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| 8118307 | Bible walk board game A board game, Bible Walk provides fun while testing one's knowledge of the bible and teaches as you play. The game Bible Walk is designed to be and interactive multi-player game which includes a board, playing pieces and an electronic device which displays questions... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8104768 | Board game A board game includes a multi-color game board including eight distinguishing colors on a white background. The game also includes eight game pieces of eight colors that match the color spaces on eight radially extending arms surrounding a central hub. Each of the r... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8091893 | Food prep board game A board game containing a board with multicolored squares laid out in a rectangular path and playing pieces to which specialized pieces are added connected as the player advances the playing piece around the board. The specialized pieces to be added to the playing p... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7887057 | Hiker board game system A hiker board game system for efficiently providing a challenging and fast paced game in which players may follow alternate paths around the board during game play. The hiker board game system generally includes a game board including at least one pathway having a p... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7604235 | Board game to help develop word recognition and spelling skills A board game to help develop word recognition and spelling skills. The game includes a board having a path between a start position and a finish position for each player. Each player has a token which can be moved by forming words from letter cards, or by taking a S... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7549639 | Varieties of human experiences board game The variety human experiences board game provides the player with real life experiences such as confrontations against other players as well with the inevitable elements of nature. The game creates a greater awareness about the complexities of modern living, and how... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7438292 | Multi-game playing surface and associated methods A board game has a plurality of game pieces and pair of dice. A method is disclosed for playing a plurality of games one a game board that includes a plurality of playing surfaces. The surfaces have intersecting columns and rows defining nine spots. One of the surfa... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438291 | Board game The present invention relates to a game in which a game surface, a plurality of game pieces, and a plurality of game cards are provided for use in games involving names of people. In the preferred embodiment, the game surface comprises a plurality of ladders having ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431297 | Card game device, card data reader, card game control method, recording medium, program, and card A card game apparatus includes a large-size panel display, a main control unit that controls screens on the large-size panel display, and a plurality of terminal apparatuses that are communicably connected to the main control unit. A game player purchases an integra... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7396014 | Couples interactive relationship question and answer board game Paired playing pieces move on steps along a path of a playing area through sections representing stages in a couple relationship in response to matching couple answers on writing surfaces in response to questions on cards from a beginning step through the stages to ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7351148 | Electronic sequence matching game and method of game play using same The present invention is directed to an apparatus and a method of game play for an electronic sequence matching game the may include a pair of elongated stick member that may be operatively coupled together by an electrical cord so the game play for the electronic m... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341252 | Board game A game board comprising: an upper surface member, preferably composed of a transparent material; a peripheral edge connected to the upper surface member; and at least one aperture in the peripheral edge for receiving a game piece, the game piece preferably an elonga... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325803 | Soccer strategy board game A soccer board game having a ferromagnetic surface and games pieces incorporating magnets to maintain the selective positioning of the game pieces during a play turn. The game pieces have a contoured magnetic base depending on the positioned played. The top surface ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320467 | Narrating games The present disclosure is directed to narrating games and methods of playing narrating games. In some embodiments, the game includes a plurality of playing cards and a plurality of game boards. In some embodiments, the method includes selecting a first playing piece... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7306226 | Musical game A musical game for facilitating learning of musical concepts has a game board with, for each player, a player set of musical symbols inscribed thereupon. Players draw cards which define tasks which must be completed in order to progress in the game by marking musica... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303398 | Educational game An instructional board of computer game defines a path of movement for a number of game “pieces” that are moved along the path a number of “stops” as determined by a die or other random device. Associated with the stops and color or otherwise visually coded ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296797 | Card game A method of playing a card game is disclosed. The method includes providing a game board having multiple base areas, a destination and an advancement path having a plurality of advancement spaces between the base areas and the destination. A set of the playing cards... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290766 | Three dimensional piece alignment game A game including a playing area divided into a plurality of spaces, and sets of game pieces with each set associated with different players or teams. The players or teams execute strategically selected instructions, such as move, stack and flip, to position their ga... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275745 | Wealth board game A board game and method of playing the board game wherein players move their game pieces in a path on the game board having landing spots in accordance with a combination of a numbers die and a words die. A spinner having a finger-activated spinning arrow pivotally ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261295 | Jump for music game This is a musical rhythms game whereby players move to rhythms of music notation placed on a staff. There are two separate versions—a floor and table top version, which are designed to help players develop more rhythmic awareness and to create a better understandi... