Basketball game board apparatus
OwnerGene Murphy, Robin R. Louderbackinventors
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Abstract
A basketball game comprising a game board with a main section simulating a basketball court, a pathway of playing spaces around the periphery of the basketball court, a miniature basketball goal and basketball at each end of the court, at least one set of basketball information question and answer cards, a plurality of questions and answers on each card, indicia on the cards identifying the questions, and means to determine by chance which question to use during a given player turn. In one aspect of the invention, the goals are movable by chance to vary the distance of a shot at the goal. Points are scored by correctly answering questions and/or by making shots at the goals.
Claims11
A basketball game apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of player tokens,
- a game board having a plurality of playing spaces forming a pathway for said tokens around said game board,
- a basketball goal positioned at an end of said game board,
- a basketball sized for shooting at said goal to enable a player to score points for a made shot,
- means to determine by chance the number of playing spaces to move said tokens, and
- at least one set of question cards having basketball related questions to be answered by the players.
A basketball game apparatus comprising:
- a game board having markings simulating a basketball court,
- a basketball goal positioned at each of the opposite ends of said court,
- at least one basketball for shooting at said goals,
- a set of question cards having basketball related questions to be answered by the players,
- indicia on said cards identifying the questions,
- and chance means having corresponding indicia to indicate which question to use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.