Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1986-07-10
1987-07-28
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
273256, A63F 300
Patent
active
046827773
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a definition-word spelling game which is both educational and entertaining. The game uses a game board, a deck of cards, player pieces, letter-covering pieces, marker pieces and a chance device. The four sides of the game board are each defined by one of four different and distinct characteristic colors. The four player pieces, four sets of cards, four sets of cover tiles and four sets of markers are all similarly color coded. The board has four special function corners and each side between adjacent corners includes seven spaces for a total of 28. Each space includes a different and distinct letter of the alphabet with the remaining spaces being assigned special functions. A player landing on a given space, draws a card corresponding to the color on that section of the board the player is then read a definition of a word which normally starts with the letter on his given space. If the player correctly guesses the word, he covers that letter with one of the tiles of his color and he must then spell the word. If he spells it correctly, he wins a marker of his color. Once a player collects three markers he can exchange the markers for a letter covering tile. His turn continues until he fails to guess or spell a word correctly. The player who covers the most letters, wins the game.
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"What's The Word" Game Rules, Karian Corporation, 1984.
Layno Benjamin
Padgett, Jr. Charles P.
Pinkham Richard C.
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