Word games anyone can win & more better bananagrams, boggle, and scrabble games
OwnerGuy L. Mcclung, IIIinventor
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for word games in which a non-acting player may score points based on a score awarded to an acting player.
Claims20
A method for playing a word game, the word game playable by a plurality of players,
- the plurality of players comprising at least a first player and a second player,
- the word game comprising a game piece location structure, the game piece location structure having multiple game piece locations, the multiple game piece locations including a first plurality of first game piece locations each with a location designator indicating the first player and a second plurality of game piece locations each with a location designator indicating the second player, each location designator either preprinted on the game piece location structure or created on the game piece location structure before the game commences, the word game further comprising a plurality of lettered game pieces each placeable on a game piece location of the game piece location structure and positionable adjacent each other to form words produced by the players, a first group of the plurality of lettered, game pieces having indicia thereon indicating the first player and a second group of the
- plurality of lettered game pieces having indicia thereon indicating the second player,
- the method comprising
- the players receiving point scores of game points for producing a word,
- the first player producing a first word, the first player producing the first word using at least one lettered game piece, the first player producing the first word toy placing the at least one lettered game piece on a game piece location of the game piece location structure and positioning the at least one lettered game piece to spell out the first word, the first word produced toy the first player alone in a first turn,
- the first player receiving a first point score of game points for production of the first word,
- the second player taking no action in the game during the first player's production of the first word during the first turn, and
- the second player receiving a second point score of game points based on the first word if the at least one lettered piece used to produce the first word is from the second group indicating the second player.
The method of clam 1 wherein the game is an improved version of an existing word game, the existing word game being one of SCRABBLE (Trademark) game and BOGGLE (Trademark) game.
A method for playing a word game, the word game playable by a plurality of players, the plurality of players comprising at least a first player and a second player,
- the word game comprising
- the word game comprising a game piece location structure, the game piece location structure comprising a board having multiple game piece locations, the multiple game piece locations including a first plurality of first game piece locations each with a location designator indicating the first player and a second plurality of game piece locations each with a location designator indicating the second player, each location designator either preprinted on the game piece location structure or created on the game piece location structure before the game commences, the word game further comprising a plurality of lettered game pieces each placeable on a game piece location of the game piece location structure and positionable adjacent each other to form words produced by the players, a first group of the plurality of lettered game pieces having indicia thereon indicating the first player and a second group of the plurality of lettered game pieces having indicia thereon indicating the second player,
- the method comprising
- the first player producing a first word, the first player producing the first word using at least one lettered game piece, the first player producing the first word by positioning the at least one lettered, game piece to spell out the first word, the first word produced by the first player alone in a first turn,
- the first player receiving a first point score of game points for production of the first word,
- the second player taking no action in the game during the first player's production of the first word during the first turn,
- the second player receiving a second point score of game points based on the first word if the at least one lettered piece used to produce the first word is from the second group indicating the second player,
- the second player receiving an additional point score of game points if the first word includes any lettered game piece positioned on a game piece location with a location designator indicating the second player,
- wherein the second point score is determined by chance.
A game, the game comprising a word, game, the word, game playable by a plurality of players, the plurality of players comprising at least a first player and a second player,
- the word game comprising
- a game piece location structure, the game piece location structure comprising a board having multiple game piece locations,
- the multiple game piece locations including a first plurality of first game piece locations each with a location designator indicating the first player and a second plurality of game piece locations each with a location designator indicating the second player,
- each location designator either preprinted on the game piece location structure or created on the game piece location structure before the game commences,
- a plurality of lettered game pieces each placeable on a game piece location of the game piece location structure and positionable adjacent each other to form words produced by the players.
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