Electronic matching game apparatus including sound generating means and method of game play using the same

Abstract

An electronic matching game includes a plurality of primary game pieces each representative of a mother farm animal, a plurality of secondary game pieces each representative of a baby farm animal associated with one of mother farm animals, and a plurality of removable cover members for selectively concealing the identity of each of the secondary game pieces. The apparatus further includes a base assembly having a first receptacle adapted to interchangeably receive one of the primary game pieces, and further having a second receptacle adapted to interchangeably receive one of the secondary game pieces. The base assembly includes an electronic sound generation device for producing a plurality of sounds, each sound being associated with a respective one of the primary and secondary game pieces. Each of the receptacles includes a plurality of switches coupled to the sound generating device for causing the sound generating device to produce a respective sound corresponding to a respective game piece placed on the respective receptacle. Each of the game pieces includes selectively located projections for selectively engaging selected switches which correspond to the respective sound for the game piece. In a method of game play, game play proceeds by selecting and placing one of the primary game pieces, i.e. mother farm animals, into a receptacle on the base assembly wherein the base assembly generates a first sound corresponding to the respective mother farm animal, randomly selecting one of the concealed secondary game pieces, i.e. baby farm animals, and placing the baby farm animal game piece into a receptacle on the base assembly wherein the base assembly generates a sound corresponding to the baby farm animal. The object of the game is to match the concealed baby animals to the mother animal by matching the sounds of each of the game pieces.

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