US 5,857,675 AGranted

Educational dinosaur board game

OwnerAmy Lily Hertelinventor

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Abstract

This new board game will give children the opportunity to study facts and figures about dinosaurs. In order to play this game, children must answer questions about dinosaurs, pronounce dinosaur names, spell and define dinosaur words accurately in order to gain bonus points, which are called Energy Bars. Energy bars help keep the children out of the tarpit. One square requests that a player draw a dinosaur. Instructions for drawing dinosaurs are part of the game. Another square sends a child to China to be in charge of a dig--which causes the player to lose a turn because of travel time and responsibilities. Another square makes a child become the curator of Amy's Museum of Killer Death Lizards--which, again, causes the player to lose a turn because of meetings and responsibilities. The player that goes around the board seven times, which then gives the player 14 chances to answer questions, define and spell words, pronounce names, and draw a dinosaur, becomes the winner. If there is a tie, the child with the most energy bars is declared the winner. If there is still a tie, the child with the best-drawn dinosaur wins.

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A method of playing an educational dinosaur board game, comprising the steps of:

providing a game set including,
a game board having a set number of individual spaces with instructions and a tarpit area;
a set number of cards for each of four types of instructions which include, Answer a Dinosaur Question, Spell a Dinosaur Word, Pronounce a Dinosaur Name, and Define a Dinosaur Word;
a scorecard that includes seven rounds with four columns of YES or NO for the types of instruction cards which include, Pronounce, Spell, Define, Answer;
a set of dice which include six different types of indicia which are the brush, the shovel, the pick ax, the bone, the rib bone, and the claw;
a marker which represents a type of dinosaur, carnivore or herbivore;
a set number of Energy Bars that are used as bonus points for answering the instruction cards correctly;
a pad of drawing paper called DRAW A DINOSAUR that each player must use during the game to draw a dinosaur;
a copy of the Rules of the Game, so the game will be correctly played;
an instruction sheet for drawing each dinosaur which includes:
the Parasaurolophus, the Dimetrodon, the Stegosaurus, the Tyrannosaurus, the Spinosaurus, and the Apatosaurus;
utilizing the die to advance a player around the board game seven rounds in a counterclockwise direction;
utilizing the instruction cards which include:
Answer a Dinosaur Question, Spell a Dinosaur Word, Define a Dinosaur Word, and Pronounce a Dinosaur Name along with the die to control the progress of the player during the movement around the board game seven rounds.

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