US 2014/0265120 A1 · Method and Apparatus for a Game

Abstract

An apparatus and method for a game, in which a ball, token, or other projectile is propelled onto a game board. The game board is slightly raised from an adjacent playing surface. The game board might be comprised of a grid or set of ball-retaining depressions. The board would also contain a target area or aperture through which the projectile can pass. The object of the game is to get all the projectiles through the target aperture. To successfully propel or bounce a projectile onto the game board, the projectile must come to rest inside one of the projectile-retaining depressions or else pass through the target aperture. Players take turns propelling the projectiles onto the game board, moving the projectiles toward the target, or making jumps over other projectiles on the game board. The first player to get all his or her projectiles through the target wins.

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Dependent claims

A method for playing a game, comprising:

providing a game board, wherein the game board includes a game surface having a plurality of depressions;
providing a plurality of game pieces, wherein each of the plurality of depressions is shaped to retain one of the plurality of game pieces;
projecting at least one of the plurality of game pieces onto the game surface, wherein the at least one of the plurality of game pieces is retained by one of the plurality of depressions;
selecting from a group of strategic moves;
and
advancing the at least one of the plurality of game pieces retained by the one of the plurality of depressions in accordance with the selected strategic move.

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Method and Apparatus for a Game

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