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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8408552 | Interlocking game chips A poker or game chip has an outer ring and an inner disk. The inner disk is typically engaged with the outer ring, but may be disengaged by pushing on the inner disk. When the chips are in a stack, pushing on an inner disk causes it to disengage with the outer ring,... | 04/02/2013 |
| 7347422 | Game system A game system with game pieces that have combinations of capture indicia and defense indicia spaced at angular increments. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334917 | Illumination device An illumination device comprising at least four luminous units (1, 2), the light emitted by at least two of the four luminous units (1, 2) being suitable for being mixed to form white light. Moreover, an apparatus (3) for dimming at least one of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7290767 | Action figure game piece and method of playing action figure game An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surfa... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7281714 | Action figure game piece and method of playing action figure game An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surfa... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7219895 | Chess game playing array assembly A chess game playing array assembly including a plurality of three-dimensional playing segments is disclosed. The playing segments are disposed relative to one another to define an array of playing spaces on which a game of chess may be played. One or more of the pl... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7118109 | Chess to the second power An improved chess-like game. The game uses a traditional chessboard and basically the same rules. The additional second set of pieces and same rule changes enhances the game. There's a time limit to strategically place the secondary pieces inside of the primary piec... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114722 | Plastic kubb (coob) game & carrying case Apparatus that interconnects the twenty-one pieces used to play the ancient backyard target-throwing game “kubb”, pronounced “coob”, into a portable self-contained carrying case that looks like a briefcase. An improvement over transporting kubb in heavy crat... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111844 | Stackable magnetic-plate game piece design A method for designating the attributes of a character in a game: providing a plurality of replaceable stackable pieces in which each stackable pieces in which each piece represents a attribute of the character/creature in play. A dynamic game piece representing a c... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7059606 | Game playing methods and game piece stack formations for playing same A method of playing a game includes providing a plurality of stackable game pieces, at least a proportion of which are parallelepiped game pieces having at least one pair of opposed non-right angle parallelogram end faces and at least one pair of opposed rectangular... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7017907 | Chess to the second power An improved chess-like game. The game uses a traditional chess board and basically the same rules. The additional second set of pieces and some rule changes enhances the game. There's a time limit to strategically place the secondary pieces inside of the primary pie... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008581 | Ornamental article and manufacturing method thereof An ornamental article has a shape and a plurality of sides and angles. The sides are simultaneously patterned in the course of a process by which the ornamental article is made. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6955355 | Board game with nesting pieces A board game is disclosed, said game including a board having at least nine squares arranged in three rows of three squares each. In a first preferred embodiment, each player receives six pieces arranged in two stacks of differentially sized and nested pieces, three... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938899 | Tile-based board game A board game including game pieces and rules for playing a game for a plurality of players, the goal of which is to defeat an opponent through battle of game pieces. The invention provides a board, multiple tile-like pieces, and at least one die. The tile-like piece... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926279 | Modular checker game pieces Modular checker game pieces for playing a game of checkers includes a plurality of first base members. Each of the first base members resembles a lower body and includes an upper portion and a pair of legs that are attached to and extend downwardly from the upper po... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6893020 | Stackable domino game A stackable dominoes game having stepped, tile-shaped playing pieces. The playing pieces have upper and lower levels and at least three segments. The segments are marked with first and second indicia and the pieces are played by stacking them atop one another so tha... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6883803 | Tourist game A board game apparatus for educating players with respect to tourist attractions within a particular geographical region that includes a gameboard having a continuous path of areas representing particular localities within the geographical region and a set of cards ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6869073 | Vertical board game and apparatus therefor A game and an apparatus for playing the game are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of bodies stacked vertically one above another. Each body is rotatable about a common axis of rotation, vertically oriented. Each body has a plurality of faces, each face ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6857633 | Castle blocks board game A game for children has buildable structures, movement measurement devices for measuring game piece movement and projectile range values, structural unit guides to aid in construction of the buildable structures, and movable game pieces. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6761355 | Game apparatus and method A new and improved game apparatus and method of using the game apparatus is disclosed. The game apparatus has a plurality of parts for use in betting and/or trading various parts of the game apparatus between players. The game apparatus comprises a plurality of sets... