Game having personalized game pieces with selectively removable magnetized pieces and accessories

A method for providing a game, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a game mechanic including a set of rules by which the game is played;
• providing a game board;
• providing a plurality of game cards;
• preparing a game piece in the form of a non-flat, vertically-oriented, three-dimensional figurine usable by a player within the game mechanic to engage in at least one combat, the game piece including (i) a game piece body including a torso, (ii) a plurality of interchangeable parts including at least a plurality of arms and a plurality of pairs of legs that are each selectively and directly magnetically coupled to a particular location on the torso in accordance with the set of rules of the game mechanic, each of the plurality of interchangeable parts being different from one another including each of the plurality of arms having at least one of a different size and a different shape from one another and each of the plurality of pairs of legs having at least one of a different size and a different shape from one another, and (iii) a plurality of interchangeable accessories, each of the plurality of interchangeable accessories being configured to be selectively and directly magnetically coupled to one of the plurality of interchangeable parts, and each of the plurality of interchangeable accessories having a different design and function in accordance with the set of rules of the game mechanic, at least two of the plurality of interchangeable parts having a different power production from one another and being interchangeable with one another so that they can be alternatively magnetically coupled to a same location on the torso during play of the game in accordance with the set of rules included in the game mechanic, and at least two of the interchangeable accessories being interchangeable with one another so that they can be alternatively magnetically coupled to a same position on one of the plurality of interchangeable parts during play of the game in accordance with the set of rules included in the game mechanic;
• selectively interchanging one of the plurality of interchangeable parts that is directly magnetically coupled to a particular location on the torso with another one of the plurality of interchangeable parts that is subsequently directly magnetically coupled to the same particular location on the torso as one of a replacement and an upgrade during play of the game based on at least one of an outcome of the at least one combat and at least one of the plurality of game cards obtained by the player in accordance with the set of rules included in the game mechanic;
• selectively interchanging one of the plurality of interchangeable accessories that is directly magnetically coupled to one of the plurality of interchangeable parts with another one of the plurality of interchangeable accessories that is subsequently directly magnetically coupled to the same one of the plurality of interchangeable parts as one of a replacement and an upgrade during play of the game in accordance with the set of rules included in the game mechanic;
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• selectively positioning the game piece on and moving the game piece to different spaces on the game board in accordance with the set of rules included in the game mechanic.