GAME OF CARDS THAT RANDOMIZES AND RECYCLES DURING GAME PLAY

Abstract

A new game of cards (FIG. 1) (1) having a first playable side (5) containing a word, letter, symbol, or number that a player must alter in some manner, and a second playable side (6) that contains a symbolic instruction and at least one word, letter, symbol, or number from another group. A set of second playable sides (13) contains each unique symbolic instruction and opposes a set of first playable sides, each first playable side in the set having the same word, letter, symbol, or number and a point value. Each set of second playable sides are specifically designed to change a set of first playable sides contained on other cards. One or more players play the game of cards (1) using the second playable side of the card, which is grouped with other used cards during the round to become recycle cards (45) added to the bottom of the deck of cards (18) for use of the first playable side later in the game. Thus one or more players can play a game of cards (1) thereby causing the cards to randomize and recycle.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a deck of cards that one or mote humans can cause to randomize and recycle while using said deck of cards to play a game of cards, comprising providing a predetermined number of individual cards, each said individual card having a predetermined size and having a first playable face being a first side selected from a first group of letters, words, numbers, and symbols and a second playable face being a second side selected from a second group of letters, words, numbers, and symbols, the first playable face of each card independent of the second playable face of the same said card, and either the first playable face or the second playable face of each individual card being independent of ordered indicia, whereby said human or humans use said deck of cards to play said game of cards thereby causing said deck of cards to randomize and recycle, eliminating a need to shuffle and simultaneously replenishing said deck of cards during said game.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each first playable face of said deck of cards contains one word, said word changeable into another word in a predetermined number of ways and duplicated on the first playable faces of as many individual cards as said number of ways, and each said second playable face of said deck contains a pair having at least one alphabet letter and an instruction on how to use said alphabet letter or letters to change the first playable face of at least one other individual card.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each first playable face of said deck of cards contains a plurality of letters, said plurality of letters changeable into a word in a predetermined number of ways and duplicated on the first playable faces of as many individual cards as said number of ways, and each said second playable face of said deck of cards contains a pair having at least one alphabet letter and an instruction on how to use said alphabet letter or letters to change the first playable face of at least one other individual card.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein each first playable face of said deck of cards contains a year, said year combinable with a predetermined number of months and duplicated on the first playable faces of as many individual cards as said number of months, and each said second playable face of said deck of cards contains a pair having at least one question or instruction and a month that makes the first playable face of at least one other individual card a significant date in history.

5. A method of manufacturing a game of word or letter cards that one or more humans can cause to randomize and recycle during said game, comprising: a) providing a predetermined number of ways to effect change to at least one word or letter or number of letters, each said way having a unique symbol; b) providing a first playable face, being the first side of an individual card, having one word or letter or number of letters that is changeable in each of said number of ways to effect change, said word duplicated across as many first playable faces as said number of ways to effect change and forming a set of first playable faces; c) providing a second playable face, being the second side of said individual card, having at least one alphabet letter coupled with one of said number of ways to effect change; d) providing a predetermined number of individual cards selected from the group of words or letters, each said card having said first playable face and said second playable face, each said set of first playable faces having opposing second playable faces, each said opposing second playable faces having an instruction that effects change on any set of first playable faces besides the opposing set of first playable faces; e) providing a set of rules; whereby said human or humans use said deck of cards to play said game of cards thereby causing said deck of cards to randomize and recycle, eliminating a need to shuffle and simultaneously replenishing said deck of cards during said game.

6. The method of claim 5, and further providing at least one playable face that supports a predetermined number of points.

7. The method of claim 5, and further providing a minimum of fifty-two said individual cards.

8. The method of claim 5, and further providing at least one playable face that supports a predetermined number of points, and further providing a minimum of fifty-two said individual cards.