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6695309 | Modular hidden maze game A modular hidden maze game for multiple players is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the game includes a playing board having a playing surface on which can be defined a plurality of playing spaces. Each of the playing spaces can include at least one ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6679496 | Activity-directed stacking piece game A stacking piece game includes a plurality of game pieces stackable in layers, with each game piece being associated with one of a plurality of task classes and one of a plurality of activities associated with the one task class. At least one of the game ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6659463 | Interconnecting miniature toy figurine bases with record tracking system Gaming equipment for a variety of games has buildable structures formed of building blocks, movement measurement devices for measuring game piece movement and projectile range values, structural unit guides to aid in construction of the buildable structur... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6585268 | Card and marble game A kit for playing a construction/deconstruction game is described, and includes a plurality of flat planar cards and a plurality of v-shaped articulated cards from which a deconstructable structure can be erected. A plurality of spherical objects, such as... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6523827 | Board game with pegs and dice A board game with pegs and dice for providing a fun-filled game of strategy. The board game with pegs and dice includes a game board having a top side and also having a plurality of game-piece movement sections being arranged in rows upon the top side the... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6478300 | Checker-type game for four players A checkers game for four players is disclosed, in which each player commencing with six checkers in an assigned quadrant of a conventional checkers board. The checkers are converted to super-monarchs having superior powers with a double riser piece or to ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6460853 | Method and game set for playing a chess-like board game A method of playing a chess-like board game including traditional chess pieces comprising kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks and pawns, in which pieces can capture one another as in traditional chess, and in which the traditional chess pieces are cons... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6431542 | Medal playing machine In a medal playing machine comprising a playing field which has a side edge at its front side, a gutter-shaped medal inlet device for supplying medals by rolling them onto the playing field, and a medal pusher which moves reciprocatedly on the playing fie... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6394455 | Board game with nesting pieces A board game comprises a board having sixteen squares arranged in four rows of four squares each. Each player receives twelve pieces arranged in three stacks of nested pieces, four pieces to a stack. The object of play is to occupy squares on the board fo... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6361047 | Game and method having polarized adhesion portions A game system having a playing board which comprises one or more regions of polarized adhesion material, and a plurality of playing pieces, each with two faces, which may have polarized adhesion material of one or both types. The polarized adhesion materi... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6352262 | Method of conducting simultaneous gameplay using stackable game pieces A strategy game utilizing a stackable playing piece. Each player is assigned a multiplicity of such playing pieces, which begin the game standing individually in a random arrangement on a featureless playing field. During the course of the game, players s... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6182967 | Board game having dynamic game pieces A board game has two teams of a plurality of game pieces whereby, on successive turns, a player may add a game piece, move a game piece, or enhance the movement direction capabilities of a game piece. The object of the game is to occupy designated opponen... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6161832 | Stacking block game A stacking block game includes a plurality of game blocks stackable in layers, and an elongate sleeve comprising four planar sides defining an interior for retaining the game blocks in layers in the interior. Apertures are provided in the sides, coincide ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6135452 | Board game with pieces of varying power A family of five board games with chess-like features played on a board of 64 white and off-white squares by two opposing players. Each player moves 16 pieces arrayed on the two rows closest to the player: 8 hollow domes each named RxM where x=A,E,I,O or ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6022026 | Method of playing a stacking block game and game blocks therefor A method of playing a stacking block game is disclosed. The game uses a plurality of game blocks have a generally parallelepiped shape aid generally similar dimensions. Each game block has indicia applied to at least one end thereof. The indicia include a... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5988640 | Multi-dimensional stacking game A game for two to eight players comprising a game base upon which at least thirty game pieces, with different distinguishing features and values, are placed, and a method for playing the same. The game pieces are stacked upon one another, from the game ba... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5941526 | Method of playing an educational game An educational game that includes a game board including a counterclockwise oriented sequence of game piece spaces, the sequence beginning with an outer start space and terminating in a center end space, the game piece spaces including penalty indicia spa... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5876035 | Taxi cab management board game apparatus and method of play A taxi cab management board game providing a gaming environment and associated apparatus wherein the players experience the daily routine and practical business pressures associated with the successful operation of a taxi cab business. The game playing su... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5873727 | Apparatus for moving game pieces during a game playing period and an associated method of playing a game An apparatus for moving game pieces during a game playing period includes a movement device having a support which supports a number of game pieces, wherein the movement device moves the number of game pieces relative to the support during the game playin... | 02/23/1999 |
