Board game

A word definition and spelling game combination comprising:

• a generally square game board including four generally square corner spaces and seven player spaces operatively disposed between each pair of adjacent corner spaces defining four sets of seven player spaces for a total of 28 player spaces evenly divided about the board;
• four player pieces representing up to four players in the game, each of said four player pieces having a different and distinct characteristic color so that each represents a unique player;
• chance means for determining how many player spaces a player moves his player piece around the board on each given turn;
• each of the four sets of seven player spaces disposed between opposite corners of the game board, each of the four sets of seven player spaces having a different and distinct characteristic color corresponding to the colors of said four player pieces, and each of said individual player spaces includes indicia means thereon for defining a first set of letters of the alphabet along one side of the board, a second set of letters along the second side of the board, a third set of letters of the alphabet along the third side of the board, and a fourth set of letters of the alphabet along the fourth side of the board, said sets of letters including different and distinct letters and representing all twenty-six letters of the alphabet;
• said different and distinct letters of the alphabet occupying 26 of the 28 player spaces with the remaining two player spaces including indicia means for defining first and second special symbol means respectively;
• a deck of custom playing cards divided into four different and distinct sets of cards, each of said four sets having a different and distinct characteristic color corresponding to the colors of the four different and distinct sides of the game board, each of the different and distinct colored sets of cards corresponding to different and distinct letter categories, each card having a set of definitions on one side of the card equal to the number of letters of the alphabet disposed on the particular side of the board represented by that particular color and a corresponding number of properly spelled words which correspond to those definitions disposed on the opposite side of said card;
• a player landing on a particular space on a particular side of the board corresponding to one of the different and distinct characteristic colors having a correspondingly colored card selected from the deck, and the definition of the word starting with the letter on the player space on which the player is located on that turn being read to him and he being read to guess the word corresponding to that definition and to properly spell the word thereafter;
• four sets of 14 cover pieces, each of said four sets having a different and distinct characteristic color corresponding to the different and distinct characteristic colors of the four different and distinct player pieces, one of said cover pieces being earned each time a player correctly guesses the word whose definition is given to him from a selected card and a cover piece corresponding to his particular color being then placed over the letter on the player space on which he is located to signify that he has captured that letter;
• four sets of marker means, each set of marker means having a different and distinct characteristic color corresponding to the different and distinct colors of the four player pieces, one of said marker means being earned each time the player first guesses the word corresponding to the definition given and then correctly spells that word to earn one of said marker pieces which may be exchanged in sets to earn additional cover pieces for covering any particular letter on the board which has not been previously covered;
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• said cover tiles being dimensioned to cover the indicia means corresponding to the letters of the alphabet located on the corresponding player spaces to signify that a player whose correspondingly colored tile is over the letter has captured a given letter, and the player who captures the most letters being declared the winner of the game.

A word/definition/spelling board game apparatus comprising:

• a generally rectangular game board having four corner spaces and four sets of seven playing spaces each disposed sequentially between opposite corner spaces, each of said four sets of player spaces having a different and distinct characteristic color and each of said player spaces bearing indicia means, wherein 26 of said player spaces bear a different and distinct alphabetical letter of one of the 26 letters of the alphabet and the remaining two of said player spaces bearing a first and second special symbol means respectively;
• four player pieces each having a different and distinct characteristic color corresponding to the different and distinct characteristic colors of the four sets of the player spaces, respectively;
• four sets of marker means, each set of marker means including a different and distinct characteristic color corresponding to the colors of said player pieces;
• four sets of cover tiles, each of said sets of cover tiles having a different and distinct characteristic color corresponding to the colors of said player pieces;
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• a deck of playing cards including four sub-decks each having a different and distinct characteristic color corresponding to the colors of said four player pieces, each of the cards within a given colored set including a plurality of definitions on one side thereof and the plurality of properly spelled words corresponding to said definitions on the other side of said card, the predetermined number of definitions and words on each card being dependent upon the particular number of letters of the alphabet on a particular side of the board corresponding to said different and distinct characteristic color;
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• chance means for determining the number of spaces a player piece moves on a given turn, the player space on which the player piece lands on a given turn having its different and distinct characteristic color of that given set of player spaces used to decide the color of card selected for that player, and the definition selected depending upon the first letter of the word to be defined on said card corresponding to the particular letter indicated on the player space on which the player piece is located on that turn.