US 2023/0256322 A1 · Game system with rotatably positionable playing pieces

Abstract

A game system, includes a game board, including a plurality of squares arranged in rows and columns, including special squares, including a start square and bonus squares, each including a text indicator and a color indicator; a board border with row indicators and column indicators; rotatably positionable playing pieces, each including a line segment with segment terminators and a piece scoring indicator denoting a piece scoring value; two piece holders; two mockup boards; two privacy blinds; such that a plurality of pairs of successive strings are positionable on the board, each pair placed by two opposing players, each string including a plurality of rotatably positioned connected playing pieces, such that at least one segment terminator of a first connected playing piece is connected to at least one segment terminator of a second connected playing piece, such that line segments of the rotatably positioned connected pieces form a connected path.

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Dependent claims

A game system, comprising:

a) a game board, comprising:
a first plurality of squares, which are arranged in a first matrix structure, which comprises first rows and first columns;
and
b) a plurality of playing pieces, wherein each playing piece comprises:
a piece body;
and
a line segment, which is positioned on a top surface of the piece body, wherein the line segment comprises:
a plurality of segment terminators, wherein each segment terminator is positioned adjacent to a central side or a corner of the piece body.

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A game system comprising:

a) a game board, comprising:
a first plurality of squares, which are arranged in a first matrix structure, which comprises first rows and first columns;
and
b) a plurality of playing pieces;
c) a first mockup board for use by a first player, wherein the first mockup board is configured to be positioned on a playing surface, on a first side of the game board, such that the first mockup board is configured for visually confirming first potential string combinations of first selected playing pieces, before positioning the first selected playing pieces on the game board;
and
d) a second mockup board for use by a second player, wherein the second mockup board is configured to be positioned on the playing surface, on a second side of the game board, such that the second mockup board is configured for visually confirming second potential string combinations of second selected playing pieces, before positioning the second selected playing pieces on the game board.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Game system with rotatably positionable playing pieces

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Game system with rotatably positionable playing pieces

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Abstract

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