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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4013293 | Magnetic game apparatus A game played on a board like a checker board, in which the men and the playing squares of the board incorporate permanent magnets poled to add randomness to the intended moves of the player.... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4013291 | Game with detector assembly providing a stored indication of the passage of the assembly over a magnet concealed in a game board A new treasure hunt game is played by concealing magnets in a game board and passing a detector assembly in a path over the game board to provide a concealed stored indication, retrievable later, that the detector's path has intercepted a concealed magnet... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4012044 | Hangman game apparatus A hangman game includes a three dimensional miniature gallows with an operable trap door over which a noose is pendently supported. Separate head, torso, arm, hand, leg and foot components include magnets positioned for the components to be engaged in the... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4005866 | Magnetic game A magnetic skill game for two players where the magnetic properties of attraction, repulsion, or magnetic null are used as a means of secret guidance for the players in their attempt to capture each other's key-piece; consisting of a board made of a mater... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4002342 | Stock market investment game A stock market game in which dice determine the current market condition as represented by the Dow Jones Averages. The dice values of two to 12 determine the Dow Jones Averages corresponding to values between 200 and 1200. A series of stocks are associate... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3989251 | Magic game A board game apparatus including trick accessories based on a magic theme wherein the object is to amass the greatest amount of wealth in the form of simulated money. The game generally includes a gameboard having a playing surface thereon, a playing piec... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3970312 | Educational game An upright game board is formed of two face-to-face transparent panels having two groups of aligned openings. A card is removeably positioned between the panels and has corresponding groups of openings aligned with those of the panels. Indicia on both sid... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3948526 | Game apparatus for a game of hangman A game apparatus for a game of "Hangman" includes a playing board having a plurality of rows of holes in a top surface thereof. The rows of holes are adapted to receive letter pegs, wherein the unknown word is formed in one row from letter pegs stored in ... | 04/06/1976 |
