A method of playing a card match game including providing a set of boards including a plurality of boards that each include a front face that includes a plurality of objects from a predetermined object group, each object corresponding to a single one of a plurality of predetermined object classes of the object group, each object class including a plurality of categorized objects, each object class defining a common feature between all categorized objects corresponding to the respective object class, and each board excluding at least one of the categorized objects from at least one object class, the excluded categorized object being an excluded object on the front face; providing a set of cards including a front face that includes at least one of the categorized objects; and determining that at least one object of the distributed cards match the at least one excluded categorized objects of the in-play board.