Game
OwnerJuliana Curtisinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a method of playing a variant of a hop-scotch game consisting of multiple turns. The game involves a group of players, where players take turns hopping on one foot from pre-determined starting points, through a series of boxed-off spaces, to a pre-determined destination. If the player reaches the pre-determined destination without falling, using both feet, or stepping on the edge of any of the boxed-off spaces, the player may claim one of the boxed-off spaces over which the player has traveled and which is not already claimed by another player by placing a mark within the boxed-off space. The game is over when all of the boxed-off spaces are claimed. The player with the most claimed boxed-off spaces wins the game.
Claims12
A method of playing a game for a multiplicity of players taking turns, comprising:
- a) beginning at one of at least one starting points and having a player hop on one foot through a series of boxed-off spaces having edged lines, proceeding to a pre-determined destination without skipping any of said boxed-off spaces;
- b) returning said player to said at least one starting point if said player skips any of said boxed-off spaces prior to reaching said pre-determined destination;
- c) returning said player to said at least one starting point if said player steps on the edged line of any of said boxed-off spaces prior to reaching said pre-determined destination;
- d) returning said player to said at least one starting point if said player switches feet more than twice prior to reaching said pre-determined destination;
- e) returning said player to said at least one starting point after reaching said pre-determined destination and allowing said player to claim one of said boxed-off spaces by writing an identifying mark in one of said boxed-off spaces over which said player has travelled and is not already claimed by another player;
- f) returning said player to at least one starting point if said player lands with both feet in one of said boxed-off spaces, unless said boxed-off space has previously been claimed by said player, prior to reaching said pre-determined destination;
- g) ending said game when all said boxed-off are claimed;
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- h) winning said game by claiming the highest number of said boxed-off spaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.