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US 5,984,306 AGranted
Game with time-estimating element
OwnerJohn Christopher Cotter, Alden J. Balmerinventors
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Abstract
A game with a time-estimating element wherein the time-estimating element is accomplished by starting and stopping a stopwatch. The game includes a game board having token spaces laid out thereon and wherein each player can elect to travel in any direction between adjacent token spaces during his/her given turn. The game includes a number of time-estimating challenges. The game can be won by outlasting the other players, i.e. having time remaining on his/her time-keeping timeline, or by being the first to collect a preset number of time-saver cards.
Claims7
A game with time-estimating element comprising:
- game equipment comprising:
- a number of position tokens;
- a game board having a number of time-keeping timelines and a number of interconnected token spaces defined thereon, each time-keeping timeline having a sequence of time designated between a highest time number and a lowest time number, each token space being interconnected with at least two other token spaces and having a consequence designation thereon for indicating said consequence of a player's position token landing thereon, at least two of said token spaces being designated a time-saver space, at least one of said token spaces being designated a card drawing space, at least one of said token spaces being designated a time out space;
- a number of consequence cards each having a consequence designated on said back surface thereof;
- a number of time-saver cards, at least two time-saver cards being keyed to each of said at least two time-saver spaces;
- one timekeeper block for each player for marking each player's remaining time on a respective time-keeping timeline;
- a number of stopwatches;
- and
- a six-sided die.
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