Football board game
OwnerJeffrey Laporteinventor
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Abstract
A board game simulating a football season is played by two or more players according to the general rules of the game of “Fantasy Football.” The board game uses a game board with indicia thereon resembling a football field. A game path is formed on the game board, the game path being divided into spaces with instructions imprinted thereon directing a player to advance or retract when moving a game piece along the board according to chance means. The game uses several decks of cards, which are provided separately from the board with indicia thereon that represents actual players in actual teams that provide instructions to the game player of the manner of progression along the board, that keep weekly and seasonal scores for the teams.
Claims16
A method of playing a simulated football game, comprising the following steps:
- providing a game board having indicia thereon including instructions for advancing along a designated path along the game board;
- providing a first deck of cards with indicia thereon representative of football players, score points achieved by the football players during a previous playing season and football players' respective position in actual teams;
- providing a chance means for randomly determining an order of selection of cards from the first deck of cards by two or more game players;
- providing a first plurality of deck of cards for recording a game score, each of said plurality of the deck of cards being representative of a weekly score during a playing season;
- providing a second plurality of deck of cards having indicia thereon representative of instructions for advancing along the designated path on the game board, which correspond to instructions on the game board;
- providing a plurality of game tokens representing team numbers, weekly and season scores;
- beginning a play by using the chance means to select a first game player allowed to pick cards representative of football players to form a team;
- using the chance means until all game players selected football players for their respective teams;
- using the chance means to advance game players along the game board, while following instructions for advancing along the game board imprinted on the game board and the second plurality of the deck of cards;
- counting play points as simulated scores for weekly and season plays and declaring a winner based on the highest score achieved at the end of a playoffs week.
A board game that simulates a real football season, comprising:
- a game board having indicia thereon including instructions for advancing along a designated path along the game board;
- a first deck of cards with indicia thereon representative of football players, score points achieved by the football players during a previous playing season and football players' respective position in actual teams;
- a chance means for randomly determining an order of selection of cards from the first deck of cards by two or more game players;
- a first plurality of deck of cards for recording a game score, each of said plurality of the deck of cards being representative of a weekly score during a playing season;
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- a second plurality of deck of cards having indicia thereon representative of instructions for advancing along the designated path on the game board, which correspond to instructions on the game board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.