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Method of playing a performing artist game
Assignee: Gorski and White Games Unlimited a California General and Partnershi
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Filing: 1988-12-21
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Granted: 1990-06-12
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Expires: 2008-12-21
Abstract
Abstract A performing artist game, including a game board with a playing surface containing a first space in the form of a five pointed star and a group of second spaces defining a five pointed star in a playing path surrounding the first star, is shown. Points of the first star and second star define a transition path where play is commenced and terminated. The group of second spaces contains indicia indicative of five performing art fields and indicia representing a combination of opportunity and/or calamity to vary the game. Play pieces are used for movement during the game. A chance device is used to randomly determine the number of spaces a play piece is advanced. Audition cards are used which contain a situation side and a team question side. The situation side includes indicia defining a plurality of performing artist roles which correspond to the indicia indicative of performing art fields on the playing path. The team question side includes text defining a multipart answer to a team question relating to performing artist roles. In play, the performing player reads aloud the corresponding team question from the audition card. The performing player then performs the assigned role. The other members of the playing team must answer part or all of the multipart answer required to the team question based upon the performance rendered by the performing player.
Inventors
- 👤 Cindy Gorski
- 👤 Ray Gorski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 07:29
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00119
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
A method for playing a performing artist game with at least two playing teams comprising the steps of: providing a game board having a playing path divided into a plurality of spaces; assigning each playing team a playing piece; during a playing team's turn, advancing a playing piece along said playing path; assigning an audition performance to a playing team, wherein the audition performance includes a situation describing a performing artist role and multipart question corresponding to the performing artist role; selecting a performing player from said playing team; performing of the performing artist role by the performing player, which performance is observed by the other members of the playing team; answering parts of the multipart question by other members of the playing team in response to information derived from observance of the performing player's performance; and moving said playing team's playing piece if the playing team correctly answers said multipart question, wherein the number of proportional to numbers of spaces the playing piece can advance.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
166 words
A method for playing a performing artist game with at least two playing teams comprising the steps of: providing a game board having a playing path divided into a plurality of spaces; assigning each playing team a playing piece; during a playing team's turn, advancing a playing piece along said playing path; assigning an audition performance to a playing team, wherein the audition performance includes a situation describing a performing artist role and multipart question corresponding to the performing artist role; selecting a performing player from said playing team; performing of the performing artist role by the performing player, which performance is observed by the other members of the playing team; answering parts of the multipart question by other members of the playing team in response to information derived from observance of the performing player's performance; and moving said playing team's playing piece if the playing team correctly answers said multipart question, wherein the number of proportional to numbers of spaces the playing piece can advance.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of: initially advancing a playing team's playing piece using a random number generator, during the playing team's turn.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of: providing indicia to a predetermined number of said spaces, said indicia representing different catagories of audition performances; and determining the audition performance to be assigned to a playing team upon said playing team's playing piece landing on a corresponding space.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
81 words
The method of claim 3 further comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of audition cards, each card including indicia representing the different catagories of audition performances and performing artist roles associated with each catagory on one side, and the multipart questions corresponding to each performing artist role on the opposite side; and determining the performing artist role to be performed by selecting an audition card and selecting the audition performance catagory on the card corresponding to the space landed on.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
70 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of: providing opportunity or calamity situations by means of opportunity/calamity cards which correspond to opportunity/calamity indicia on the playing surface which require that when a playing team play piece lands on the opportunity/calamity indicia an opportunity/calamity card is drawn requiring that playing team to follow the instructions thereon resulting in an unexpected variance which affects the relationship between the playing teams.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
183 words
A method for playing a performing artist game with at least two playing teams comprising the steps of: providing a playing means having means defining a continuous series of spaces; assigning each playing team a means for interacting with the playing means; during a playing team's turn, moving said interacting means along said means defining a continuous series of spaces; assigning an audition performance to a playing team, wherein the audition performance includes a situation describing a performing artist role and multipart question corresponding to the performing artist role; selecting a performing player from said playing team; performing of the performing artist role by the performing player, which performance is observed by the other members of the playing team; answering parts of the multipart question by other members of the playing team in response to information derived from observance of the performing player's performance; and designating with said playing team's interacting means if the playing team correctly answers said multipart question, wherein the number of correctly answered parts to the multipart question is proportional to numbers of spaces the interacting means can advance.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
183 words
A method for playing a performing artist game with at least two playing teams comprising the steps of: providing a playing means having means defining a continuous series of spaces; assigning each playing team a means for interacting with the playing means; during a playing team's turn, moving said interacting means along said means defining a continuous series of spaces; assigning an audition performance to a playing team, wherein the audition performance includes a situation describing a performing artist role and multipart question corresponding to the performing artist role; selecting a performing player from said playing team; performing of the performing artist role by the performing player, which performance is observed by the other members of the playing team; answering parts of the multipart question by other members of the playing team in response to information derived from observance of the performing player's performance; and designating with said playing team's interacting means if the playing team correctly answers said multipart question, wherein the number of correctly answered parts to the multipart question is proportional to numbers of spaces the interacting means can advance.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 6 further comprising the step of: providing indicia to a predetermined number of said spaces, said indicia representing different catagories of audition performances; and determining the audition performance to be assigned to a playing team upon said playing team's interacting means landing on a corresponding space.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
81 words
The method of claim 7 further comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of audition cards, each card including indicia representing the different catagories of audition performances and performing artist roles associated with each catagory on one side, and the multipart questions corresponding to each performing artist role on the opposite side; and determining the performing artist role to be performed by selecting an audition card and selecting the audition performance catagory on the card corresponding to the space landed on.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
70 words
The method of claim 6 further comprising the step of: providing opportunity or calamity situations by means of opportunity/calamity cards which correspond to opportunity/calamity indicia on the playing means which require that when a playing team interacting means lands on the opportunity/calamity indicia an opportunity/calamity card is drawn requiring that playing team to follow the instructions thereon resulting in an unexpected variance which affects the relationship between the playing teams.
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