9. A word card game that randomizes and recycles as one or more humans play said game, comprising: a) a first playable face, being the first side of a card, having one word that is changeable into at least one other word in each of a predetermined number of ways, and being duplicated across as many first playable faces as said number of ways, forming a set of first playable faces; b) a second playable face, being the second side of said card, having at least one alphabet letter coupled with one of said predetermined number of ways to change one word into another word, and each said second playable face that opposes each said set of first playable faces being able to effect change on any set of first playable faces other that the opposing set of first playable faces; c) at least one player, said players including a dealer, said dealer dealing a predetermined number of cards to each said player, said first playable face side facing up, leaving the remaining cards as a deck of cards approximately in the center of said players; d) each said player taking one turn only and using one of the second playable faces in his or her hand to change a first playable face that is in said center of the players, said player putting said second playable face beside the respective first playable face and taking a replacement card from said deck to replace the card he or she discarded in play, and the last said player to effect change collecting each of the first playable face cards that has a second playable face card beside it; e) a next dealer collecting and turning over the second playable face cards that remain in said center of said players, adding said cards to the bottom of said deck of cards; f) said game continuing until the first of said players reaches a predetermined objective; whereby said human or humans use said deck of cards to play said game of cards thereby causing said deck of cards to randomize and recycle, eliminating a need to shuffle and simultaneously replenishing said deck of cards during said game.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said number of ways to effect change is selected from the group consisting of adding one or more letters, taking away one or more letters, replacing one or more letters, transposing letters, adding one or more letters specifically at the end, and adding one or more letters at the beginning.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said objective is to be the first player to accumulate a predetermined number of points.

12. The method of claim 9, and further providing said first playable side or said second playable side or both having a predetermined number of points.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein said number of ways to effect change is selected from the group consisting of adding one or more letters, taking away one or more letters, replacing one or more letters, transposing letters, adding one or more letters specifically at the end, and adding one or more letters at the beginning, and further providing said first playable side or said second playable side or both having a predetermined number of points

14. The method of claim 9, wherein said number of ways to effect change is selected from the group consisting of adding one or more letters, taking away one or more letters, replacing one or more letters, transposing letters, adding one or more letters specifically at the end, and adding one or more letters at the beginning, and said objective is to be the first player to accumulate a predetermined number of points.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein said objective is to be the first player to accumulate a predetermined number of points, and further providing said first playable side or said second playable side or both having a predetermined number of points.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein said number of ways to effect change is selected from the group consisting of adding one or more letters, taking away one or more letters, replacing one or more letters, transposing letters, adding one or more letters specifically at the end, and adding one or more letters at the beginning, said objective is to be the first player to accumulate a predetermined number of points, and further providing said first playable side or said second playable side or both having a predetermined number of points.

Description

DRAWINGS

[0010] FIG. 1 is a game of cards having cards with two playable sides.

[0011] FIG. 2 shows an example of two rounds of a game with one solo player.

[0012] FIG. 3 shows an example of two rounds of a game with three players.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0013] 1 a game of cards [0014] 2 a first way to effect change [0015] 3 a second way to effect change [0016] 4 a third way to effect change [0017] 5 a first playable side [0018] 6 a second playable side [0019] 7 a first set of first playable sides [0020] 8 a first playable side of a first card [0021] 9 a first word [0022] 10 a corresponding point value [0023] 11 a first playable side of a second card [0024] 12 a first playable side of a third card [0025] 13 a first set of second playable sides [0026] 14 a second playable side of a first card [0027] 15 a second playable side of a second card [0028] 16 a second playable side of a third card [0029] 17 a last word [0030] 18 a deck of cards [0031] 19 a second playable side of a card used in a first hand of a solo player [0032] 20 a first playable side of a first card cast in play [0033] 21 a symbolic instruction to replace a letter in the first playable side of the first card cast in play [0034] 22 an alphabet letter to use as a replacement [0035] 23 a number of points [0036] 24 a replacement for the card the player used to effect change [0037] 25 a second playable side of the first card cast in play [0038] 26 the first playable side of the first hand [0039] 27 a first playable side of a second card cast in play [0040] 28 a new card the solo player draws from the deck [0041] 29 a deck of cards [0042] 30 a second playable side of a first card dealt to a first player [0043] 31 a second playable side of a first card dealt to a second player [0044] 32 a second playable side of a first card dealt to a third player [0045] 33 a first playable side of a first card set in play [0046] 34 a second playable side of a second card dealt to the first player [0047] 35 a second playable side of a second card dealt to the second player [0048] 36 a second playable side of a second card dealt to the third player [0049] 37 a first playable side of a second card set in play [0050] 38 a second playable side of a third card dealt to the first player [0051] 39 a second playable side of a third card dealt to the second player [0052] 40 a second playable side of a third card dealt to the third player [0053] 41 a first playable side of a third card set in play [0054] 42 a replacement for the card the first player used [0055] 43 a replacement for the card the second player used [0056] 44 a replacement for the card the third player used [0057] 45 recycled cards [0058] 46 the second playable side of the first card set in play [0059] 47 the second playable side of the second card set in play [0060] 48 the second playable side of the third card set in play [0061] 49 a first playable side of a fourth card set in play [0062] 50 a first playable side of a fifth card set in play [0063] 51 a first playable side of a sixth card set in play

