Card game

Abstract

A game is provided. The game includes a plurality of playing cards that each includes an illustration. A plurality of game dice includes illustrations that correspond to the illustrations of the playing cards. A game figure is operable to be hit by at least one of the plurality of game dice.

1 . A method of playing a game, comprising:
 dealing a predetermined amount of a first plurality of playing cards from a deck to each player of the game wherein each of the first plurality of playing cards has an illustration from one of a plurality of subsets of the first plurality of cards;   dealing a predetermined amount of a second plurality of playing cards from the deck to each player of the game wherein each of the second plurality of playing cards has an illustration depicting one of a plurality of actions to be performed by at least one player of the game;   laying the predetermined amount of the first plurality of playing cards of each player of the game in a discrete row on a playing surface such that each player has a row of the predetermined amount of the first plurality of playing cards;   rolling one or more game dice having a plurality of sides, wherein each side of the plurality of sides includes an illustration that matches at least one of the illustrations from one of the plurality of subsets of the first plurality of cards;   removing a playing card from the row of the player rolling the one or more game dice when the illustration on a rolled side of one of the game dice matches the illustration on one of the playing cards; and   using one of the game dice to hit a game figure, wherein a winner of the game is determined by the first player to hit the game figure.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the winner of the game is determined by the first player to hit and knock down the game figure by flicking one of the game dice at the game figure with their finger to knock down the game figure. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a player uses one of the game dice to hit the game figure only after all of that player's playing cards have been removed from their row by matching a rolled side of one of the game dice to each illustration of the playing cards in their row. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the playing cards are removed from a player's row when the illustration on the rolled side of one of the game dice matches the illustration on one of the playing cards located at an end of the row. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein another one of the playing cards is removed if the rolled side of another one of the game dice matches the illustration on a playing card adjacent to the playing card located at the end of the row. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of actions to be performed by at least one player of the game is selected from the group consisting of: removing a card from a player's row; drawing another playing card from the first plurality of playing cards and adding it to a player's row; causing a player to lose their next turn; giving another player one of the first plurality of playing cards that requires a match of an illustration of two dice in order to remove the one of the first plurality of playing cards; and allowing a player to roll the one or more game dice again. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of actions to be performed by at least one player of the game is adding to another player's row one of the first plurality of playing cards that requires a match of an illustration of two dice in order to remove the one of the first plurality of playing cards. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of actions to be performed by at least one player of the game is adding to the end of another player's row one of the first plurality of playing cards that requires a match of an illustration of two dice in order to remove the one of the first plurality of playing cards. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined amount of the second plurality of playing cards are held in a player's hand during the game and wherein the illustrations of the second plurality of playing cards do not match the illustrations of the first plurality of playing cards. 
     
     
         10 . A game having a deck of cards, game dice, a game figure and a method for determining a winner of the game, the method comprising:
 dealing a predetermined amount of a first plurality of playing cards from the deck of cards to each player of the game wherein each of the first plurality of playing cards has an illustration from one of a plurality of subsets of the first plurality of cards;   dealing a predetermined amount of a second plurality of playing cards from the deck of cards to each player of the game wherein each of the second plurality of playing cards has an illustration depicting one of a plurality of actions to be performed by at least one player of the game;   laying the predetermined amount of the first plurality of playing cards of each player of the game in a discrete row on a playing surface such that each player has a row of the predetermined amount of the first plurality of playing cards;   rolling one or more game dice having a plurality of sides, wherein each side of the plurality of sides includes an illustration that matches at least one of the illustrations from one of the plurality of subsets of the first plurality of cards;   removing a playing card from the row of the player rolling the one or more game dice when the illustration on a rolled side of one of the game dice matches the illustration on one of the playing cards; and   using one of the game dice to hit a game figure, wherein a winner of the game is determined by the first player to hit the game figure.   
     
     
         11 . A game, comprising:
 a plurality of playing cards that each include an illustration;   a plurality of game dice that include illustrations that correspond to the illustrations of the playing cards; and   a game figure operable to be hit by at least one of the plurality of game dice.   
     
     
         12 . The game of  claim 11  further comprising a plurality of special game cards that each include an illustration of a special act to be performed by a player. 
     
     
         13 . The game of  claim 12 , wherein the illustration of each of the plurality of special game cards does not match the illustration of the game dice. 
     
     
         14 . The game of  claim 11  further comprising a rule set that provides that a playing card is removed from a player's row when the game dice are rolled and when the illustration on a rolled side of one of the game dice matches the illustration on the playing card. 
     
     
         15 . The game of  claim 11  further comprising a rule set that provides that:
 a predetermined amount of a first plurality of playing cards are dealt from a deck to each player of the game wherein each of the first plurality of playing cards has an illustration from one of a plurality of subsets of the first plurality of cards; 
 a predetermined amount of a second plurality of playing cards are dealt from the deck to each player of the game wherein each of the second plurality of playing cards has an illustration depicting one of a plurality of actions to be performed by at least one player of the game; 
 the predetermined amount of the first plurality of playing cards of each player of the game are placed in a discrete row on a playing surface such that each player has a row of the predetermined amount of the first plurality of playing cards; 
 one or more game dice having a plurality of sides are rolled by each player during their turn, wherein each side of the plurality of sides includes an illustration that matches at least one of the illustrations from one of the plurality of subsets of the first plurality of cards; 
 a playing card is removed from the row of the player rolling the one or more game dice when the illustration on a rolled side of one of the game dice matches the illustration on one of the playing cards; and 
 one of the game dice is used to hit a game figure, wherein a winner of the game is determined by the first player to hit the game figure. 
 
     
     
         16 . The game of  claim 15 , wherein the rule set further provides that a player use one of the game dice to hit the game figure only after all of that player's playing cards have been removed from their row by matching a rolled side of one of the game dice to each illustration of the playing cards in their row. 
     
     
         17 . The game of  claim 15 , wherein the rule set further provides that the playing cards are removed from a player's row when the illustration on the rolled side of one of the game dice matches the illustration on one of the playing cards located at an end of the row and wherein another one of the playing cards is removed if the rolled side of another one of the game dice matches the illustration on a playing card adjacent to the play. 
     
     
         18 . The game of  claim 15 , wherein the rule set further provides that the one of the plurality of actions to be performed by at least one player of the game is adding to another player's row one of the first plurality of playing cards that requires a match of an illustration of two dice in order to remove the one of the first plurality of playing cards. 
     
     
         19 . The game of  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of playing cards include five distinct subsets each having a unique and discrete illustration and wherein each of the plurality of game dice have six sides each having a unique and discrete illustration, wherein the illustration of each of five of the six sides of the dice corresponds to the illustration of one and only one of the five distinct subsets of the plurality of playing cards and the remaining one of the six sides of the dice corresponds to each of the five distinct subsets of the plurality of playing cards. 
     
     
         20 . The game of  claim 19 , wherein the unique and discrete illustration of each of the five distinct subsets illustrate a bird and wherein the game figure further comprises a planar member and a stand for holding the planar member.