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Card games to recreate some of the atmosphere of the middle ages

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-11-12
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Granted: 1995-07-25
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Expires: 2013-11-12
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Abstract

Abstract A card game adapted to recreate some of the atmosphere of combat in the Middle Ages comprising, in combination, a rule book; a score pad; and a deck of cards, the deck of cards including a plurality of cards comprised of five different card type identifications vertically marked along one side including land, personalities, naval, fortifications and assault, each card also including horizontally across the top a subdivision identification and for land type cards a unit identification including foot, horse and range, each card also having on its face a picture indicative of the subdivision and a number representing the point value assigned to the card.

Inventors

  • 👤 P. Gregory Black

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 10:35
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F1/00; A63F1/02; A63F9/00; A63F9/001; A63F2009/0036; A63F2009/0039; A63F11/00; A63F11/0051; A63F2011/0067

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 198 words
A card game adapted to recreate some of the atmosphere of combat in the Middle Ages comprising: a rule book; a score pad; a deck of cards, the deck of cards including a plurality of cards comprised of five different type identifications vertically marked along one side including type identifications of land, naval, fortifications, assault, and personalities with the land type identification further having subdivision identifications of foot, horse, and, range and with the foot subdivision identification including a number of cards named Imperial Guard, Line infantry, Highlander, Ranger, and Forester, the horse subdivision identification including a number of cards named Imperial Horse, Heavy Calvary, and Light Calvary, and the range subdivision identification including a number of cards named Yeoman Archers, Archers, and Spearman cards, and with the naval type identification including a number of cards named Flagship, Line Ship, Crew, Royal Marine, and Marine, the fortification type identification including a number of cards named Tower and Gatehouse, the assault type identification including a number of cards named Ram and Catapult, and the personalities type, identification including a number of cards named King, Queen, Knight, and Wizard cards and with each named card having an assigned point value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 198 words
A card game adapted to recreate some of the atmosphere of combat in the Middle Ages comprising: a rule book; a score pad; a deck of cards, the deck of cards including a plurality of cards comprised of five different type identifications vertically marked along one side including type identifications of land, naval, fortifications, assault, and personalities with the land type identification further having subdivision identifications of foot, horse, and, range and with the foot subdivision identification including a number of cards named Imperial Guard, Line infantry, Highlander, Ranger, and Forester, the horse subdivision identification including a number of cards named Imperial Horse, Heavy Calvary, and Light Calvary, and the range subdivision identification including a number of cards named Yeoman Archers, Archers, and Spearman cards, and with the naval type identification including a number of cards named Flagship, Line Ship, Crew, Royal Marine, and Marine, the fortification type identification including a number of cards named Tower and Gatehouse, the assault type identification including a number of cards named Ram and Catapult, and the personalities type, identification including a number of cards named King, Queen, Knight, and Wizard cards and with each named card having an assigned point value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 416 words