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7237776 | Game board Apparatus 10 discloses a mathematically-based game comprising a game board 12 having four parallel rows of eight depressions 14 for retaining game pieces 24 such as marbles. Game pieces 24 are arranged by each player 26 in t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234699 | Family vacation game A family vacation board game, designed to encourage family unity and cooperation and to help parents help children learn life skills, such as good decision making, comprises a board having a start space connected by game spaces to an end space. One player is chosen ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233922 | System and method for wagering-based transferable financial instruments The invention provides a system and method for creating and facilitating the exchange of wagering-based transferable financial instruments. The instruments may be used to embody multiple various positions based upon the ultimate outcomes of uncertain future continge... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219894 | Board games with player-wearable costume components Board games may include a game board, player movers, and indicia-bearing tokens and player-wearable costume components including one or more mounting sites to which the tokens may be removably attached. Some embodiments may further include game pieces having indicia... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7182342 | Math board game A game for teaching arithmetic skills involves having a player spin a wheel twice, the first time determines the arithmetic operation to be performed and the first number and the second spin determines the second number. The player then moves his or her game piece a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7147556 | Games grid board A board is made of many grid points (1 and 2) arranged in a grid on a flat surface (6), and connected to a game manager (3) (a CPU+memory+software). Each grid point notifies the games manager when it is pressed, and the games manager can ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147225 | Board game A genuine fully bordered portable polymer enclosure game board, provided with non secured, multiple polymer human imaged soccer figurines, to be disposed in a random pattern determined by the player and allowing for directed movement, inserted with a micro magnetic ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7114721 | Pattern formation board game A pattern formation board game and method of play are presented. The present invention includes a board having a play area with a plurality of overlapping substantially circular patterns thereon. Circular patterns are composed of a plurality of interlocking spaces i... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112134 | Method and system for photographic gaming A system or method receives digital image sets from a player of a game in which money is wagered and prizes of more than a nominal value may be won. A player may leave the digital image sets he supplied with the system and method for use in the games of other player... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100822 | Lottery system A computer based lottery which allows entries to be sold over the telephone, by ATM or POS machines, by email, or via kiosks, in which participants are invited to choose at least one unique number from a defined range of numbers, e.g. between one and one million whi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7077400 | Game with associable playing pieces The present disclosure relates to rules and apparatus for playing a combat-style board game including playing pieces and more specifically where the playing pieces have indicia relating to game play. In addition, the present disclosure relates to rules and apparatus... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7040622 | Board game with wedding anniversary theme and method for playing the same A game apparatus and a method of playing a game are described. According to the method, a plurality of images on a game board is viewed. Each image has a board identifier and shows a subject at a first date. A plurality of cards is viewed. Each of the cards has a ca... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036820 | Football board game and method of playing A football board game and method of playing are disclosed. The football caricatures are provided on a chess-like board with each caricature having designated to it chess-like maneuvers. Scoring and methods of winning are also disclosed. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033180 | Education set and work model, training method, work efficiency improving method, and tool employing the same An education set used for education of a work including a series of work steps. The education set includes segment diagrams (105a, 105b, 105c) where work directions for executing the series of work steps, work directions inc... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021623 | System and method for adding a skill aspect to games of chance A system and methods are provided in which a certain level of the chance aspect of a game or other application is removed and a certain level of a skill aspect is added. This may be accomplished by using an indicator to establish a predetermined number of move numbe... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019475 | Motor stop control device for gaming machine and gaming machine provided with the motor stop control device The present invention can accurately stop a reel at a target position and, at the same time, can offer a wide variety of reel stop process. A motor stop control device includes a stepping motor 70 having two pair of excitation phases as a drive source of a re... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007952 | Educational board game An educational game comprises a planar game board having printed thereon a plurality of images of postal stamps. The educational game further comprises a plurality of player placeholders. The educational game further comprises a plurality of question cards. A first ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6981700 | Strategic board game A turn-based strategic board game played on a gridded board with different strength piece types, wherein a player's higher strength piece is able to move or freeze an opposing player's lower strength piece. A player wins by moving one of his lowest strength pieces t... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6957812 | Color-linked miniature game apparatus The present invention includes an apparatus that can be used for easily relating properties of a miniature to an off-miniature reference. Because the game properties are off the miniature, there is unlimited space available for tracking them. ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6902164 | Puzzle game and methods of playing thereof A puzzle game and method of playing includes a pegboard frame having a plurality of recesses therein. A challenge card is placed on an upper surface of the pegboard frame. A plurality of posts are placed through the openings in the challenge card and contact the rec... | 06/07/2005 |
