Mystical astrological predictive-type board game

• US 5,499,818 A
• Filed: 02/03/1995
• Issued: 03/19/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Al M. Allal
• Original Assignee: Al M. Allal
• Inventors: Allal, Al M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller, V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wong, Steven B.
• Application Number:
  US08/383,598
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 273/161, 273/237, 273/243, 273/247, 273/256, 273/283, 273/284, 273/429, 273/303, 273/304
• US Class Current: 273/161
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/04 Card games combined with other games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0039 Instruction or exercise books; Guides
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2011/0053 using a calculator
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2011/0067 Score or tally sheets
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/001 Board games concerning astrology, religion, or fortune-telling fortune-telling games A63F9/181

Abstract

A mystical astrological predictive-type board game including a deck of teliotarotarcane cards including a first sub-deck of minor tarot cards, a second sub-deck of minor shustah cards, a third sub-deck of major tarot cards, a fourth sub-deck of premium cards, and a fifth sub-deck of maximum mystique cards and with each card having a point value; and a game board bearing indicia of a cross, a star with a first rectangle therearound, a second rectangle with a distinctive word thereon, a circle with a distinctive symbol thereon, an ankh, an encircled eye, an encircled triangle, an encircled star, and an answer area formed of an upper circle with an affirmative symbol disposed thereon, a lower circle with a negative symbol disposed thereon, and a segment interconnecting the upper circle with the lower circle; and a rule book providing the rules of play.

Claims

1. A mystical astrological predictive-type board game for formulating predictions about significant and meaningful events in life based on questions posed by players comprising, in combination:

a deck of 108 teliotarotarcane cards, the deck of teliotarotarcane cards including a first sub-deck of 48 minor tarot cards, a second sub-deck of 14 minor shustah cards, a third sub-deck of 22 major tarot cards, a fourth sub-deck of 12 premium cards, and a fifth sub-deck of 12 maximum mystique cards,

the first sub-deck of minor tarot cards further including a first suit of 12 spades, a second suit of 12 clubs, a third suit of 12 hearts, and a fourth suit of 12 diamonds, each suit including a first set of 8 cards bearing numbers thereon from 2 to 9, respectively, and further including a second set of 4 cards bearing a symbol of a jack, a queen, a king, and an ace thereon, respectively, each card of the first set having a point value equal to its respective number, the jack, the queen, and the king having a point value of 11 and with the ace having a point value of 1 or 10 based upon a player'"'"'s discretion;

the second sub-deck of minor shustah cards further including a first set of 10 cards bearing numbers thereon from 1 to 10, respectively, and a second set of 4 cards bearing a knight, a leader, a prince, and a princess thereon, respectively, each card of the first set having a point value equal to its respective number, the cards of the second set each having a point value of 11;

the third sub-deck of major tarot cards further including 22 cards bearing numbers thereon from 0 to 21, respectively, the cards further bearing a mystic symbol thereon of a joker, a magician, an empress, an emperor, a priestess, a priest, a symbol for or a pair of lovers, a chariot, a depiction of justice, a hermit, a wheel-of-fortune, a depiction of strength, a hanged man, a depiction of death, a depiction of temperance, a devil, a tower, a star, a moon, a sun, a depiction of judgement, and a depiction of the world, respectively, each card having a point value equal to its respective number,

the fourth sub-deck of premium cards further including 12 cards bearing numbers thereon from 0 to 12, respectively, the cards further bearing a zodiac symbol thereon including capricorn, aquarius, pisces, aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, and sagittarius, respectively, each card having a point value equal to its respective number, and

the fifth sub-deck of maximum mystique cards further including 12 cards bearing numbers thereon from 0 to 11, respectively, the cards further bearing elemental symbols thereon with the cards numbered 0 and 10 each further bearing an elemental symbol of metal, the cards numbered "1" and "11" each further bearing an elemental symbol of air, the cards numbered "2" and "3" each further bearing an elemental symbol of water, the cards numbered "4" and "5" each further bearing an elemental symbol of wood, the cards numbered "6" and "7" each further bearing an elemental symbol of fire, and the cards numbered "8" and "9" further bearing an elemental symbol of earth;