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MANUFACTURING A GAME OF CARDS

[0064] FIG. 1 is a game of cards 1 featuring cards having two playable sides. A game includes any number of ways to effect change, including a first way 2, a second way 3, and a third way 4 to effect change, a predetermined number of words, from a first word 9 to a last word 17, and a predetermined number of cards, each card having a first playable side 5 and a second playable side 6, a set of first playable sides supporting a predetermined word and a corresponding point value. A first set of first playable sides 7 contains a first playable side of a first card 8 supporting a first word 9 and a corresponding point value 10. A first playable side of a second card 11 and a first playable side of a third card 12 both contain the same word and point value. A set of second playable sides contain each of the ways to effect change. A first set of second playable sides 13 contains a second playable side of a first card 14 containing the first way to effect change 2 paired with at least one alphabetical letter to effect the change, a second playable side of a second card 15 containing the second way to effect change 3 paired with at least one alphabetical letter to effect the change, and a second playable side of a third card 16 containing the third way to effect change 4 paired with at least one alphabetical letter to effect the change.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PLAYING A GAME OF CARDS

[0065] FIG. 2 shows an example of two rounds of a game with one solo player using a deck of cards 18, first playable side facing up, a second playable side of a card used in a first hand of the solo player 19, and a first playable side of a first card cast in play 20. The second playable side of the card used in the first hand of the solo player 19 supports a symbolic instruction to replace a letter in the first playable side of the first card cast in play 21 and an alphabet letter to use as a replacement letter 22. The first playable side of a first card cast in play 20 supports a number of points 23. An updated hand of the solo player has a replacement for the card the player used to effect change 24 and a second playable side of the first card cast in play 25. The first playable side of the first hand 26 depicts its recycling, and a first playable side of a second card cast in play 27 depicts the start of another round of play. A card the solo player draws from the deck 28 depicts a forfeited turn and the start of a new round of play.

[0066] FIG. 3 shows an example of two rounds of a game with three players using a deck of cards 29, first playable side facing up. A dealer deals a second playable side of a first card dealt to a first player 30, a second player 31, and a third player 32, who is the dealer, and a first playable side of a first card set in play 33. The dealer continues by dealing a second playable side of a second card dealt to the first player 34, the second player 35, and the third player 36, and a first playable side of a second card set in play 37. The dealer concludes by dealing a second playable side of a third card dealt to the first player 38, the second player 39, and the third player 40, and a first playable side of a third card set in play 41. Cards discarded during play become recycled cards 45. The first player draws a replacement for the card the first player used 42, the second player draws a replacement for the card the second player used, and the third player draws a replacement for the card the third player used. A winner of a first round of play is depicted as updating his or her hand with the second playable side of the first card set in play 46, the second card set in play 47, and the third card set in play 48. A second round begins as depicted when a next dealer draws a first playable side of a fourth card to set in play 49, a fifth card to set in play 50, and sixth card set in play 51.

OPERATION OF MANUFACTURING A GAME OF CARDS

[0067] In manufacturing a game of cards 1, a manufacturer develops any number of ways to change one word, letter, symbol or number into some other recognizable word, letter, symbol or number, including a first way to effect change 2 by using a letter to replace another letter in a word, a second way to effect change 3 by adding a letter to a word, and a third way to effect change 4 by removing a letter from a word. The manufacturer compiles a list of words, letters, symbols or number, each word, letter, symbol or number on the list accepting the first 2, second 3 and third 4 way of being changed.

[0068] The manufacture produces a predetermined number of cards to form the game of cards 1. To ensure recycling during game play, each card has a first playable side 5 that supports a predetermined word, letter, number or symbol from the list and a second playable side 6 that supports a predetermined way to effect change to a specific word, letter, number or symbol. To ensure randomization during game play, for each word, letter, number or symbol in the list the manufacturer creates one second playable side for each of the predetermined ways to effect change and an opposing set of first playable sides, each first playable side in the set supporting that word, letter, number or symbol. The manufacture makes a first set of first playable sides 7 each supporting one word, letter, number or symbol and a predetermined number of points and opposing a set of second playable sides 13, each card supporting one of the ways to effect change 2, 3 or 4, each way being unique from the other ways.

