Design game with deductive component
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorMark Barthold
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Abstract
A game of deduction including game components and rules for playing a game for a plurality of players, a goal of which may be for one player to deduce, through a question and answer process, an image on a game card chosen by another player. A game board, multiple game cards, and a set of image elements with an accompanying game palette may be suitable for playing the game of deduction.
Claims18
A method of playing a game of deduction, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) a first player drawing a card comprising an image;
- (b) while hiding the image from another player, the first player answering at least one question from the other player regarding a characteristic of the image;
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- (c) after answering the at least one question, the first player disclosing an identity of the image to the other player.
A method of playing a game of deduction, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) asking a question regarding a characteristic of a first image on a card;
- (b) receiving an answer to the question;
- (c) adding an image element to a second image on a game board based at least in part on the received answer;
- (d) repeating the steps of asking, receiving and adding;
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- (e) after repeating the steps, determining whether the second image is the same as the first image.
A method of playing a game of deduction, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) a first player drawing a first game card comprising a first image;
- (b) a second player asking the first player a question regarding a characteristic of the first image;
- (c) the first player answering the asked question;
- (d) selecting an image element from a plurality of different image elements based at least in part on the received answer;
- (e) placing the selected image element onto a second image on a game board;
- (f) repeating steps (b) through (e);
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- (g) after repeating the steps, determining whether the second image is the same as the first image.
A set of game components, comprising:
- a game board having a game board surface;
- a game card having an image, including a first plurality of image characteristics;
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- a plurality of image elements, wherein each image element is configured to removably adhere to the game board surface, the plurality of image elements including at least a portion of the image characteristics included in the image, whereby the image elements may be used to recreate an appearance of the game card image on the game board surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.