Word game with multi-sided pieces with notches for interlocking of the pieces at various angles
OwnerDouglas Shin Kiminventor
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Abstract
Game apparatus comprising a plurality of multi-sided, game and base pieces having notches whereby the pieces may be interlocked, and said pieces having two faces with indicia or other markings on at least some of the faces whereby words and/or equations and/or other things can be formed along horizontal and/or vertical and/or diagonal axes by placing game pieces adjacent to each and/or game pieces and/or base pieces interlocked into each other. Methods for playing games with said apparatus in two and/or three dimensions is disclosed.
Claims12
A game apparatus comprising a plurality of game pieces and base pieces, the game pieces having a front face, a back face and a plurality of sides with at least two sides having a notch and/or indentation and/or cut-out opening on said sides with each notch and/or indentation and/or cut-out opening being closed some distance from said side, at least some of the front faces having an appearance, letter, indicia or markings on their faces and at least some of the back faces having an appearance, indicia or markings on their faces, each base piece having a plurality of sides and at least one notch and/or indentation and/or cut-out and/or opening on at least one of the plurality of sides with each notch and/or indentation and/or cut-out opening being closed some distance from said side, at least some of the front faces having the same appearance, indicia or markings as the appearance, indicia or markings on their back faces whereby a game piece can be interlocked at an angle with a base piece to hold the game piece in a stable manner and whereby two or more game pieces can be interlocked with each other to form one or more words, numbers, formulae, equations and/or other things along a vertical axis or axes perpendicular to the surface on which the interlocked game piece and base piece rest and/or parallel to the surface on which the interlocked game piece and base piece rest.
A method of playing a two-dimensional word game by a plurality of players comprising steps of:
- providing a plurality of game pieces, the game pieces having a front face, a back face and a plurality of sides with at least two sides having a notch and/or indentation and/or cut-out opening on said sides with each notch arid/or indentation and/or cut-out opening being closed some distance from said side, at least some of the front faces having an appearance, letter, indicia or markings on their faces and at least some of the back faces having an appearance, indicia or markings on their faces;
- initially allocating to each said player a predetermined number of randomly selected game pieces from said plurality of game pieces or a set of game pieces comprising a predetermined number that is identical in number and in appearance, letter, indicia or markings on the front faces of the game pieces, in other words, each player gets the same number and type of game pieces;
- all players agreeing on a set time limit for game play;
- each player forming words, numbers, formulae, equations and/or other things on a flat surface along a vertical and/or horizontal and/or diagonal axes by placing the game pieces adjacent to each other;
- and determining a winner of the game based on the player who within the set time limit for game play forms the most words and/or numbers and/or formulae and/or equations and/or other things and has the least unused game pieces.
A method of playing a three-dimensional word game by a plurality of players comprising steps of:
- providing a plurality of game pieces, the game pieces having a front face, a back face and a plurality of sides with at least two sides having a notch and/or indentation and/or cut-out opening on said sides with each notch and/or indentation and/or cut-out opening being closed some distance from said side, at least some of the front faces having an appearance, letter, indicia or markings on their faces and at least some of the back faces having an appearance, indicia or markings on their faces and a plurality of base pieces, the base pieces having a plurality of sides and at least one notch and/or indentation and/or cut-out and/or opening on at least one of the plurality of sides with each notch and/or indentation and/or cut-out opening being closed some distance from said side, at least some of the front faces having the same appearance, indicia or markings as the appearance, indicia or markings on their back faces;
- initially allocating to each said player a set of game pieces and base pieces that is identical in number and in appearance, letter, indicia or markings on the front faces of the game pieces;
- all players agreeing on a set time limit for game play;
- each player forming one or more words, numbers, formulae, equations and/or other things along a vertical axis or axes perpendicular to the surface on which the interlocked game piece and base piece rest and/or parallel to the surface on which the interlocked game piece and base piece rest;
- and determining a winner of the game based on the player who within the set time limit for game play forms the most and/or longest words and/or numbers and/or formulae and/or equations and/or other things, has the least unused game pieces, and has the most complex, but also most stable structure.
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