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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7530571 | Square peg round hole game The present invention is a strategy game involving the insertion of square pegs into the three round holes on each game box playing surface. The three holes are circular and are placed on the left side, right side and toward the topmost edge away from the player and... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7380793 | Marble board game A game is provided that generally includes a structure having a first playing surface. The playing surface includes a plurality of marked spaces. A first group of marked spaces form a perimeter, a second group of marked spaces extend from the first group of marked s... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7247075 | Golden rhombic pyramid-shaped building blocks This invention is a set of magnetic building blocks. Each block or piece in the set is in the shape of a right golden rhombic pyramid. There are two important fixed proportions that dictate each block's shape. The first is that the pyramid's base is a golden rhombus... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7086645 | Game with collectible pieces The present invention provides a game including a playing surface, collectible playing pieces, marking pieces, and collectible cards. Players take turns trying to create specific hands by throwing the playing pieces. The first player to successfully claim ownership ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6942217 | Game and method of playing A new game is provided that involves strategy and racing through the use of game units comprising a plurality of game pieces, wherein the game promotes teamwork and cooperation. This game is governed by at least one rule requiring that the plurality of game pieces o... | 09/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6581933 | Three-dimensional, rotatable, pyramid game The invention is a three-dimensional, pyramid-shaped, word forming game having a plurality of levels independently rotatable around a vertical support column secured to a base. The game is played with cards of four different colors, which correspond to th... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6443454 | Board game with triangular playing spaces forming a cross-shaped pattern and triangular shaped playing pieces A board game 20 is provided including a support member 22, and a planar shaped game board 36 supported on the support member. The game board 36 is provided with four spaced aligned elongated playing surfaces 40 having twelve numbered triangle shaped numbe... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6431547 | Game using playing pieces A game, and method of playing a game, using colored polygonal game pieces on a flat surface. The game pieces are divided into playing pieces and scoring pieces, and the object of the game is to surround a scoring piece with a ring of playing pieces, or to... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6398644 | Pattern reverse keno game method of play A virtual matrix comprised of a plurality of grid elements is provided, on which a hidden pattern, comprised of a plurality of matrix entries, is randomly placed. A player views a gaming matrix having a plurality of visible positions, each visible positio... | 06/04/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6325374 | Educational board game method and apparatus A method and apparatus for playing a board game comprises a rectangular game board having one hundred rectangular spaces of equal dimension, two each of the spaces having color and pictorial indicia different than color and pictorial indicia of any other ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6273422 | Three dimensional alignment game playing system and method A strategy game system and method that requires a player to align three markers wherein each marker is positioned at one of three levels.... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6254098 | Practical four-dimensional tic-tac-toe A layout which is practically useful for playing tic-tac-toe (TTT) in four dimensions is disclosed. The layout consists of an array of tiles, each tile containing a 5×5 array of substantially square cells, where the tiles are arrayed in a 5×5 pattern. F... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6024361 | Kwanza board game A board game 10 for familiarizing the players with the concept of strategy, as well as educating the players with respect to typical African culture and tradition. The game board 10 has three concentrically arranged game squares 21, 22, 23, connected to o... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5961118 | Strategy board game A strategy board game for two players comprises a game board having a square matrix of playing positions thereon, with each player having a number of player position markers equal to the number of positions in any given row, column, or diagonal of the boa... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5918883 | Method of playing a board game A method of playing a board game for one or more players includes the steps of allocating a set of playing pieces for each player, each set being visually distinctive, and providing a playing surface. The playing surface contains defined spaces arrayed in... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5788236 | Apparatus and method of playing a competitive strategy game A competitive strategy game playable by two or more players. The illustrated game includes a board defining a plurality of channels arranged adjacent to one another. Each channel has a plurality of positions arranged along the channel. Each player is prov... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5687970 | Board game device A gameboard includes a plurality of top-slotted, intersecting channels to define a grid of tracks for movement of playing pieces along and between the tracks. Each of the playing pieces includes a head projecting from the channel and a base within the cha... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5655773 | Combination tic-tac-toe game and numbered card competition A game device includes a game board divided into a plurality of zones arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows and forming a plurality of diagonals. The game device also includes first and second sets of playing pieces respectively used ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5611538 | Alignment board game apparatus and method Board game apparatus of the Tic Tac Toe variety consisting of a pair of square matrix grid game boards each containing a square grid playing area defined by a plurality of grid units existing in a number of criss cross and diagonal rows. Each of the grid ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5524897 | Stargazer game, and methods of constructing and utilizing same A method of playing a pattern forming game for two or more players. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a hexagonal playing surface divided into a plurality of triangular spaces, the triangular spaces being arranged so as to form a plurality of ov... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5497997 | Captive-track game apparatus A game apparatus includes a game board assembly which includes a base portion and a plurality of piece-guidance portions located on top of the base portion. The piece-guidance portions include bottom guiding portions supported by the base portion and incl... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5429370 | Mill game A Mill game includes a game board having a playing surface, a plurality of game piece locations on the playing surface and arranged in a manner defining concentric rectangles, a plurality of lines interconnecting the game piece locations and a plurality o... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5427379 | Gameboard A gameboard includes a platen having intersecting channels that define a grid of tracks. Playing pieces are movable along the tracks and are retained by a bae on the playing piece that co-operates with the re-entrant walls of the channels. The flanges of ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5419564 | Board game A game apparatus includes fourteen playing pieces and a playing surface divided into sixteen squares. The players try to arrange their own pieces and two wild pieces into a winning configuration of four in a row, the four corner squares of the playing sur... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5415413 | Board game apparatus and method of playing the same An apparatus and method of play for a board game with a board having spaces defining vertical, horizontal, and diagonal paths. Each player has a set of markers. The object of the game is to complete any one path before the other players by occupying with ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5332229 | Board game apparatus A board game is arranged to include a game board having a plurality of sets of spaces, with the game board of a rectilinear configuration associating spaces with cards of a conventional solitaire type playing card of a plurality of decks of such cards, wh... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5308080 | Method of playing a board game A game apparatus includes fourteen playing places and a playing surface divided into sixteen squares. The players try to arrange their own pieces and two wild pieces into a winning configuration of four in a row, the four corner squares of the playing sur... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5301952 | Game apparatus A game apparatus for alternative participation by a plurality of players using a pair of dice, markers, and a game card formed into intersecting columns, rows, and diagonal locations. A game object requires that any row, column, or diagonal locations be a... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5269531 | Board game A board game has two sets of nodes fixed to the board in a pattern with the sets intermingled in an orderly manner. Two sets of game pieces matching the two sets of nodes are provided. The game is played by each of two players trying to complete an enclos... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5265879 | Travel assistance game A travel assistance game is provided which consists of a game board having two concentric continuous paths around its perimeter divided into consecutive playing spaces bearing instructions, some of which represent amounts to be paid and received by each p... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5265878 | Color association game apparatus A game board includes a perimeter continuous game path having a plurality of categories of directional spaces therewithin to direct players to effect the removal, reversal, replacement, or selection of various coloration discs from a quantity of such disc... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5230516 | Web wars The invention is a two-player board game in which the object is to occupy four adjacent spaces in a row. The gameboard is a configuration of four concentric circles divided by four lines to create 32 game spaces. The game is won by getting four adjacent s... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5064201 | Method of playing a board game A board game apparatus is provided wherein the players are challenged with an objective of advancing and arranging movable game pieces within certain designated areas on a game board without being captured by the opponent. The game apparatus comprises a g... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4940235 | Method for playing a board game A game board (10) having nine regions (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28) and four penalty regions (30, 32, 34, 36) is played using a pair of standard, six sided dice (42), a plurality of instruction cards (40), and a plurality of game pieces (38). Each ... | 07/10/1990 |
