Episodic Board Game
AssigneeNational Entertainment Collectibles, Inc.
InventorJoel Weinshanker
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an episodic board game. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an episodic board game, comprising a first game kit including a first set of rules and a first set of game components, and a plurality of subsequent game kits released incrementally at predetermined time intervals for integration with at least the first game kit or a previously integrated subsequent game kit, each of the plurality of subsequent game kits including at least subsequent set of rules or subsequent set of game components.
Claims20
An episodic board game, comprising:
- a first game kit including a first set of rules and a first set of game components;
- and
- a plurality of subsequent game kits released incrementally at predetermined time intervals for integration with at least the first game kit or a previously integrated subsequent game kit, each of the plurality of subsequent game kits including at least subsequent set of rules or subsequent set of game components.
A method of playing an episodic board game, comprising:
- providing a first game kit to play a game, the first game kit including a first set of rules and a first set of game components;
- providing a subsequent game kit to play a subsequent episode of an episodic board game released at a predetermined time interval for integration with the first game kit, the subsequent game kit including at least a subsequent set of rules or a subsequent set of game components;
- and
- providing a second subsequent game kit to play a second subsequent episode of an episodic board game released at the predetermined time interval for integration with at least one or both of the first game kit or the subsequent game kit, the second subsequent game kit including at least a second subsequent set of rules or a second subsequent set of game components.
A method for distributing an episodic board game, comprising:
- electronically receiving, at a distribution computer system, an order request for an episodic board game from a user computer system of a purchaser, the distribution computer system in electrical communication with the user computer system over a network;
- electronically storing in a database, by the distribution computer system, user information and preferred frequency for receiving game kits;
- electronically transmitting, by the distribution computer system, a shipping request to a shipping computer system for a first game kit to be shipped to the purchaser;
- electronically determining, by the distribution computer system, whether to provide a subsequent game kit to the purchaser based on whether a predetermined amount of time has passed;
- electronically determining, by the distribution computer system, contents of an subsequent game kit based on the user information of the purchaser;
- and
- electronically transmitting, by the distribution computer system, a shipping request to the shipping computer system for the subsequent game kit to be shipped to the purchaser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.