Card game device, letter data reader, card game control method, recording media, program and letters.

A card game apparatus comprising a means (62) for executing the game, a panel on which a plurality of indicative elements, each one, of a game character, means, can be detachably placed, by manipulation of the player. of information detection that detect information from elements placed on the panel, where the detected information is introduced to the game execution medium, a game program is executed in response to the information entered, and the progress of the game is shown in a monitor (26).