A card game adapted to recreate some of the atmosphere of combat in the Middle Ages comprising, in combination: a rule book; a score pad; a deck of cards, the deck of cards including 151 cards comprised of ______________________________________ Card Name Number per deck Value of Points ______________________________________ Land Foot: Imperial Guard 1 6 Line Infantry 15 2 Highlanders 3 2 Rangers 3 2 Foresters 3 2 Horse: Imperial Horse 1 9 Heavy Calvary 9 7 Light Calvary 15 6 Range: Yeoman Archers 1 6 Archers 9 3 Spearman 15 2 Naval Flagships 1 10 Line Ships 9 9 Crews 12 2 Royal Marines 1 6 Marines 12 4 Fortifications Towers 12 12 Gatehouses 6 12 Assault Rams 2 / Catapults 2 / Personalities Kings 6 12 Queens 6 11 Knights 6 10 Wizards 2 9] ______________________________________ five different type identifications including type identifications of land, naval, fortifications, assault, and personalities with the land type identification further having subdivision identifications of foot, horse, and range and with the foot subdivision identification including a number of cards named Imperial Guard, Line infantry, Highlander, Ranger, and Forester, the horse subdivision identification including a number of cards named Imperial Horse, Heavy Calvary, and Light Calvary, and the range subdivision identification including a number of cards named Yeoman Archers, Archers, and Spearman cards, and with the naval type identification including a number of cards named Flagship, Line Ship, Crew, Royal Marine, and Marine, the fortification type identification including a number of cards named Tower and Gatehouse, the assault type identification including a number of cards named Ram and Catapult, and the personalities type identification including a number of cards named King, Queen, Knight, and Wizard cards and with each named card having an assigned point value, wherein the type identification, subdivision identification, name, number per deck, and assigned point value of the cards are as follows: ______________________________________ Sub- Type division Number Point Ident. Ident. Name per Deck Value ______________________________________ Land Foot Imperial Guard 1 6 Line Infantry 15 2 Highlander 3 2 Ranger 3 2 Forester 3 2 Horse Imperial Horse 1 9 Heavy Calvary 9 7 Light Calvary 15 6 Range Yeoman Archer 1 6 Archer 9 3 Spearman 15 2 Naval Flagship 1 10 Line Ship 9 9 Crews 12 2 Royal Marine 1 6 Marine 12 4 Fortifi- Tower 12 12 cations Gatehouse 6 12 Assault Rams 2 / Catapult 2 / Person- King 6 12 alities Queen 6 11 Knight 6 10 Wizard 2 9 ______________________________________
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 416 words
A card game adapted to recreate some of the atmosphere of combat in the Middle Ages comprising, in combination: a rule book; a score pad; a deck of cards, the deck of cards including 151 cards comprised of ______________________________________ Card Name Number per deck Value of Points ______________________________________ Land Foot: Imperial Guard 1 6 Line Infantry 15 2 Highlanders 3 2 Rangers 3 2 Foresters 3 2 Horse: Imperial Horse 1 9 Heavy Calvary 9 7 Light Calvary 15 6 Range: Yeoman Archers 1 6 Archers 9 3 Spearman 15 2 Naval Flagships 1 10 Line Ships 9 9 Crews 12 2 Royal Marines 1 6 Marines 12 4 Fortifications Towers 12 12 Gatehouses 6 12 Assault Rams 2 / Catapults 2 / Personalities Kings 6 12 Queens 6 11 Knights 6 10 Wizards 2 9] ______________________________________ five different type identifications including type identifications of land, naval, fortifications, assault, and personalities with the land type identification further having subdivision identifications of foot, horse, and range and with the foot subdivision identification including a number of cards named Imperial Guard, Line infantry, Highlander, Ranger, and Forester, the horse subdivision identification including a number of cards named Imperial Horse, Heavy Calvary, and Light Calvary, and the range subdivision identification including a number of cards named Yeoman Archers, Archers, and Spearman cards, and with the naval type identification including a number of cards named Flagship, Line Ship, Crew, Royal Marine, and Marine, the fortification type identification including a number of cards named Tower and Gatehouse, the assault type identification including a number of cards named Ram and Catapult, and the personalities type identification including a number of cards named King, Queen, Knight, and Wizard cards and with each named card having an assigned point value, wherein the type identification, subdivision identification, name, number per deck, and assigned point value of the cards are as follows: ______________________________________ Sub- Type division Number Point Ident. Ident. Name per Deck Value ______________________________________ Land Foot Imperial Guard 1 6 Line Infantry 15 2 Highlander 3 2 Ranger 3 2 Forester 3 2 Horse Imperial Horse 1 9 Heavy Calvary 9 7 Light Calvary 15 6 Range Yeoman Archer 1 6 Archer 9 3 Spearman 15 2 Naval Flagship 1 10 Line Ship 9 9 Crews 12 2 Royal Marine 1 6 Marine 12 4 Fortifi- Tower 12 12 cations Gatehouse 6 12 Assault Rams 2 / Catapult 2 / Person- King 6 12 alities Queen 6 11 Knight 6 10 Wizard 2 9 ______________________________________

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