Card game

Abstract

Playing cards having a deck divided into a first suit of threat cards and a second suit of tool cards. Play is conducted by each player concocting a story based on the cards, for instance, a defense, using what is shown on the tool card or cards the player has, against the threat shown on the threat card the player has. Points may be awarded for creativity in telling a story with the winner having the most points at the end of play, or alternatively, players may play for the fun of creating stories.

1 . Playing cards comprising a deck divided into a first suit and a second suit, wherein the first suit comprises threat cards, each threat card having on its face a picture comprising a threat and the second suit comprises tool cards, each tool card having on its face a picture comprising a tool, and whereby the threat cards and the tool cards provide means for one or more card players to tell a story, based on a hand of a threat card and a tool card, wherein the story consists essentially of defending against, coping with, or escaping from the threat depicted on the threat card in the hand by employing the tool depicted on the tool card in the hand.  
   
   
       2 . The playing cards in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the second suit has the same number of cards as the first suit has or the second suit has twice the number of cards as the first suit has.  
   
   
       3 . The playing cards in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the first suit has 26 threat cards and the second suit has 26 tool cards or 52 tool cards.  
   
   
       4 . The playing cards in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the first suit has at least one threat card chosen from a card containing on its face a legend reading “DEADLY INFECTION”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “ANACONDA”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A POOL OF QUICKSAND”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “CHARGING RHINO”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “MAD AND HUNGRY OCTOPUS”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “HUNGRY CROCODILE”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A FLOOD”, or a card containing on its face a legend reading “HIT BY LIGHTNING”.  
   
   
       5 . The playing cards in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the first suit has at least one threat card chosen from a card containing on its face a legend reading “DEADLY INFECTION” and a picture of a person having an infected arm, a card containing on its face a legend reading “ANACONDA” and a picture of a snake, a card containing on its face a legend reading “TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR” and a picture of an elevator with a person trapped inside, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A POOL OF QUICKSAND” and a picture of a person with the person's lower half inside of a pool of quicksand, a card containing on its face a legend reading “CHARGING RHINO” and a picture of a rhinoceros, a card containing on its face a legend reading “MAD AND HUNGRY OCTOPUS” and a picture of an octopus, a card containing on its face a legend reading “HUNGRY CROCODILE” and a picture of a crocodile, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A FLOOD” and a picture of flood water approaching a house, or a card containing on its face a legend reading “HIT BY LIGHTNING” and a picture of a rain storm with a lightning bolt striking a person standing on the ground.  
   
   
       6 . The playing cards in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the second suit has at least one tool card chosen from a card containing on its face a legend reading “A PARACHUTE”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A WELDING TOOL”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A HOSE”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A LIFE VEST”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A MIRROR”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A GUN”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A NEEDLE AND THREAD”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A CELL PHONE”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A MAGNIFYING GLASS”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A ROPE”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A POT OF HONEY”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A FIRE EXTINGUISHER”, or a card containing on its face a legend reading “A HAM SANDWICH”.  
   
   
       7 . The playing cards in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the second suit has at least one tool card chosen from a card containing on its face a legend reading “A PARACHUTE” and a picture of a parachute, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A WELDING TOOL” and a picture of a welding tool, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A HOSE” and a picture of a hose, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A LIFE VEST” and a picture of a life vest, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A MIRROR” and a picture of a mirror, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A GUN” and a picture of a gun, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A NEEDLE AND THREAD” and a picture of a needle and a spool of thread, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A CELL PHONE” and a picture of a cell phone, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A MAGNIFYING GLASS” and a picture of a magnifying glass, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A ROPE” and a picture of a rope, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A POT OF HONEY” and a picture of a pot of honey, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A FIRE EXTINGUISHER” and a picture of a fire extinguisher, or a card containing on its face a legend reading “A HAM SANDWICH” and a picture of a ham sandwich.  
   
   
       8 . The playing cards in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the second suit has at least one tool card containing on its face a legend reading “WILD”.  
   
   
       9 . The playing cards in accordance with  claim 8 , wherein the second suit has at least one tool card containing on its face a legend reading “WILD” and a picture of a joker's head.  
   
