Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1989-12-18
1991-03-12
Layno, Benjamin
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
273308, A63F 300, A63F 918
Patent
active
049987356
ABSTRACT:
A game for two or more players who compete to guess correct answers in response to the reading of statements provided on associated clue cards. The speed at which a correct answer is provided is related by the rules to the speed of playing piece movement over an associated game board. The clue cards include a correct "answer" sought in response to reading of the individual statements written on the card. The game board is geometrically divided into a playing space for each player. Each playing space is divided into a multi-spaced path to be traveled by the playing pieces, which travel toward a winner's circle defined at the center of the board. Piece movement is generally related to successful answering of the clue card questions. The statements on each clue card all relate to a particular category, such as a person, place, thing or event. Each statement in effect provides a "clue" to the player as to what "answer" is desired. These statements vary in relative suggestiveness between total vagueness and specificity. In general, according to the rules, piece movement is correlated to successful answering. The fewer statements which must be read from the clue card to the player before he correctly discerns the correct answer, the more "points" he will generate to move his piece upon the board towards the winner's circle. An element of randomness is provided by associated venture cards.
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Carver Stephen D.
Layno Benjamin
MindGames, Inc.
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