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US 2009/0278309 A1Published application
Three-dimensional game and method of playing the same
OwnerBart Millerinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a three-dimensional game and/or educational apparatus and a method of playing the game. The apparatus generally comprises a plurality of cells arranged in predetermined rows and columns which allow the movement of gaming pieces in three distinct directions.
Claims20
A three-dimensional device for playing a game or educational experience, comprising:
- a plurality of cells defined by a plurality of support members, each cell having a void space, said plurality of cells forms a plurality of operably interconnected void spaces;
- a plurality of passageways, said plurality of passageways interconnecting said plurality of void spaces;
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- a plurality of gaming pieces adapted to be distributed within said plurality of void spaces, wherein a game can be played by moving at least one of said plurality of gaming pieces in one of at least three distinct directions to create predetermined patterns, shapes, or sequences in an overall game or educational strategy.
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A computer readable storage medium comprising processor executable instructions sorted thereon, the instructions comprising:
- a definition of a plurality of cells defined by a plurality of support members, each cell having a void space, said plurality of cells forms a plurality of operably interconnected void spaces;
- a definition of a plurality of passageways, said plurality of passageways interconnecting said plurality of void spaces;
- a definition of a plurality of gaming pieces adapted to be distributed within said plurality of void spaces;
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- a rule set defining that said plurality of gaming pieces are moveable in one of at least three distinct directions to create predetermined patterns, shapes, or sequences.
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A method of playing a three-dimensional game or educational experience, comprising:
- a) providing a three-dimensional gaming apparatus having:
- a plurality of cells defined by a plurality of support members, each cell having a void space, said plurality of cells forms a plurality of operably interconnected void spaces which are aligned in at last three directions;
- a plurality of passageways, said plurality of passageways interconnecting said plurality of void spaces;
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- a plurality of gaming pieces adapted to be distributed within said plurality of void spaces;
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- b) arranging said plurality of gaming pieces in said plurality of cells in a three-dimensional direction to create one or more of a predetermined pattern, shape, or sequence of game pieces according to an overall game or educational strategy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.