   
       10 . The playing cards in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the deck of cards is in combination with a time keeper.  
   
   
       11 . Playing cards comprising a deck in combination with a timer, the deck of cards being divided into a first suit and a second suit, wherein the first suit comprises threat cards, and the second suit comprises tool cards, wherein the second suit has the same number of cards as the first suit has or the second suit has twice the number of cards as the first suit has, and wherein each card of the first suit contains on its face a legend reading “THREAT” and a picture comprising a threat, and each card of the second suit contains on its face a legend reading “TOOL” and a picture comprising a tool, and wherein the second suit has at least one tool card containing on its face a legend reading “WILD”, and whereby the threat cards and the tool cards provide means for a card player who has a hand of one threat card and one tool card when the tool card suit has the same number of cards as the threat card suit or has a hand of one threat card and two tool cards when the tool card suit has twice the number of cards as the threat card suit, and at least one other card player, to tell, within a selected amount of time set on the timer, a story consisting essentially of defending against, coping with, or escaping from the threat depicted on the threat card in the hand by employing the tool or tools depicted on the one or two tool cards in the hand.  
   
   
       12 . A method of playing a card game comprising: 
 (a) providing playing cards comprising a deck having a first suit and a second suit, wherein the first suit comprises threat cards, each threat card having on its face a picture comprising a threat, and the second suit comprises tool cards, each tool card having on its face a picture comprising a tool, and wherein the first suit and the second suit are separated from each other into a first group and a second group;    (b) a first player selecting a threat card from the first group and a tool card from the second group, and telling a story based on the selected hand of cards, wherein the story consists essentially of defending against, coping with, or escaping from the threat depicted on the threat card in the hand selected by the first player by employing the tool depicted on the tool card in the hand selected by the first player and scoring from zero points to a selected number of points for the story;    (c) continuing play as in step (b) with at least one other player; and    (d) continuing with play among players until all cards have been selected from the two groups or until an agreed upon time has been reached.    
   
   
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       14 . The method in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein scoring zero points comprises all players agreeing not to keep points during play.  
   
   
       15 . The method in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein the second suit has the same number of cards as the first suit has or the second suit has twice the number of cards as the first suit has.  
   
   
       16 . The method in accordance with  claim 15 , wherein the first suit has 26 threat cards and the second suit has 26 tool cards or 52 tool cards.  
   
   
       17 . The method in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein the first suit has at least one threat card chosen from a card containing on its face a legend reading “DEADLY INFECTION”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “ANACONDA”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A POOL OF QUICKSAND”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “CHARGING RHINO”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “MAD AND HUNGRY OCTOPUS”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “HUNGRY CROCODILE”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A FLOOD”, or a card containing on its face a legend reading “HIT BY LIGHTNING”.  
   
   
       18 . The method in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein the first suit has at least one threat card chosen from a card containing on its face a legend reading “DEADLY INFECTION” and a picture of a person having an infected arm, a card containing on its face a legend reading “ANACONDA” and a picture of a snake, a card containing on its face a legend reading “TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR” and a picture of an elevator with a person trapped inside, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A POOL OF QUICKSAND” and a picture of a person with the person's lower half inside of a pool of quicksand, a card containing on its face a legend reading “CHARGING RHINO” and a picture of a rhinoceros, a card containing on its face a legend reading “MAD AND HUNGRY OCTOPUS” and a picture of an octopus, a card containing on its face a legend reading “HUNGRY CROCODILE” and a picture of a crocodile, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A FLOOD” and a picture of flood water approaching a house, or a card containing on its face a legend reading “HIT BY LIGHTNING” and a picture of a rain storm with a lightning bolt striking a person standing on the ground.  
   
   
       19 . The method in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein the second suit has at least one tool card chosen from a card containing on its face a legend reading “A PARACHUTE”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A WELDING TOOL”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A HOSE”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A LIFE VEST”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A MIRROR”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A GUN”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A NEEDLE AND THREAD”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A CELL PHONE”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A MAGNIFYING GLASS”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A ROPE”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A POT OF HONEY”, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A FIRE EXTINGUISHER”, or a card containing on its face a legend reading “A HAM SANDWICH”.  
   
