Footstep mimic game
OwnerJohn R. Timmermaninventor
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Abstract
A game employs a number of footprint markers which the players take turns laying down. The procedure of the game is that two footprints are laid down initially; the first player steps on them without stepping elsewhere, then places another footprint any place of choice. The player laying the footprint must then step in that footprint without losing balance, or the footprint is retrieved and does not count. Play continues in rotation, with each player attempting to traverse the current trail and add a new footprint, until a trail of predetermined length has been formed. The next player to step in all existing footprints in order, without losing balance, is the winner.
Claims3
A game procedure comprising the
- a) providing a plurality of limb markers;
- b) providing an initial trail o position marker upon a playing surface;
- c) in rotation among a group of players, enacting a turn for each player so as to incrementally build the trail up to a predetermined number of markers, each turn comprising the steps of
- i) the player attempting to successfully traverse the trail of position markers by successfully moving onto each position marker of the trail in sequence,
- ii) if having successfully traversed the trail, placing an new position marker in a position chosen by the player so as to extend the trail,
- iii) the player validating a new position marker by successfully moving onto the new position marker, otherwise failing to validate the new position marker, and
- iv) if having failed to validate the new marker, removing the new marker from the trail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.