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| 7371165 | Card game program and card game machine A card game program has a routine for displaying areas of a player and an opponent, each being comprised of a plurality of hexes, a routine for displaying selective disposition of card on the hex, a routine for removing for displaying remove of a card between the he... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7350782 | Cheerleader action-figure board game The present invention relates to an action-figure type board game wherein players advance their game pieces around a dividedly spaced instructional peripheral track in accordance with a die being thrown, subsequently allowing a player's poseable cheerleader figure t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341250 | Dice game The present invention relates a board game that utilizes a game board that has constructed thereon a field grid accommodating two players. The field grid is further defined to removably receive designations for position, roll amount and score for each player. The ro... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334796 | Sporting event prediction and skill game In a system and method for playing a game in conjunction with viewing an event, predictions are made regarding elements of the event, and physical activity simulating an element of the event is performed. The event may be a televised sporting event such as a footbal... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325805 | Music theory games and methods of playing music theory games A game and a method of playing a game are provided that teach the concepts necessary for a polished musical performance. In one embodiment, the game comprises a game board that provides a path of movement for a playing pawn controlled by each player. The path of mov... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293771 | Basketball board game A board game combining an element of chance (via a random event generator, such as a die) with strategy to decide the outcome of the game. Game pieces are moved along a numerically sequenced series alternating in a pattern from inside a dividing line to outside of t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7261296 | Auto racing board game An automobile race game and method for playing same, is provided, comprised of a playing surface have printed on one side thereof a closed circuit race trace. The race track is divided across its width into parallel lanes. Each lane is divided into a sequence of spa... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7240903 | Golf board game A method of playing a board game including each player selecting a peg; determining the number of holes to move a peg from the tee toward the cup, using a pair of randomizers of a first type, such as dice; determining the number of strokes to move a peg that has rea... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232128 | Football board game A board game simulating a football season is played by two or more players according to the general rules of the game of “Fantasy Football.” The board game uses a game board with indicia thereon resembling a football field. A game path is formed on the game boar... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7182343 | Football board game A football board game may be played with a football board, a pair of dice, and a coin or other device suitable as a marker. The coin is placed on a starting position, each player rolls a die, and the resulting die values are compared to determine the amount by which... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7159867 | Sports related board game A board game comprising a game board representative of a sport playing field having a plurality of spaces. The board game includes a first set of tokens to be deployed on the game board representing a first team of sport players; a second set of tokens to be deploye... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7098785 | Juvenile monitoring system The present remote child monitoring system includes a plurality of transmitters for transmitting audio signals at different frequencies from different locations and at least one receiver remote from the transmitters for receiving and announcing the transmitted audio... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7025352 | Game with multiple chambers A game wherein players move their game pieces around a pathway through multiple chambers is described. Moreover, the game may be portable. In some cases, the game apparatus may be carried in a plastic case that resembles a hard-backed book. The game components may b... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6929263 | Golf trivia board game for one or more players and method therefor A golf trivia board game for one or more players and method therefor in which players must answer golf trivia questions of various topics in order to advance a player token over a golf course depicted on a game board. Trivia questions have a degree of difficulty rel... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6861559 | Iminoamines and preparation thereof A process is described for producing one or more substituted iminoamines, in particular β-unsaturated β-iminoamines, in a single reaction comprising reacting one or more primary amines, alkynes, and isonitriles in the presence of a transition metal catalytic compl... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6789799 | Kissing shield game and method of use thereof The present invention is directed to a kissing shield game and method teaching safe affection to at least one person playing the kissing shield game. The kissing shield game includes a plurality of removable pegs, a playing surface, a gaming member, a plurality of f... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6764076 | Automobile racing board game A new and improved automobile racing board game that captures the real-life rules and strategies involved in a Nascar® sanctioned Stock Car race, such as aerodynamic drafting between the cars and taking optimal grooves around the race track, and accurately represen... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6715758 | European football game The method of playing football game is the succession of actions characterized by the following: the two players in turn are rolling dice and moving by one move one of their player pieces across the squares of the game board, which are not occupied by other player p... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6666455 | Baseball board and trivia game A baseball board and trivia game for providing fun and entertainment for baseball enthusiasts. The baseball board and trivia game includes a game board having a top side and further having a simulated diamond-shaped playing field diagrammed upon said top ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6631905 | Game apparatus and method for teaching basketball skills A basketball skill teaching game apparatus and method for one or a plurality of players playing in a determined order. The apparatus features a game mat placed upon a playing surface and having a plurality of individual game squares arranged sequentially ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6530571 | Board game and method of playing A game board having a representation of a baseball playing field is provided. Cards containing questions about the sport are divided into regular question and "challenge" question cards. When batting, a player uses a chance determining device to determine... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6517433 | Reel spinning slot machine with superimposed video image A spinning reel slot machine comprises a plurality of mechanical rotatable reels and a video display. In response to a wager, the reels are rotated and stopped to randomly place symbols on the reels in visual association with a display area. The video dis... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6511069 | Baseball trivia game A baseball trivia game for learning baseball trivia. The baseball trivia game includes a game board having a top surface having a generally rectangular shape. The top surface has a game path thereon including a plurality of game spaces. The game path gene... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6471209 | Racing car board game The present invention 10 discloses a board game 11 which simulates an automobile race track 12 and race. The game has a number of playing pieces 18 in the form of cars and a board 11 having an image of an oval shaped race track 12 being divided into a plu... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6464224 | Board game A board having yard markings representing a football field, with a hole at each yard marking, for detachably insertion of pins representing the scrimmage line, and the 10-yard line from the scrimmage line. Dice are rolled for determining the kind of play ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6464223 | Race vehicle game A vehicle racing board game includes a racetrack having a start/finish line crossed by lanes and a pit area connected to the lanes. The lanes and the pit area are divided into a plurality of spaces including starting positions and a crash zone. Toy vehicl... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6439575 | Football game using a triangular game piece with numerical values A game apparatus and method of play by a pair of opponents, uses a game board on a level surface or field. A game board indicia resembles an American-Football field with two spaced apart and opposing end zone front lines. A triangularly shaped and flatly ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6428006 | Simulated football board game A simulated football board game includes a board resembling a miniature football field formed by a matrix of squares defining a playing field and opposing end zones, offensive player pieces, defensive player pieces and an element representing a football. ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6409171 | Method and apparatus for playing golf trivia game A method of play of a golf trivia game is provided in which a question category is randomly selected from among two or more question categories. A question is then directed from the selected category to a player. A random value is assigned to a correct an... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6386539 | Golf ball board game A board game wherein a plurality of balls are sequentially removed by a series of jumping moves is scored by playing a series of golf holes. Each of the holes has a par value correlated with the time allotted for play thereof. The game board apparatus has... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6352259 | Pet lover's board game The present invention is a pet lover's board game. It includes a playing board having a predetermined continuous path with spaces for movement of pieces therealong in accordance with rules. The playing board has marked breed spaces designating a specified... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6322073 | Football board game A football board game is disclosed. The board game includes a board formed in a rectangular configuration of two essentially square halves pivotably coupled together at a fold line. A playing surface has a central indicia with separate words on each side ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6315293 | Baseball board games with raised stadium indicia A preferred embodiment of the board game incorporates a carrying case which includes a base and a lid. The base preferably includes a wall extending upwardly from a periphery thereof, with the wall having first and second ends which are spaced from each o... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6286832 | Cricket board game A cricket board game includes an optional matting representing a cricket pitch, the matting which is laid out on a flat surface representing the cricket field. Two wickets are set up at opposing ends of the cricket pitch. A plurality of player cards held ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6209872 | Method of playing an interactive board game The present invention permits the period of inactivity in a sporting event, particularly a televised sporting event, to be utilized productively according to the knowledge of the viewer of the a televised sporting event. According to the present invention... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6170829 | Baseball game A baseball board game is disclosed consisting of a deck of result cards, sets of cards that represent pitchers (FIG. 2) and batters (FIG. 1) for a real-life team, and tables FIGS. 4-14). Each player chooses a team. Play is controlled by the drawing of res... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6142473 | Basketball board game A board game is provided including a plurality of transparent plastic sheets each mounted along a periphery thereof. Each transparent sheet is equipped with an edge being free from the game board to define an opening facing the central extent thereof. Als... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6068259 | Hockey board game A hockey board game including a game board in the general shape of a hockey rink with two tracks, each track running around the circumference and each track ending with a track to one of the two scoring nets. The game also includes a number of playing car... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5997001 | Board game for playing simulated ice hockey A board game for playing simulated ice hockey comprises a game board having indicia representing an ice hockey rink, perimeter wall sections surrounding at least a portion of the perimeter of said board against which dice are thrown, and a first and secon... | 12/07/1999 |
