Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Word – sentence – or equation forming
Patent
1998-02-24
2000-02-01
Pierce, William M.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Word, sentence, or equation forming
273431, A63F 300
Patent
active
060193727
ABSTRACT:
A rhyming word game including a game board having a plurality of advancement zones which contain a plurality of advancement positions defining a movement path. At the base of each advancement zone is a start position. All advancement zones lead to a mutual finish position in the center of the game board. There are a number of game pieces which are positionable on each of the plurality of advancement positions for movement from the start position to the finish position. There are a number of playing cards which have a plurality of clues and a corresponding number of rhyming answers. The answers are definitions, interpretations, or associations of the clues. There also exists a timing apparatus used to limit the amount of time players have to respond with the correct rhyming answers to the given clues from the playing cards. The time varies according to the position of a player's game piece on the game board. When players respond with the correct rhyming answers within the allotted time, they advance one position toward the finish position. The first player to advance to the finish position wins the game.
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Nield Michael William
Nield Robin Maura
Polaski Linda Tobias
Polaski Richard Frank
Jenkins David C.
Pierce William M.
Towneer Alan G.
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