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US 2016/0042665 A1Published application
Dog Agility Board Game
OwnerAnnette Cioffi-Parkerinventor
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Abstract
An educational board game relating to breeds of dogs and dog agility competitions includes outer sidewalk and inner course ring paths along which a plurality of player position markers are moved along a game board, during which—in accordance with the instructions of play—Fact Statements about breeds of dogs are read aloud to all players and True-False Questions about dog agility competitions are answered depending on positional landings of the markers upon a player's throw of a die or spin of a pointer.
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A dog agility board game comprising:
- a game board having a first plurality of playing spaces arranged in an outer sidewalk path, and a second plurality of playing spaces arranged in an inner course ring path a leading to a “winner's circle’ play location;
- a plurality of playing pieces, each representing an individual breed of dog, and each corresponding to a player of said game;
- a plurality of dog agility competition obstacles;
- random number generator means for regulating movement of said playing pieces along said outer sidewalk path playing spaces and said inner course ring path playing spaces;
- a plurality of Board Cards, each containing a direction step of action to be taken by the players of said game;
- a plurality of Obstacle Cards, each containing a fact statement pertaining to a playing piece breed of dog and a true-false question pertaining to dog agility competitions;
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- a set of accepted rule instructions including a player's reading factual statements as to individual breeds of dogs upon the player's playing piece reaching individual playing spaces of said sidewalk path spaces, and answering true-false questions as to dog agility competitions in landings thereupon, accumulating individual Obstacle Cards in so doing, and in proceeding to said inner coarse ring path playing spaces leading to said “winner's circle” play location only after collecting all Obstacle Cards corresponding to dog agility competition obstacles initially established at said inner coarse ring path playing spaces at the beginning of a game's play.
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