US 5,314,188 AGranted

Competition game

OwnerHenry Mason, Rhonda Masoninventors

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Abstract

Game for a plurality of players, including a game board having a path made up of a plurality of squares, and playing pieces are moved along the path according to numbers produced by dice thrown. Beginning signals are given by a color light (traffic light) member. Similar color lights are indicated on certain squares, constituting instructions to the players. The squares also contain additional, written instructions. The playing pieces are figures of adults and children, family members, either in 3-D or flat picture form. The game includes cards of different colors, green and red, to correspond with colors of the color lights, separate and detached from the playing board, that include additional instructions to the players. A check list includes identification of the players and the playing pieces represent members of a family of each the players; this check list includes boxes for the scores of each of the playing pieces and thus of the players.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A competition game adapted for playing by a plurality of players, comprising,

a rectangular game board having squares around its periphery,
the squares including
a) a home square forming a beginning and ending location,
b) other squares bearing instructions,
a plurality of name slips, one for each player, each name slip having identification means identifying each player, said home square comprising a plurality of pairs of slots wherein one pair of slots is located on each side of the home square, the sides of the home square corresponding to the sides of the game board, and each pair of slots is adapted to receive a name slip such that when all the name slips are received in the slots, the position of the name slips relate to the corresponding sides of the game board, thereby identifying the players at those sides respectively,
a plurality of sets of playing pieces, one set for each player, the playing pieces adapted to be placed on the home square, and successively moved onto different ones of the other squares, each set of playing pieces having a first identification means for identifying each set of playing pieces and a second identification means for individually identifying each playing piece in a set, and
indicating means capable of indicating one of green, yellow, red colors randomly in response to manipulation thereof by a player,
the game includes instructions of actions to be taken by the players according to colors respectively.

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