US Patent Issued to The Upper Deck on May 12 for "Game systems and methods" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,138, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Upper Deck Co. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Game systems and methods" was invented by Robert Coovert (Lake Elsinore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can comprise a first player selecting a player main character card, an opponent selecting an opponent main character card, and/or conducting a battle phase. Each main character card can comprise a hit point value, an attack value, a defense value, and an agility value. The battle phase can comprise the first player rolling a number of attack dice equal to the first player main character's attack value, determining a number of successful at...