Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor
Patent
1998-01-13
2000-09-19
Pierce, William M.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
273287, A63F 300
Patent
active
061200263
ABSTRACT:
Game with a privacy member. The game includes a play region and a directional viewing screen. The directional viewing screen covers at least a portion of the play region such that said portion of the play region is viewable therethrough at a first player position, but is not viewable therethrough at a second player position. The game with privacy member in accordance with the present invention allows for enhancement of existing games, as well as for the creation of new games or new play patterns of existing games.
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