a rectangular planar game board having an upper surface, a lower surface, an upper left corner, a lower left corner, an upper right corner, a lower right corner, a periphery formed of a top edge, a bottom edge, a left edge, and a right edge, and an enclosed central portion, the upper surface of the game board bearing indicia of a cross located adjacent to the left edge and with the cross having an upper end adjacent to the upper left corner and a lower end located adjacent to lower left corner, a star with a first rectangle therearound located near the upper right corner, a second rectangle with the word "KEEP" thereon located near the lower right corner, a circle with the symbol "XOAB" thereon located between the first rectangle and second rectangle and adjacent to the right edge, an ankh located on the central portion and aligned in parallel with the cross and with the ankh having an upper end located adjacent to the upper edge and a lower end located adjacent to the lower edge, an encircled eye located between the upper ends of the cross and ankh and with the encircled eye further bearing indicia of "12", "3", "6" and "9" therearound and with the number "12" located above the eye, the number "6" located below the eye, the number "9" located to the left of the eye, and the number "3" located to the right of the eye, an encircled triangle located between the lower ends of the cross and ankh, an encircled star located between the encircled eye and the encircled triangle, and an answer area formed of an upper circle with the symbol "YES" disposed thereon, a lower circle with the symbol "NO" disposed thereon, and a segment interconnecting the upper circle with the lower circle located between the ankh and the circle with the symbol "XOAB" thereon;

a calculator for tallying score values;

and a plurality of score sheets for maintaining a status of score values during play; and

a rule book providing the rules of play.

2. A mystical astrological predictive game comprising:

a deck of teliotarotarcane cards including a first sub-deck of minor tarot cards, a second sub-deck of minor shustah cards, a third sub-deck of major tarot cards, a fourth sub-deck of premium cards, and a fifth sub-deck of maximum mystique cards and with each card having a point value;

the first sub-deck of minor tarot cards including a first suit of 12 spades, a second suit of 12 clubs, a third suit of 12 hearts, and a fourth suit of 12 diamonds, each suit including a first set of 8 cards bearing numbers thereon from 2 to 9, respectively, and further including a second set of 4 cards bearing a symbol of a jack, a queen, a king, and an ace thereon, respectively, each card of the first set having a point value equal to its respective number, the jack, the queen, and the king having a point value of 11 and with the ace having a point value of 1 or 10 based upon the player'"'"'s discretion;

a game board bearing indicia of a cross, a star with a first rectangle therearound, a second rectangle with a distinctive word disposed thereon, a circle with a distinctive symbol disposes thereon, an ankh, an encircled eye, an encircled triable, and encircled star, and an answer area formed of an upper circle with an affirmative symbol disposed thereon, a lower circle with a negative symbol disposed thereon, and a segment interconnecting the upper circle with the lower circle; and

a rule book providing the rules of play.

3. The mystical astrological predictive-type board game as set forth in claim 2 wherein the second sub-deck of minor shustah cards includes a first set of 10 cards bearing numbers thereon from 1 to 10, respectively, and a second set of 4 cards bearing a knight, a leader, a prince, and a princess thereon, respectively, each card of the first set having a point value equal to its respective number, the cards of the second set each having a point value of 11.

4. The mystical astrological predictive-type board game as set forth in claim 2 wherein the third sub-deck of major tarot cards includes 22 cards bearing numbers thereon from 0 to 21, respectively, the cards further bearing a mystic symbol thereon of a joker, a magician, an empress, an emperor, a priestess, a priest, a symbol or pair of lovers, a chariot, a depiction of justice, a hermit, a wheel-of-fortune, a depiction of strength, a hanged man, a depiction of death, a depiction of temperance, a devil, a tower, a star, a moon, a sun, a depiction of judgement, and a depiction of the world, each card having a point value equal to its respective number.

5. The mystical astrological predictive-type board game as set forth in claim 2 wherein the fourth sub-deck of premium cards includes 12 cards bearing numbers thereon from 0 to 12, respectively, the cards further bearing a zodiac symbol thereon including capricorn, aquarius, pisces, aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, and sagittarius, each card having a point value equal to its respective number.

6. The mystical astrological predictive-type board game as set forth in claim 2 wherein the fifth sub-deck of maximum mystique cards includes 12 cards bearing numbers thereon from 0 to 11, respectively, the cards further bearing elemental symbols thereon with two of the cards bearing an elemental symbol of metal, two of the cards bearing an elemental symbol of air, two of the cards bearing an elemental symbol of water, two of the cards bearing an elemental symbol of wood, two of the cards bearing an elemental symbol of fire, and the remaining two cards bearing an elemental symbol of earth.