Inventors:
Marie Ching-Hua Kuo - Denver CO
International Classification:
A63F 300
Abstract:
A game and a method of playing a game involving skill and chance. The game of sets of tiles, each set having a numerical value ranging from one through nine and an icon or figure. Additionally, the game can also include a set of "lucky" or trump tiles that only include an icon, a die, a set of rulers for including the scoring values and aid in counting the tiles, and a chips for keeping score. The game includes 112 tiles, of the 112 tiles 36 tiles of one suit, meaning that these 36 tiles have similar icons, with four identical groups of nine tiles each, another 36 of the tiles is also made up of four identical groups of nine tiles of the same suit, and a third group of 36 tiles is four identical groups of nine tiles of the same suit. The balance, or four tiles, is made up of "lucky" or trump tiles. The process for playing the game involves distributing a randomly selected hand of tiles consisting of eight tiles when playing amongst two or three players, or eleven tiles when playing amongst four or more players.