Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor – Property or commodity transaction representation
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-05
2001-06-19
Layno, Benjamin H. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
Property or commodity transaction representation
C273S256000, C273S278000, C273S254000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06247698
ABSTRACT:
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
Not Applicable
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to a board game apparatus and in particular, to a board game apparatus upon which a card game is played. The present invention is intended to educate players with respect to important wine regions of the world.
The board game apparatus of the present invention is intended not only to provide an educational forum but a tactical one where all players, whether they are beginners or knowledgeable with regard to wine, have a chance at reaching the game's strategic objective. The game board apparatus in the form of a map teaches players about geographical aspects of existing wine regions while providing a platform on which to utilize the various game components. Playing cards facilitate strategic play while option cards—“Chance” and “Quiz”—teach specifics about the selected regions and the wine industry.
More and more people are becoming interested in wine, its origins and the viticultural/vinification methods employed. This game is a medium where players will learn, at the very least, something about the many aspects of the world's important wine regions. The game allows players to improve their strategy each time they play while they continue to learn facts about wine and to improve their retention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The board game apparatus of the present invention is intended to provide a platform on which is played an engaging wine-related card game. It is also an object of the present invention to educate players with the many aspects of the wine regions of the world. Although the embodiment described herein refers to a world map containing wine-producing continents and their pertinent wine regions, the invention can also be applied to individual wine regions e.g. a map of Bordeaux, a map of Burgundy, a map of Southern Australia, etc. containing the specific region's wine districts and pertinent vineyards.
Briefly, in accordance with the present invention, there is provided a game board apparatus with a map consisting of six continents containing their respective wine regions. Playing cards, which relate to the continents and regions on the map are dealt to players and placed in the center of the board for drawing and discard purposes. The playing cards also contain one of four symbols—a star, a wine bottle, a wineglass, a bunch of grapes—that must be matched with like symbols to attain a winning playing card combination. A purchase price on the card corresponds to the symbol, as players must buy the playing cards that they intend to match together. The object of the game is for a player to assemble and purchase a winning combination of playing cards whose regions originate from either inside a major principal area e.g. the continent of Europe or any other principal areas(s) outside of the principal area e.g. any continent(s) other than Europe. Each player must also rid himself/herself of any cards remaining in his/her hand in order to win. As players purchase the desired playing cards, they mark the related wine regions on the map with colored markers provided to them prior to play.
Players collect and discard playing cards and collect and pay game currency by means of a two-step turn. As the first part of the turn, a player spins a spinner in order to follow one of four playing card instructions. The second part of a player's turn involves casting a die and then following one of three directives to gain or pay out cash by way of “Chance” and “Quiz” option cards or to gain cash through winning the “Kitty Pile”—a designated area on the game board where penalty payments are retained.
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Friedman Allen N.
Layno Benjamin H.
McCarter & English LLP
Mendiratta Vishu
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