Entertainment method and device involving a board game

A method of providing an entertainment diversion comprising:

• operating a play advancing mechanism such that the play advancing mechanism reveals an initial range of possible player moves, the play advancing mechanism being operated by a first player;
• indicating an acceptance of one of the possible player moves in the initial range of possible player moves revealed by the play advancing mechanism, the indication being provided by the first player and the step of indicating an acceptance of the respective player move resulting in a marker being attributed to the first player;
• operating the play advancing mechanism such that the play advancing mechanism reveals a further range of possible player moves, the play advancing mechanism being operated by a second player;
• indicating an acceptance of one the further possible player movies in the further range of possible player moves revealed by the play advancing mechanism, the indication being provided by the second player and the step of indicating an acceptance of the respective player move resulting in a marker being attributed to the second player;
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• performing successive rounds of play in which, in each round of play, a respective one of the first and second players operates the play advancing mechanism to reveal a respective range of possible player moves and thereafter indicates acceptance of one of the possible player moves in the respective range of possible player moves revealed by the play advancing mechanism with respective markers attributed to the first and second players as a result of such acceptance indications, wherein (a) when a collection of markers having a predetermined tally relationship to one another have been attributed to a respective player, the respective player is credited with a tally credit, (b) the attribution of a marker to a player results in that marker being the respective final marker that places a collection of markers into the status of being in a predetermined tally relationship to one another is deemed to be a recognized tally credit attribution, and (c) two or more markers attributed to a respective player that do not have a predetermined tally relationship to one another but could, with the addition of a further marker or markers, eventually be comprised in a collection of markers having a predetermined tally relationship to one another, are deemed to be in a latent tally credit relationship with one another and the game play includes at least one decision juncture at which a player may indicate an acceptance of a possible player move via a selected one of a pair of acceptance protocols, one acceptance protocol being an indication by the player that a marker is to be attributed to the player as a non-released marker and the other acceptance protocol being an indication by the player that a marker is to be attributed to the player as a shared credit marker, wherein a selection by the player at this decision juncture via the one acceptance protocol such that a marker is to be attributed to the player as a non-released marker does not operate to create a recognized tally credit attribution but may create a latent tally credit relationship and, alternatively, a selection by a player at this decision juncture via the other acceptance protocol such that a marker is to be attributed to the player as a shared credit marker results in a recognized tally credit attribution in which the marker is a respective final marker that places a collection of markers into the status of being in a predetermined tally relationship to one another.