[0069] A first playable side of a first card 8 supports a first word 9, letter, number or symbol and a corresponding point value 10. A first playable side of a second card 11 supports the same first word, letter number or symbol, and number of points. A first playable side of a third card 12 supports the same first word, letter, number or symbol and number of points. A second playable side of the first card 14 supports the first way to effect change 2 and at least one alphabet letter, number or symbol to effect the change. A second playable side of the second card 15 supports the second way to effect change 3 and at least one alphabet letter, number or symbol to effect the change. A second playable side of the third card 16 supports the third way to effect change 4 and at least one alphabet letter, number or symbol to effect the change.

[0070] To ensure a playable game, the manufacturer provides a set of cards having second playable sides that effect change especially to the opposing first playable sides of another set of cards. For ease of manufacturing, each set of first playable sides oppose a set of second playable sides that effect change to the previous set of first playable sides especially, the first set of first playable sides effecting change to a last set of cards containing a last word 17, letter, number or symbol.

[0071] Many new words will result from effecting one of the predetermined ways to effect change. However, to form a set of cards, the manufacturer need only choose one solution to make one new word per each way to effect change on a respective word. Additionally, for ease of manufacturing, the manufacturer provides sets of cards having first playable sides in a predetermined order and provides each set of second playable sides in a predetermined order of ways to effect change.

[0072] A manufacturer who desires to have a minimum of fifty-two cards with one way to effect change will produce a fifty-two words, letters, numbers or symbols. A manufacturer who desires to have a minimum of fifty-two cards with two ways to effect change will produce twenty-six words, letters, numbers or symbols. A manufacturer who desires to have a minimum of fifty-two cards with three ways to effect change will produce eighteen words, letters, numbers or symbols. A manufacturer who desires to have a minimum of fifty-two cards with four ways to effect change will produce thirteen words, letters, numbers or symbols. A manufacturer who desires to have a minimum of fifty-two cards with five ways to effect change will produce eleven words, letters, numbers or symbols. A manufacturer who desires to have a minimum of fifty-two cards with six ways to effect change will produce nine words, letters, numbers or symbols.

[0073] A manufacturer who desires to have a maximum of one-hundred-eight cards with one way to effect change will produce one-hundred-eight words, letters, numbers or symbols. A manufacturer who desires to have a maximum of one-hundred-eight cards with two ways to effect change will produce fifty-four words, letters, numbers or symbols. A manufacturer who desires to have a maximum of one-hundred-eight cards with three ways to effect change will produce thirty-six words, letters, numbers or symbols. A manufacturer who desires to have a maximum of 108 cards with four ways to effect change will produce twenty-seven words, letters, numbers or symbols. A manufacturer who desires to have a maximum of one-hundred-eight cards with five ways to effect change will produce twenty-one words, letters, numbers or symbols. A manufacturer who desires to have a maximum of one-hundred-eight cards with six ways to effect change will produce eighteen words, letters, numbers or symbols.

OPERATION OF PLAYING A GAME OF CARDS

[0074] In playing a game of cards with a solo player, the solo player uses a deck of cards 18 first playable side facing up, and deals himself or herself a card and, thereby, a second playable side of a card used in a first hand of the solo player 19. The solo player then draws from the deck of cards 18 a first playable side of a first card cast in play 20.

[0075] The solo player takes a turn in a first round to attempt to use a symbolic instruction to replace a letter in the first playable side of the first card cast in play 21 with an alphabet letter to use as a replacement letter. The solo player wins the round when he or she replaces the e in bone with a y to make a new word bony, and he or she draws a replacement for the card the player used to effect change 24 from the deck of cards 18 and collects a number of points 23 from the first playable side of the first card cast in play 20 as his or her reward, and collects the reward card itself in order to use a second playable side of the first card cast in play 25, thus giving him or her a greater chance at effecting change to future cards set in play. The player flips over the second playable side of the card used in the first hand of the solo player 19 to the first playable side of the first hand 26, and places it beneath the deck of cards 18 in order to recycle as a first playable side to use later in the game.

