Abstract: A card game with a set of different playing cards or a multiple thereof wherein each playing card is linked to a ball from the pool billiard game, possibly with the exception of the cue ball. In addition to the playing cards the card game can also contain action cards as for instance turn cards, cards that indicate missing a turn, fault cards and jokers. A number of different playing cards can be linked to balls from eight-ball pool billiard. Each playing card can carry a picture of a ball from eight-ball pool billiard with which the card is linked. A combination of pool billiard with such a card game is described, which makes it possible to play pool billiard also with more than two players.

Abstract: A method for playing a competitive card game simulating combat between a first character and a second character has the step of providing a stack of playing cards for each player with each card representing at least one specific character. Each card has games on the card and the card has indicia thereon representing various information about the first character and the second character with statistics. The method also has the steps of selecting a statistical comparison game, selecting a card from the stack of each player, and choosing one category of the statistics to be compared. The game also has the step of comparing the statistics of the specific character on the chosen category to determine a winner of the card game.