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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6273420 | Electronic maze game The maze game consists of a plurality of horizontal segments and a plurality of vertical segments that define a two-dimensional array of m×m squares or spaces where the size m is selectable by the user. In each potential segment location the present inve... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6155566 | Board game and method of play therefor A board game for two players, including the apparatus and method of play, is described. The playing board is comprised of two substantially identical playing areas. Play comprises picking up playing pieces from one playing area and distributing them onto ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5765829 | Board game simulating an outer space alien chasing crew members in a spaceship The present invention relates to a boardgame, which is use by a number of game players, simulates an outer space alien chasing crewmembers about a spaceship. The game includes a gameboard, six player pieces, six player cards, an alien piece, 58 alien card... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5657990 | Board game with freely movable pieces A board game with freely movable pieces comprised of a game board including a plurality of movement lines disposed thereon. The movement lines interconnect playing spaces. Sixteen playing pieces for a first player and sixteen playing pieces for a second p... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5435726 | Storytelling game and teaching aid An amusement game and teaching aid is provided stimulating innovation, creativity, imagination, vocal expression, memory, native American Indian culture, history and exercising fundamental thinking and communications skills and development of motor skills... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5306015 | Tigers trap board game A tigers trap board game is provided and consists of a game board having a playing surface with horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines forming playing position intersections. There are a pair of first playing pieces representing tigers for a first player... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5290038 | Predator simulation board game apparatus A board game is arranged to simulate inner action between a predator species, such as a tiger, and a prey species, such as a cow, wherein the predators are overwhelmingly outnumbered by the prey, and wherein the prey by various tactics is permitted to eli... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5085441 | Method of playing a board game A board game of the type which combines the use of a game board having a playing surface divided into large numbers of subunits with one or more playing pieces which are movable over the playing surface from subunit to subunit during the course of a game ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5033752 | Board game to catch a thief A board game involving plural players moving plural pairs of masked ball player piece characters in accordance with directions produced by at least two sets of chancge elements such as cards wherein the directions direct the players to move one or more ch... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5011156 | Board game apparatus A game apparatus consists essentially of a game board, cards, set of playing pieces for each player, a compact disc with multiple tracks set up in such a way that the playing pieces, or tokens, for each player will move around the board surface which may ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4171814 | Method of playing a board game A board game comprises two playing surfaces, each including a grid defining a plurality of spaces, the number of spaces in each grid being the same, first and second sets of playing pieces including means for distinguishing one set of pieces from the othe... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4120503 | Chase-type board game A game is provided having a game board which represents the sea off a bathing resort. The sea is divided into a number of playing spaces each of which are differently numbered. At one end of the board is a large home beach where players are safe and out a... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4081183 | Board game apparatus A game that creates a novel pursuit situation in which one or more simulated Cavemen are pursued by a simulated Dinosaur along a path that contains specific hazards and shortcuts. The game apparatus comprises: a playing board having printed thereon, a pat... | 03/28/1978 |
