Mathematical colored-numbered puzzle board game

A method of playing a game on a planar game board,

• wherein the game board has a storage grid and a puzzle play grid thereon,
• wherein the storage grid has a plurality of storage spaces arranged in a storage grid structure,
• wherein the puzzle play grid having a combination of useable play spaces and unusable play spaces with the usable spaces being indicated by an indicia different from the unusable play spaces and with the useable play spaces and the unusable play spaces forming a play grid structure having a combination of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal rows of useable play spaces and unusable play spaces, and
• wherein the number of storage spaces and the number of useable play spaces are the same, the method comprising:
• placing a plurality of numbered tiles on the storage grid structure with each of the plurality of numbered tiles being marked with a predetermined number from a predetermined set of numbers and each of the plurality of tiles being placed on one of plurality of storage spaces;
• moving one of the plurality of numbered tiles to the one of useable play spaces;
• and
• repeating the moving step until:
• (a) each of the plurality of tiles is on one of the useable play spaces;
• (b) the difference between the numerical value of each of the plurality of numbered tiles on each of useable spaces and a number tile on an adjacent useable space along one of the horizontal, vertical, and diagonal rows is greater than a predetermined increment;
• and (c) each of the predetermined numbers on the numbered tiles appears no more than once in each of the horizontal, vertical and diagonal rows.

A computer system for playing a crossword style mathematical puzzle, the system comprising:

• a display device;
• and
• a computing device having memory for storing computer readable instructions, and a processor for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions including instructions for:
• generating output on the display device to depict a planar game board having a storage grid and a puzzle play grid thereon and a plurality of numbered tiles;
• receiving input from a user to depict movement of one of the plurality of numbered tiles from the storage grid to the puzzle play grid on the display device in successive turns;
• determining when the game ends;
• and
• displaying an indicator to indicate that the user has won the game;
• wherein the output depicts the storage grid having a plurality of storage spaces arranged in a storage grid structure;
• wherein the output depicts the puzzle play grid having a combination of useable play spaces and unusable play spaces with the usable spaces being indicated by an indicia different from the unusable play spaces and with the useable play spaces and the unusable play spaces forming a play grid structure having a combination of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal rows of useable play spaces and unusable play spaces;
• wherein the output depicts the number of numbered tiles, the number of storage spaces, and the number of useable play spaces being the same;
• wherein the output depicts each of the plurality of numbered tiles being marked with a predetermined number from a predetermined set of numbers;
• wherein the output depicts each of the plurality of tiles being placed on one of plurality of storage spaces at the beginning of the game;
• wherein the game ends when each of the plurality of tiles is on one of the useable play spaces and the difference between the numerical value of each of the plurality of numbered tiles on each of useable spaces and a number tile on an adjacent useable space along one of the horizontal, vertical, and diagonal rows is greater than a predetermined increment;
• and
• wherein each of the predetermined numbers on the numbered tiles appears no more than once in each of the horizontal, vertical and diagonal rows.