Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate generally to games and more particularly to card games in which players attempt to discard all of the cards in their hand to win the game. Various embodiments also relate generally to a device that can be used for playing a card game and methods of playing games using the device. The play of various card games is facilitated by one or more cards and the game playing device.
Examples of cards, card games, and devices for card games are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,114,153 entitled “Mechanical Card Dispenser and Method of Playing a Card Game,” issued May 19, 1992, and in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0108703A1, entitled “Card and Selection Device Games,” published May 17, 2007, the disclosure of each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
Conventional games exist in which players attempt to be the first one to dispose of all of their cards, or try not to be the last player still holding one or more cards when the other players do not have any cards. An example of such a game is the UNO® card game in which each player strives to be the first one to dispose of all of the cards from their hand. The playing cards from the UNO® card game are owned by Mattel, Inc. The UNO® card game involves a discard pile of cards, a draw pile of cards and cards that are dealt to each player. In the UNO® card game, a player not being able to match the upwardly facing card in a discard pile by number or by color, and not having a wild card, must draw cards from a draw pile until the player is able to make the required match or play a wild card.