# Grand Master--card game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [September 6, 2000, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-master-card-game/32209 "2000-09-06T09:01:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-master-card-game/32209/1 "2000-09-06T09:01:15Z")
Sorry if this should go in MPSIMS, but I do have a question. Does anyone remember this card game? I don’t really have a firm grasp of what it was really about but here’s what I know. It is a card game. (Duh!) It is based on martial arts. I think it consisted just of a deck of cards. You played the cards as martial arts moves, attacks and or blocks. My actual question, outside of wondering if anyone but my husband has ever heard of it, is do any of you own it or know any place to buy it? My husband would love to find a set or at least get a copy of the rules and instructions. (He has the game but is not sure if he is missing cards and he doesn’t really remember how to play.) ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-master-card-game/32209/2 "2000-09-06T17:07:30Z")
I don’t know. I just hate to see something this important go unanswered. ---
**Author:** ![Starbury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Starbury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starbury)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-master-card-game/32209/3 "2000-09-06T17:39:25Z")
I actually think I still have a copy of it. I got it from a martial arts instructor at the local YMCA when I was about 10 years old…anyway, I will try and find it, and I’ll let you know how many cards are in the deck if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-master-card-game/32209/4 "2000-09-07T04:23:21Z")
Thank you, Lance. You’re a sweetie! That would be a help, Starbury. Thanks much. Come on! Someone else out there has got to have at least heard of this game! ---
**Author:** ![patcii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@patcii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/patcii)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-master-card-game/32209/5 "2024-03-24T03:17:12Z")
I have several copies of this game. I studied Ishyn Ryu with Chris Goedeke, the author. I’ll be running a game at PaizoCon in May. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-master-card-game/32209/6 "2024-03-24T17:30:53Z")
> [@evilbeth](#): > > Sorry if this should go in MPSIMS, but I do have a question. Well, now that the Game Room exists, we can move it there. And welcome, @patcii , though I should warn you that @evilbeth hasn’t been around here for years. This thread is from 2000. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-master-card-game/32209/7 "2024-03-25T22:09:19Z")
Still around every now and then but mostly lurking when I pop in. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-master-card-game/32209/8 "2024-03-25T22:10:47Z")
And thank you for the info, @patcii! ---
**Author:** ![patcii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@patcii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/patcii)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-master-card-game/32209/9 "2024-04-03T21:52:12Z")
You are very welcome! I’m still getting used to this site.