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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056901 | Educational kit and method for teaching academic and vocational subjects A system includes software for customization of one or more game boards or elements, and/or for educational game play. An example embodiment includes a plurality of polygonal game-board segments, which can be assembled into a game-board, where each game-board segmen... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7862043 | Game assembly employing spring loaded fabric hinge A game assembly for housing a foldable game board which is quickly and conveniently secured to an open configuration for game play through the use of a spring loaded flexible hinge. The game assembly includes a first base portion, a second base portion capable of co... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7243920 | Slotted game board and gaming table A gaming table for supporting cards and gaming pieces such as dominos. The gaming table has game boards that include first and second major surfaces and first and second sets of slots. The first set of slots is sized and configured for supporting gaming pieces like ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7156395 | Table game A table game has a center piece and a plurality of end pieces that removably attach to the center piece. Each player has chips and takes turns depositing the chips in the end pieces around the board. When the last deposit made by a player makes a special color combi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7121548 | Board game having magnetically attractive game A game having a game board with internally guided permanent magnets for magnetically attracting game pieces slidable along tracks on the game board. The game board may be made into sections which are joined using reinforcing rods force-fittingly inserted into hollow... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7021623 | System and method for adding a skill aspect to games of chance A system and methods are provided in which a certain level of the chance aspect of a game or other application is removed and a certain level of a skill aspect is added. This may be accomplished by using an indicator to establish a predetermined number of move numbe... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6997802 | Gaming device with randomly determined game field A gaming device displays a game field with a start field and a target field separated by at least one field. The number of fields separating the start field from the target field is determined for each play of the game by, for example, a pseudo random number generat... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6964415 | Dice game A dice game uses six-sided die. The object of the game is achieved with random dice rolls and is a game of chance. The simplicity of the game requires only numerical recognition of the values 1 to 6. Since no other prior knowledge is required, this game effectively ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6764075 | Two color chance device and two games using the same A chance device cuboidal in shape. Three faces of the cube have a background color that is the same. The other three faces of the cube have a different color background in common. The indicia used most commonly is dots, which can be replaced with numbers or anything... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6736398 | Modular board game apparatus A modular board game apparatus has a segmental playing surface comprising pairs of segments which are variously configured to provides a surface whose shape and playing area may be changed according to the requirements of a particular game. The segments facilitate v... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6726206 | Turtledice island board game A board game includes hexagonal game pieces that are rotatable between discrete orientations at array locations on a game board as well as being movable between array locations, with game outcomes being dependent on facing indicia of adjacent game pieces of opposing... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6719289 | DiCon game board and systems of play A two-player board game of chance and strategy, that uses sixteen direction-oriented game pieces, and fifty Additional Movement playing cards on a chess-like playing board. Each player is dealt seven or eleven cards, all concealed from view with only one card reveal... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6702286 | War strategy game The present invention pertains to a war strategy game played on an octagon shaped polar matrix of eight radial paths and four latitudinal paths. Each radial path intersects each latitudinal path to define an array of playable positions. Each player is giv... | 03/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6679494 | Checkerboard cookie package game A checkerboard confectionary game that includes a box with a checkerboard pattern disposed on one surface to form a game board and a checkerboard pattern formed on a side surface such that multiple boxes can be positioned to form stacks of boxes with a ch... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6634646 | Portable game table A portable game table having a protective outer surface when in the closed position. The portable game table includes a game table having an outer surface and a case configured to attach to the game table. A portion of the outer surface of the game table ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6588755 | Pyramid game The present invention is a game. The game board used is shaped like a triangle. The board has three sides with at least four primary interlocking base pieces and three secondary interlocking angle pieces connecting the sides, creating a triangular board. ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6578848 | Game with moveable play space A game with moveable play space. The invention allows any user playing the game to modify the play space at any number of given times and in response to any number of different conditions. Certain spaces (tiles or blocks) within the play space are wildcar... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6460854 | Puzzle type game A game for playing a game based on a crossword puzzle includes a field with squares on which pieces can be overlaid to simulate the crossword puzzle. The field is partitioned into zones assigned to the different players. Pieces are positioned by the playe... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6416055 | Board game and method for teaching fundamental aspects of advocacy, debating, negotiation and judicial decision-making A board game and method for teaching negotiation, advocacy and judicial decision-making skills to players, in which a board is providing having spaces upon which players may randomly, sequentially land. One of the players is determined at the outset to be... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6361048 | Game board apparatus and method of playing same A game board requiring strategy and providing the element of chance includes a playing surface having a fixed path section and a path altering section providing a route from at least one area to at least one finishing area and including a plurality of gam... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6336634 | Board game A board game for providing entertainment and teaching strategy. The board game includes a game board having plurality of discrete paths thereon and defining a quadrant. Each of the game paths is divided into a plurality of game spaces and each game path e... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6279907 | Spacial game board with spacial chess and spacial checkers The Spacial Game Board is a contiguous, multi-level (variable quantity and variably locatable in some cases) game board of squares with the quantity of simultaneous players determined by the quantity of squares being played on (2 players~64 squares, 4 pla... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6116599 | Convertible interference sliding block type manipulable puzzle and method The manipulable puzzle of the present invention includes a housing, multiple sliding bars, and multiple movable pieces. The housing has a support surface with an area defined by walls. The sliding bars are retained on the support surface by overhangs exte... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5906372 | Tessellating board game A tessellating board game which combined with game rules simulates the economic development of single or multiple star planetary systems in which choices made by competing parties influencing each other's economic prospects have ramifications modeled by a... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5871212 | Sectional chessboard A sectional chessboard includes a number of sections corresponding to blocks of a chessboard which are formed by injection molding or press work and each section of the chessboard has protrusions and grooves around all sides thereof to be respectively eng... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5810359 | Board game An add-on board game is disclosed which permits transitions between new and existing boards based on random factors. The game includes a variety of new features including travel cards, random penalties and bonuses, and different mechanisms for traveling a... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5732947 | Sliding checkerboard The invention is a gameboard consisting of movable rows of squares of two alternating colors. The surface of the gameboard has the appearance of a checkerboard, with extra squares of each side of the playing field. Each player has the option of altering t... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5676374 | Toy staircase game apparats and method The game disclosed includes a movable staircase assembly that moves characters from one location on the staircase assembly to another. A spinner directs a player to place a character on the staircase at a specific location, to skip a turn, or remove an op... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5613681 | Strategy game with two or three dimensional matrix and balls A strategy game with the flavor of Tic Tac Toe embodied in both two dimensional(planar) and three dimensional (cubic) configurations. Each consists of a lattice type matrix forming a plurality of interconnected adjacent open cubes. The playing members are... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5607156 | Apparatus for playing games Apparatus for playing games relating to time comprises one or two dice and a clock. The dice are dodecahedral. One dice represents hours and has its facets numbered from 1 to 12. The other dice represents minutes and is numbered at intervals of 5 from 5 t... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5490675 | Game set and storage system Game set and storage system in which game pieces are stored in a preset arrangement relative to their starting positions on the game board. The set includes a game piece holder which has a plurality of compartments for holding the game pieces in an invert... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5443269 | Self contained game assembly A board game assembly wherein the board is adapted to provide a playing surface for the game and, as well, a storage unit for storing the playing pieces therein. The playing pieces can be in the form of collectible items.... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5439229 | Parlor game apparatus strips A parlor game that, during the play thereof, allows a plurality of players to simulate making purchases and sales transactions involving various tangible properties by dealing with a plurality of fictitious customers with the goal of each player being to ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5413352 | Self-setting game board device The present invention relates to a game board device, more specifically to a chessboard game device having self-setting capability for its game pieces. Disclosed are five different embodiments of chessboard game devices having the capability of automatica... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5405147 | Board for multiple games Based on the improvements of the invention it is possible to obtain by a single body, after its corresponding transformation, different boards for practicing multiple games, starting from the development of a rectangular sheet divided in a given number of... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5370397 | Backgammon board with changeable playing surface An improved Backgammon playing board that has easily changeable playing surface inserts. The playing board inserts can be printed in accordance with the players stylistic preferences. For example, players who enjoy the variant of the Backgammon called Ace... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5356153 | Board game The game comprises a score sheet having directions printed thereon and a rotatable game board mounted on a base which also serves as a holder for the cards used in the game and as a blind selector for the playing pieces or employees as described below. Th... | 10/18/1994 |