[0076] The solo player draws from the deck of cards 18 a first playable side of a second card cast in play 27 but because he or she cannot use any of his or her second playable sides to effect change to the first playable side of a second card cast in play 27, he or she forfeits a turn and adds to his or her hand a new card the solo player draws from the deck of cards 28. The solo player keeps playing until he or she accumulates a predetermined number of points.

[0077] In a game with a plurality of players, a dealer sets in play and deals to each player a predetermined number of cards equal to the number of players, first playable side facing up so as to shield the second playable sides from other players. Where there are three players, the dealer deals to a first player immediately to the left of the dealer a second playable side of a first card dealt to said first player 30, to a player immediately to the left of the first player a second playable side of a second card to said second player 31, to himself or herself as a third player a second playable side of a third card to said third player 32, himself or herself, and a first playable side of a first card set in play 33 to an area accessible to all players. The dealer continues by dealing to a second playable side of a second card dealt to the first player 34, the second player 35, and the third player 36, and a first playable side of a second card set in play 37. The dealer concludes by dealing a second playable side of a third card dealt to the first player 38, the second player 39, and the third player 40, and a first playable side of a third card set in play 41.

[0078] A first round of play begins when the first player takes a turn to use one of his or her cards to make any one of the cards set in play into a new word, or else forfeit his or her turn. The first player uses the second playable side of the second card dealt to the first player 34 to change the first playable side of the second card set in play 37, making a new word row. The first player then places the card he or she used beside the card he or she changed, and he or she uses the deck of cards 29 to draw a replacement for the card the first player used 42.

[0079] The second player must change a card that the first player has not already changed or else the second player forfeits his or her turn. The second player uses the second playable side of the third card dealt to the second player 39 to change the first playable side of the first playable side of the third card set in play 41, making a new word faces. The second player then places the card he or she used beside the card he or she change, and he or she uses the deck of cards 29 to draw a replacement for the card the second player used 43.

[0080] The third player must change a card that neither the first or the second player has changed or else the third player forfeits his or her turn. The third player uses the second playable side of the first card dealt to the third player 32 to change the first playable side of the first card set in play 33, making a new word grain. The third player then places the card he or she used beside the card he or she change, and he or she uses the deck of cards 29 to draw a replacement for the card the second player used 44.

[0081] A winner of each round is declared to be the player who was last to be able to effect change to any of the first playable sides of the cards set in play. The winner collects the cards set in play that are paired with a second playable side that effected change to it, and that player gets the points from the cards set in play and the use of the opposing second playable sides. The third player, the winner of the first round, collects 13 points as well as the second playable side of the first card set in play 46, the second playable side of the second card set in play 47, and the second playable side of the third card set in play 48 to use in subsequent rounds of play.

[0082] A next dealer is the player who took the first turn in the first round. In a second round, the first player is the player who was second in the first round, the second player is the player who was third in the first round, and the third player is the player who was first in the first round. The next dealer collects the cards that the players used to effect change, namely the second card of the second playable side of a second card dealt to the first player 34, the second playable side of a third card dealt to the second player 39, and the second playable side of a first card dealt to a third player 32, and said next dealer groups those three cards, flips them over to the first playable side, and makes them recycled cards 45 to add to the bottom of the deck of cards 29.

[0083] The next dealer uses the top of the deck of cards 29 to reset the cards that the winner of the first found collected by drawing set in play with a first playable side of a fourth card set in play 49, a first playable side of a fifth card set in play 50, and a first playable side of a sixth card set in play 51. The first player in the second round takes a turn attempting to change any one of the cards into another word, and he or she uses an e to replace a letter in the word hair in order to make a new word heir. When the cards set in play bear the same word, subsequent players must create a new word that has not been created by another player in that round. The second player must forfeit his or her turn because he or she has no card that will effect change properly. The third player wins the round by adding a y to hair to make a new word hairy.

CONCLUSION, RAMIFICATIONS, AND SCOPE

[0084] Accordingly, the reader will notice that the cards are not merely reversible but actually encourage continued play through self-randomization and self-recycling.

[0085] Although the description above contains many specificities, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments but as merely providing illustrations of some of several embodiments. For example, the first playable side of the card can contain any word, and the second playable side of the card can contain various options for symbols indicating what a player is to do as well as any letter or combination of letters.

[0086] Thus the scope and embodiments should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents, rather than by the examples given.