   
       20 . The method in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein the second suit has at least one tool card chosen from a card containing on its face a legend reading “A PARACHUTE” and a picture of a parachute, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A WELDING TOOL” and a picture of a welding tool, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A HOSE” and a picture of a hose, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A LIFE VEST” and a picture of a life vest, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A MIRROR” and a picture of a mirror, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A GUN” and a picture of a gun, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A NEEDLE AND THREAD” and a picture of a needle and a spool of thread, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A CELL PHONE” and a picture of a cell phone, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A MAGNIFYING GLASS” and a picture of a magnifying glass, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A ROPE” and a picture of a rope, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A POT OF HONEY” and a picture of a pot of honey, a card containing on its face a legend reading “A FIRE EXTINGUISHER” and a picture of a fire extinguisher, or a card containing on its face a legend reading “A HAM SANDWICH” and a picture of a ham sandwich.  
   
   
       21 . The method in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein the second suit has at least one tool card containing on its face a legend reading “WILD”.  
   
   
       22 . The method in accordance with  claim 21 , wherein the second suit has at least one tool card containing on its face a legend reading “WILD” and a picture of a joker's head.  
   
   
       23 . The method in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein each selected hand of cards comprises one threat card and one tool card.  
   
   
       24 . The method in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein each selected hand of cards comprises one threat card and two tool cards.  
   
   
       25 . The method in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein telling a story is accomplished within a selected amount of time.  
   
   
       26 . The method in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein step (a) further includes providing a time keeper.  
   
   
       27 . A method of playing a card game comprising: 
 (a) providing playing cards comprising a deck having a first suit and a second suit, wherein the first suit comprises threat cards, each threat card having on its face a picture comprising a threat, and the second suit comprises tool cards, each tool card having on its face a picture comprising a tool, and wherein the first suit and the second suit are separated from each other into a first group and a second group;    (b) a first player selecting a threat card from the first group and a tool card from the second group, and telling a story based on the selected hand of cards, wherein the story consists essentially of defending against, coping with, or escaping from the threat depicted on the threat card in the hand by employing the tool depicted on the tool card in the hand;    (c) another player or players having a chance to tell another story based on the same selected hand of cards;    (d) the player with the best of the stories scoring from zero points to a selected number of points for the story told;    (e) continuing with play by another player selecting cards and by the players storytelling and point scoring as in steps M (c) and (d); and    (f) continuing with play among players until all cards have been selected from the two groups or until an agreed upon time has been reached.    
   
   
       28 . A method of playing a card game comprising: 
 (a) providing playing cards comprising a deck having a first suit and a second suit, wherein the first suit comprises threat cards where each contains on its face a legend reading “THREAT” and a picture comprising a threat, and the second suit comprises tool cards where each contains on its face a legend reading “TOOL” and a picture comprising a tool, and wherein the first suit and the second suit are separated from each other into a first group and a second group;    (b) a first player selecting a threat card from the first group and a tool card from the second group, and telling a story based on the selected hand of cards, wherein the story consists essentially of defending against, coping with, or escaping from the threat depicted on the threat card in the hand by employing the tool depicted on the tool card in the hand;    (c) another player or players having a chance to tell another story based on the same selected hand of cards;    (d) the player with the best of the stories scoring from zero points to a selected number of points for the story told;    (e) continuing with play by another player selecting cards and: 
 (i) the players telling stories and scoring points as in steps (b), (c), and (d), or  
 (ii) the other player trading one or more of the cards of the other player's hand of cards with one or more of the cards of the first player's hand of cards to create a changed hand of cards and then the players telling stories and scoring points as in steps (b), (c), and (d), but wherein the player who traded scoring / 2  the points; and  
   (f) continuing with play among players selecting cards, story telling, and point scoring or selecting cards, trading cards, story telling, and point scoring ½ the points, until all cards have been selected from the two groups or until an agreed upon time has been reached.