of play. Any number of cards can be used with the presently described game, although it is believed that the game is more entertaining and enjoyable when each player begins the game with at least three cards in their hand. Accordingly, it is preferred that a deck of cards used for playing the presently described game has at least twenty cards, or between twenty and one hundred cards. In some preferred embodiments, a deck of cards has between twenty five cards and sixty cards. In some particularly preferred embodiments, a deck of cards has at least thirty cards, at least thirty five cards, at least forty cards, at least forty-five cards, at least fifty cards, or at least fifty five cards. In at least one embodiment, a deck of cards for use in playing the presently described game has fifty two, or fifty four, cards, similar to a standard deck of playing cards. [0018] In a preferred embodiment, one player shuffles and deals the cards among all of the players. The cards dealt to any given player make up that player's "hand." Once each player has had an opportunity to observe the cards in his or her hand, the first category is selected and the first "trick" or "round" is played. "Trick" is a term used in card games such as bridge and is used herein with the same meaning as it has in other card games. Each time all of the players each lay down one of the cards in their hands, that is a trick or a round. The trick or round is not completed until a winner of that trick or round is determined. [0019] In playing the first round or trick, players each pick a card from their hand that they believe is most suited for the current category of play, and play the card by laying it down. Once each player has played a card, the players look at all the cards that have been played and vote on which card is the most suited to the category of play. The player that played the card receiving the most votes wins the round, and then takes the trick, or gets awarded one point or multiple points. The next category of play is then selected, and the process continues with each player playing a card, looking at the cards played and voting for one of the cards played, and the round being won by the player who played the card that receives the most votes. The game ends when all of the cards have been played. The winner is the player that took the most tricks or received the most points. Continue reading about Multiple choice card game... 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