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| 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 |
| 7249764 | Board game The board game is set up so that a group of people each control a single game figure and play against a single person who controls a group of game figures. The game board includes a number of castle spaces which each have a treasure card. This treasure card is revea... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7204693 | Egyptian pyramids board game The game includes a playing board having a predetermined continuous path with spaces for movement of pieces therealong in accordance with rules. The playing board includes: (i) marked historical location spaces designating a specified historical location based on a ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195489 | 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... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7121549 | World geography and culture based game and method A game comprising a mechanical or electronic based game board having a continental world map thereon, plurality of different colored passport cards (one for each player), plurality of different colored game pieces, plurality of question cards, plurality of cultural ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7086647 | Trucking board game apparatus and method A method for playing a game related to trucking where the player is one or more of a truck driver, a federal or state official regulating the truck driver, or owner of a 1) service center, 2) insurance company, 3) truck stop having a restaurant, 4) produce broker, s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7040624 | Game with multi-level game board A game wherein players move their game pieces across a multi-level playing field while trying to capture target pieces and avoid a chaser piece is described. Moreover, the game may be portable. In some cases, the game apparatus may be carried in a plastic case that ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7017910 | Card game A game, including a plurality of Message Cards. In another aspect, a method of playing a card game, including providing a plurality of Message Cards to each player and each player in his or her turn providing one or more Message Cards from his or her hand to one or ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010213 | Media playing system and process A system and method of playing recorded content on a DVD player employs software instructions on a DVD storage medium to control a DVD-Video player to make pseudo-random selections of content items from the DVD storage medium. Each content item may include an indivi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6979000 | Racing game A racing game permits two or more players to compete by taking turns incrementally moving their game pieces around a race track comprising a plurality of discrete track positions. Each track position corresponds to a game command or to a race vehicle. Landing on a g... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6932342 | Board game The present invention provides a board game wherein players attempt to purchase a complete set of items from a number of repositories. The game further includes rules for the game including multiple levels of play, allowing older and younger children to play with th... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932698 | Treasure hunt game utilizing wireless communications devices and location positioning technology A treasure hunt type game that utilizes location positioning technology equipped wireless communications devices. Players are given clues or directions to proceed along one of many predetermined treasure hunt routes based on their location. Based on these clues or d... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931399 | Method and apparatus for providing personalized relevant information A method and apparatus for providing to a user personalized information from an database comprising contributor content records and contributor profile records, based upon a comparison of the user's search query and user profile record with the contributor content r... | 08/16/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6837493 | Mountain and cave role playing game A mountain and cave game, using a game board which depicts both a cave and a mountain, played by two teams who can either explore the cave or climb the mountain with the goal of exiting the cave or reaching the top of the mountain. Each team has a team marker which ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6672590 | Board game for promoting hometown identity A board game system for promoting hometown identity includes providing a game apparatus, rolling a die, and moving the player's game piece along the game path. The method also includes coloring, by a player, one of the stripe portions of the scoring sheet... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6565090 | Board game simulating ways to prevent global disasters from occurring A game and a method of playing a game provide for a way to establish one among a plurality of disasters to be prevented by players as well as a variety of ways to prevent the predetermined disaster from occurring. In one embodiment, the disaster is repres... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6527273 | Road construction board game A game that has a map of the contiguous U.S. with the players trying to construct roads at random locations between cities. Four cities on the map are selected at random, the first to construct roads between the cities wins the game using selected cards a... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6446968 | Themed board game A themed board game, is family oriented and recreates the fun and wonder of Halloween, preferably for 3 to 8 players (ages preferably 8 and older), and takes about one hour to play. A game board has printed thereon a thematic scene, a preferred example of... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6267375 | Life choices game A game that provides choices concerning different life pursuits now available to girls and to persons generally. The game features a game board having a start space, and a number of life paths each of which has spaces marked successively over the length o... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6257578 | ABC checkers and other checkers games Disclosed herein are checkers board games for two players. Included in this invention are variations of checkers games involving geographical facts and historical facts or personalities. These games combine the general tactics and game playing skills of c... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6247698 | Wine region board and card game A board game apparatus upon which a card game is played contains a plurality of principal areas representing either a) international wine-producing continents in the world or, b) districts within a wine region depending upon whether the game version is a)... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6123334 | Airport game A board game for two or more players wanting to experience the common pleasures and pitfalls of airline travel, and the method of playing same, which preferably involves a game board, a distinguishable traveler game piece for each player, luggage game pie... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6102398 | Question and answer board game A game including a game board which has a map and a path around which players may progress. The map has a grid references and the game is played by players progressing around the path and when the marker lands on an appropriate position, the player has th... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5992852 | Game method for learning trucking A game method for learning trucking that includes a game board with a peripheral path therearound and having different indicia thereon, various decks of cards, truck play pieces, and a spinner assembly. The different indicia on the peripheral path include... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5988642 | Safety board game A board game apparatus is provided for instructing game participants on safety rules and regulations comprising a game board, at least one game marker, at least one marker-movement chance device and at least one stop-or-go chance device. The game board ha... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5931469 | Method of playing a board game for practicing making positive and negative life choices and experiencing the subsequent results A method of playing a board game and method for practicing making positive and negative life choices and experiencing the subsequent results. The game board has a plurality of game sites depicted on its playing surface with at least one of the game sites ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5857675 | Educational dinosaur board game This new board game will give children the opportunity to study facts and figures about dinosaurs. In order to play this game, children must answer questions about dinosaurs, pronounce dinosaur names, spell and define dinosaur words accurately in order to... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5657988 | Game equipment and method for playing board games of establishing and/or acquiring control of passage routes Game equipment and a method for playing a new class of board games are provided. Board games of this class are played on a specially designed game board featuring a closed loop track, that is subdivided in token spaces. Track movement of the players' toke... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5607159 | Board game having a random indicator for determining direction, amount and axis of reference of movement of tokens A board game having a game board, tokens and a random indicator which may be tiles or dice. The game board has a playing surface defined by a matrix of spaces, and the random indicator is used to direct the movement of the tokens across the surface. The t... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5380011 | Transportation game A transportation game comprised of a map showing cities interconnected by routes divided into segments of equal length, hometowns at which the players' trucks respectively start, contract cards indicating cities at which loads are to be picked up, cities ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5322294 | Shipping board game A board game having a playing surface incorporating a representation of land masses separated by oceanic expanses, with the latter divided into segmented movement areas, and further employing playing equipment for the purchase, shipment and sale of oil, f... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5303928 | Windsurfing board game A windsurfing board game includes a game board divided into a shore area, a water area and an island area. The water area and island areas are divided into playing spaces, and playing pieces in the form of windsurfers are moved on the playing spaces accor... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5135231 | Geographical board game A game apparatus which includes a game board providing a playing area which simulates the geographical area of the United States with each of the 50 states outlined and identified. Each of the states contain one or more pairs of directional arrows for tra... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5129649 | Method of playing a board game Using a game board having all fifty U.S. state flags depicted together with groups of contiguous states. Employing fifty playing cards, with each card naming a separate U.S. state and listing multiple cities located in the state, bonus cards naming cities... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5123846 | Geography game kit and method of playing The present invention entails a geography game kit that is designed for teaching children and others the identity and location of counties within a particular state, the county seat of respective counties, and general information and history concerning th... | 06/23/1992 |
