US4671516A
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Sentence game
Assignee: LIZZOLA CLAUDIO AND MARINA LIZZOLA
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Filing: 1985-10-31
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Granted: 1987-06-09
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Expires: 2005-10-31
Abstract
Abstract A game is disclosed which consists of plurality of cards each bearing indicia thereon representing at least one word and a plurality of rewards. The cards are randomly selected and used to construct complete sentences whose meaning and grammar must be subjectively acceptable by the players. Awards are granted for the acceptable sentences.
Inventors
- 👤 Claudio Lizzola
- 👤 Marina Lizzola
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 05:16
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/04; A63F3/0423; A63F9/00; A63F9/18; A63F2250/00; A63F2250/10; A63F2250/1063; A63F2250/1068
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
261 words
A method of playing a game comprising the steps of: distributing to players a plurality of variously valued reward tokens; distributing to players a plurality of cards from a deck of cards, said cards bearing indicia thereon representing at least one word and indicia corresponding to the value of said word; allowing said players in turn to perform an action selected from forming an original sentence, with the words on said cards, adding words to a player's own existing sentence to form a modified sentence and adding words to an opposing player's existing sentence to form a modified sentence; wherein upon a player forming an original sentence, the opposing players give to said player an amount of reward tokens proportional to the value and number of words in said sentence, wherein upon a player adding words to said player's own existing sentence to form a modified sentence, the opposing players give to said player an amount of reward tokens proportional to the value of the words added to said existing sentence and the number of words in said modified sentence, wherein upon a player adding words to an opposing player's existing sentence to form a modified sentence, only that opposing player gives to said player an amount of reward tokens proportional to the value of the words added to said existing sentence and the number of words in said modified sentence; and allowing the opposing players to view said sentences to determine subjectively whether or not the sentences are grammatically correct and meaningful prior to awarding reward tokens for said sentences.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
261 words
A method of playing a game comprising the steps of: distributing to players a plurality of variously valued reward tokens; distributing to players a plurality of cards from a deck of cards, said cards bearing indicia thereon representing at least one word and indicia corresponding to the value of said word; allowing said players in turn to perform an action selected from forming an original sentence, with the words on said cards, adding words to a player's own existing sentence to form a modified sentence and adding words to an opposing player's existing sentence to form a modified sentence; wherein upon a player forming an original sentence, the opposing players give to said player an amount of reward tokens proportional to the value and number of words in said sentence, wherein upon a player adding words to said player's own existing sentence to form a modified sentence, the opposing players give to said player an amount of reward tokens proportional to the value of the words added to said existing sentence and the number of words in said modified sentence, wherein upon a player adding words to an opposing player's existing sentence to form a modified sentence, only that opposing player gives to said player an amount of reward tokens proportional to the value of the words added to said existing sentence and the number of words in said modified sentence; and allowing the opposing players to view said sentences to determine subjectively whether or not the sentences are grammatically correct and meaningful prior to awarding reward tokens for said sentences.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the reward means to be given for each sentence is computed by adding together each said reward indicia on each of said cards used in said sentence to obtain a total and multiplying said total by the number of cards in said sentence.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said reward means for adding a word to a previously formed sentence are computed by multiplying the reward indicia for said extra word by the number of words in said new sentence.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein all of the players must determine that the sentences are grammatically correct and meaningful before reward means will be distributed.
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