US 5,547,199 AGranted

Method of playing a sentence forming game

OwnerChristopher A. Calhouninventor

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Abstract

A method of playing a sentence forming game is disclosed which consists of a plurality of cards with a plurality of sentences (12) known as sentence cards or sentence means (10), a plurality of cards with a plurality of pictorial elements (16) known as picture cards or picture means (14), and a plurality of rewards or scoring means (36). Players chose a sentence (12) from sentence card or sentence means (10) to form by finding relationships between words in sentence (12) on sentence card or sentence means (10) and pictorial elements (16) on picture cards or picture means (14). These relationships are subjectively judged by the other players. Players receive rewards and/or scoring means (36) based on if their explanations are subjectively judged by the other players to be interesting, creative, and/or entertaining.

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Dependent claims

A method of playing a game comprising the steps of:

a. providing players a plurality of sentence means to display a plurality of words forming a plurality of sentences, and a plurality of picture means to display a plurality of pictures;
b. a player commencing his (or her) turn by:
i. said player relating a number of words in said sentence(s) of said sentence means to a number of pictures of a number of provided picture means;
ii. allowing said player to display a number of provided picture means;
iii. if a predetermined plurality of picture means are displayed and/or if a number of picture means sufficient to relate to a predetermined number of words in said sentence(s) of said sentence means are displayed;
(1) said player explains to the other players the relation of a number of picture(s) of a number of provided picture means displayed to a number of words in sentence(s) of said sentence means;
(2) other players judging said player's explanation of step iii.(1);
(a) if judged favorably, ending the game;
(b) if judged unfavorably, subsequent player repeats steps b-iv;
iv. if a predetermined plurality of picture means are not displayed and/or if a number of picture means sufficient to relate to a predetermined number of words in said sentence of said sentence means are not displayed, a subsequent player repeats steps b-iv.

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A method of playing a game comprising the steps of:

a. providing players a plurality of sentence means to display a plurality of words forming a plurality of sentences, a plurality of picture means to display a plurality of pictures, and a display means for displaying a plurality of picture means;
b. a player commencing his (or her) turn by:
i. receiving additional picture means;
ii. said player relating the words in said sentence means to the pictures of said picture means provided in step a and/or to the pictures of those said additional picture means of step b.i;
iii. determining if said pictures of said additional picture means relate to said words better than pictures of said picture means provided in step a;
iv. allowing said player to:
display either said additional picture means and/or said picture means provided in step a;
or to retain said additional picture means and subsequently discard a number of picture means provided in step a;
or to discard said additional picture means;
v. if a predetermined plurality of picture means are displayed in said display means and/or if a number of picture means sufficient to relate to all of the words in said sentence on said sentence means are displayed in said display means;
(1) said player explains to the other players the relation of pictures in picture means in said display means to a number of words in said sentences on said sentence means;
(2) other players judging said player's explanation of step v.(1);
(a) said player receives rewards and/or scoring means based on how well other players judge explanation of step v.(1);
(b) if a predetermined plurality of rewards and/or scoring means is acquired by said player ending the game or a subsequent player displays provided picture means and/or said additional picture means in display means and repeats steps (1)-vi;
(c) if all the players have explained in step (1) without a predetermined plurality of rewards and/or scoring means acquired by a player, repeating steps a-vi;
vi. if a predetermined plurality of picture means are not displayed and/or if a number of picture means sufficient to relate to all of the words in said sentence on said sentence means are not displayed in said display means, a subsequent player repeats steps b-vi.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.