Card game having cards bearing hidden icons altering game play

摘要

A plurality of cards each having one or more primary value icons is utilized in a game similar to the game of "war" in which the relative power or value between cards is established on a preliminary basis by the number of primary value icons thereon. Each card in addition supports a coded image in which a plurality of colored image elements are formed. In at least some of the coded images a latent icon is printed and obscured by the remainder of the coded image. A decoder card sized and shaped to correspond to the remaining cards of the game includes an aperture supporting a tinted filter. When the tinted filter is placed over the coded image the latent icon therein becomes viewable. During game play the appearance of a decoder card allows the player to play the next card in combination with the decoder card to reveal the latent icon. The latent icon operates under the game rules to alter the power or value of the given card such as for example by doubling the card value.