Word-forming and word-guessing game
AssigneeThe Upper Deck Company
InventorTed J. Fechser
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Abstract
A method for playing a word-forming and word-guessing board game (10) between at least a first player and a second player includes (i) each of the players selecting a letter tile set (20), a card deck (22) and a dice set (26); (ii) each of the players utilizing a predetermined number of letter tiles (20) from their letter tile set (20) to form a word that is hidden from each of the other players; (iii) the first player utilizing their card deck (22) and their dice set (26) to win an opportunity to guess the word of any of the other players; and (iv) the first player making a guess of the word of any of the other players.
Claims20
A method for playing a multi-player board game between at least a first player and a second player, the method comprising:
- each of the players selecting a letter tile set, a tile pole, a card deck and a dice set;
- each of the players selecting a predetermined number of letter tiles from their letter tile set;
- each of the players utilizing the predetermined number of letter tiles from their letter tile set to form a word that includes one or more letter tiles of the predetermined number of letter tiles;
- each of the players loading the one or more letter tiles from their letter tile set that form the word onto their tile pole such that the word is hidden from each of the other players;
- each of the players drawing one or more cards from their card deck during a Draw Round;
- each of the players rolling one or more dice from their dice set during a Dice Roll Round, the number of dice being rolled by each of the players during the Dice Roll Round being based at least in part on the one or more cards that each of the players drew from their card deck during the Draw Round;
- the first player, based on an outcome of each of the players rolling the one or more dice from their dice set during the Dice Roll Round, winning an opportunity during a Letter Spin Round to have one or more of the other players selectively turn at least one of the letter tiles that form the word on their tile pole around an axis of the tile pole to reveal the at least one of the letter tiles to the other players;
- the first player, based on the outcome of each of the players rolling the one or more dice from their dice set during the Dice Roll Round, winning an opportunity to guess the word of any of the other players during a Guess Round;
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- the first player making a guess of the word of any of the other players during the Guess Round.
A method for playing a multi-player board game including a plurality of players, the method comprising:
- each of the players selecting (i) a letter tile set, (ii) a tile pole, (iii) a card deck including a plurality of Dice Cards, a plurality of Dice+Letter Cards, a plurality of Letter Cards, and a plurality of Power Cards, each card deck including a card identifier that distinguishes each card deck from each of the other card decks, and (iv) a dice set including a dice identifier that distinguishes each dice set from each of the other dice sets;
- each of the players randomly selecting a predetermined number of letter tiles from their letter tile set;
- each of the players utilizing the predetermined number of letter tiles from their letter tile set to form a word that includes one or more letter tiles of the predetermined number of letter tiles;
- each of the players loading the one or more letter tiles from their letter tile set that form the word onto their tile pole such that the word is hidden from each of the other players;
- each player choosing one or more cards from their card deck during a Draw Round until they find one of a Dice Card and a Dice+Letter Card, each player utilizing the one of a Dice Card and a Dice+Letter Card found during the Draw Round to determine a number of dice to roll during a Dice Roll Round;
- each player rolling the number of dice determined during the Draw Round during the Dice Roll Round, the player with the highest roll during the Dice Roll Round being the only player to participate in a Letter Spin Round;
- the player with the highest roll during the Dice Roll Round spinning a letter wheel during the Letter Spin Round to determine one or more letters to be revealed from the words formed by each of the other players by having each of the other players turn the one or more letters on their tile pole around an axis of the tile pole;
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- the player with the highest roll during the Dice Roll Round winning an opportunity to guess the word of any of the other players during a Guess Round.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.