Abstract: System for retrieving balls outside the normal playing area of a game such as table tennis or the like. The system includes a channel for receiving the balls to be retrieved, a ball receptor in a convenient location of the playing area, and a circulating air system for conveying the balls along the channel and from the channel to the receptor. A blower is provided to draw balls through a duct and into the receptor and to propel the balls along the channel to a transfer point where the balls will move from the channel and into the duct.

Abstract: A card game comprising a pack of playing cards including fifty-two cards each having the same rectangular configuration and size and visually similar rear face. The front face of each card is divided into a first and second visually distinct zone, each of the first and second zones bearing the same readily recognizable letter of the alphabet and being either of one color or another color. Each zone of each card includes indicia of a different word representative of a selected subject of category of words followed by a dictionary definition. A spin dial in the nature of a board having a spinning pointer and an annular ring divided into fifty-two equal sectors allows spinning of the point with the head of the pointer eventually coming to rest on one of the sectors which uniquely identifies one of the fifty-two cards.