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Board game combining chance and skill

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1989-01-03
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Granted: 1990-06-26
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Expires: 2009-01-03
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Abstract

Abstract The game board apparatus comprising a game board including a plurality of locations arranged around the perimeter of the game board to form a game movement area for the movement of player's tokens. The plurality of locations on the game board include printed indicia, which require players to take certain actions upon landing on the discrete locations upon the roll of dice. The roll of the dice determines each player's move around the periphery of the game board and determines the score according to predetermined combinations of the value on the dice.

Inventors

  • 👤 Robert E. Rader
  • 👤 Mary A. Rader

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 18:09
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00157; A63F3/00006; A63F2003/00018

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 245 words
A board game combining skill and chance comprising, a playing board, said playing board having at least forty discreet playing locations juxtaposed one after the other around the perimeter of the board, twenty-three of the playing locations having playing instructions printed thereon, a plurality of playing tokens for movement around the board by respective players, six playing dice for indicating score for the player upon rolling of the dice wherein at least two of said dice being utilized for indicating movement of the playing tokens of each player around the board playing space, the dice further controlling movement of the playing tokens around the board, each die of the playing dice having all its faces marked with symbols of different numerical value, whereby each face of a die bears a numerical symbol of different value from the numerical symbols on the other faces of the die, the playing tokens of each player being caused to be moved on the board the number of locations corresponding to the sum of the numerical values on at least two rolled dice; a scoring card having indicia comprising a plurality of discrete scoring combinations corresponding to predetermined combinations of said rolled playing dice, wherein when said predetermined combinations on said rolled playing dice match the discrete scoring combinations on the scoring card the player achieves a predetermined point score, wherein the game is played until one player reaches a predetermined score greater than the scores of the remaining players.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 245 words
A board game combining skill and chance comprising, a playing board, said playing board having at least forty discreet playing locations juxtaposed one after the other around the perimeter of the board, twenty-three of the playing locations having playing instructions printed thereon, a plurality of playing tokens for movement around the board by respective players, six playing dice for indicating score for the player upon rolling of the dice wherein at least two of said dice being utilized for indicating movement of the playing tokens of each player around the board playing space, the dice further controlling movement of the playing tokens around the board, each die of the playing dice having all its faces marked with symbols of different numerical value, whereby each face of a die bears a numerical symbol of different value from the numerical symbols on the other faces of the die, the playing tokens of each player being caused to be moved on the board the number of locations corresponding to the sum of the numerical values on at least two rolled dice; a scoring card having indicia comprising a plurality of discrete scoring combinations corresponding to predetermined combinations of said rolled playing dice, wherein when said predetermined combinations on said rolled playing dice match the discrete scoring combinations on the scoring card the player achieves a predetermined point score, wherein the game is played until one player reaches a predetermined score greater than the scores of the remaining players.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 42 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and one of the dice indicates a value of one corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded one hundred points.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 41 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and one of the dice indicates a value of five corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded fifty points.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 47 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and the six dice indicate a numerical ascending value of one through six corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded one thousand five hundred points.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 56 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and the dice show three pair with each respective pair having the same numerical value and which value differs from the other two pairs corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded one thousand points.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 44 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and any three of the dice indicate the numerical value of one corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded one thousand points.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 44 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and any four of the dice indicate the numerical value of one corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded two thousand points.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 44 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and any five of the dice indicate the numerical value of one corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded three thousand points.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 55 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and any three of the dice indicate the same numerical value corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded points totalling one hundred times the face numerical value of one of said three dice.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 55 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and any four of the dice indicate the same numerical value corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded points totalling two hundred times the face numerical value of one of said four dice.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 55 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and any five of the dice indicate the same numerical value corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded points totalling three hundred times the face numerical value of one of said five dice.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 55 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and any six of the dice indicate the same numerical value corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded points totalling four hundred times the face numerical value of one of said six dice.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 44 words
The board game as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the roll of the dice and all six of the dice indicate the numerical value of one corresponding to the predetermined combination shown on the scoring card, the player is awarded an automatic win.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1993-06-25 1993-12-25 1994-06-26 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1997-06-25 1997-12-25 1998-06-26 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2001-06-25 2001-12-25 2002-06-26 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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